Appeal sought in US Sharia case

[Turborama]

Source: Al Jazeera English

D. Parvaz | Last Modified: Dec 02 2010 04:10 GMT

The Oklahoma State Election Board has voted to ask the attorney general to appeal a court's decision to grant a preliminary injunction on a ban preventing the use of Sharia and other international laws in the state.

The vote comes after the state legislator who wrote the proposal on Tuesday lashed out at the judge who blocked it, calling her a "liberal, activist judge".

The Associated Press reported that Rex Duncan, a former Republican state representative, criticised US district judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange's ruling this week to grant a preliminary injunction, preventing the state from certifying the results of the November 2 election.

More than 70 per cent of voters approved State Question 755 (the "Save Our State Amendment" proposition), which would place the Islamic (Sharia) law ban into the state constitution. The question proposed to preemptively ban "considering or using" international law and Sharia.


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[laconicsax]

1. This shit is hilarious. n/t

[drm604]

2. I could be mistaken but I think the legal issue here

is the part about international laws. Wouldn't that imply that Oklahoma will not consider itself bound by at least some treaties entered into by the federal government? That would be unconstitutional.

I can't imagine that a ban on sharia law by itself would be unconstitutional. It's silly and pointless but I wouldn't think that it's unconstitutional.

[DavidDvorkin]

3. Mention the Treaty of Tripoli to someone who claims that America is a Christian nation

and they're likely to reply dismissively, "That's just a treaty."