STATE PUTS BULLSEYE ON
SHARIA, Bill 'utilizes James Madison's
strategy' to neuter Islamic law in Kentucky, 1/19/16, WND
Numerous disputes have arisen in
recent years over the application of foreign law in the United States. Some
fights are over international treaties and whether they can overturn U.S. law,
and many relate to a hot-button issue during the 2016 presidential
election, the expansion of the Muslim population in the U.S. and whether
its members can call on Sharia, Islam’s religious law, in disputes.
Enough, says one state lawmaker in
Kentucky, according to a report in Joseph
Farah’s G2 Bulletin. Rep. Kim King, R-Harrodsburg,
has pre-filed
a bill, BR149, for the coming legislative session on the issue.
It would “establish legislative
intent that the rights of an individual afforded under the Constitutions of the
Commonwealth and the United States take precedence over the application of any
foreign law in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding.”
It also defines terms and prohibits
a choice of court venue outside of Kentucky, or the United States, “to preserve
the constitutional rights of the person against whom enforcement is sought.”
Cato Institute Senior Fellow Walter
Olson believes the threat of the “incorporation of foreign law” inside the
United States is real, wrote
Gabrielle Cintorino in a Heartland Institute commentary.
“Some judges and law professors have
argued that international law, especially so-called ‘human rights standards,’
should influence American courts,” Olson explained.
But Olson expressed confidence that
most judges and courts reject the use of foreign laws – at least for now. He
told the institute, for example, a foreign demand for 30 lashes for breach of
contract would be a nonstarter.
Mike Maharrey of the Tenth Amendment
Center noted, “BR149 utilizes James
Madison’s strategy to deal with unwarranted acts – a refusal to cooperate, but
simply applies it to foreign law as opposed to unconstitutional federal acts.”
http://www.wnd.com/2016/11/state-puts-bullseye-on-shariah/
Comments
Georgia
needs to ban Sharia and UN challenges to US sovereignty in a Bill like the one
in Kentucky.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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