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OK Ballot Seeks To Ban Sharia And Int'l Law in State Court Decisions

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-06-09 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 " It would also not preclude Sharia or Halakha from being voluntarily used by individuals with prior agreement."

Yes, I would expect people could use whatever method of non-judicial arbitration they might agree upon aside from dueling.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-06-09 03:14|| 2010-06-09 03:14|| Front Page Top

#2 The interesting aspect of this is that it forbids State judges from basing decisions on Sharia or International law. This is even a slap at the two SCOTUS judges who said that US courts should consider international law when making their decisions, which was greeted with much derision and catcalls, even from some of the other justices.

Judicial justification is a very odd thing. For example, jurors can flip coins to consider guilt or innocence, but they cannot consult the Bible. Only higher level judges tend to justify their decisions with explanations--but if this law is passed, those justifications cannot include alien law references.

There is a lot more to this referendum than just a bunch of rednecks chewing the fat.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-06-09 09:15|| 2010-06-09 09:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Sharia law is not a belief of a splinter group radical islam but it is a belief and tenet of mainstream islam. The islamists don't care a whit about our Constitution. They are dedicated to supplanting American constitutional democracy with sharia law. Sharia law is a complete system governing politics, religion, economics, and behavior. It is antithetical to our freedoms and way of life. Sharia law should be resisted vigorously in the West and rejected. Sharia law and constitutional law cannot exist side-by-side.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-06-09 09:58|| 2010-06-09 09:58|| Front Page Top

#4 a big shout out to the people of Oklahoma. They also have a common sense solution to the illegal undocumented people residing in OK. Unfortunatly, they just moved to Dodge City, Liberal and Garden City.

Posted by bman 2010-06-09 11:18|| 2010-06-09 11:18|| Front Page Top

An Islamic leader says it's another example of a rising tide of anti-Islamic bigotry in America.

WTF? Why is it "bigotry" to say that civil and criminal courts cannot use religious law to reach their decision? I have the feeling he's more upset that there's an additional obstacle to establishing the Caliphate of Oklahoma than in any real "bigotry" he's ever experienced.

(And, finally, if he doesn't like it, there are nations who base their entire "justice" system on shariah. I'm sure he's welcome in one of them.)

Posted by Rob Crawford 2010-06-09 12:24|| 2010-06-09 12:24|| Front Page Top

#6 The entire concept of substituting any group of laws for laws that have been drafted, voted on and passed by our elected legislatures is such a twisting of our legal system it is rediculus. Many of our laws that had popular support were found by SCOTUS to be unconstitutional. The Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. If a law is found to be not constitutional it ceases to exist. It doesn't matter what anybody else in the world thinks, this is our country and we are not subserviant to anyone including the U.N.
I saw a piece from the middle east in which a father had his son's hand crushed with a truck tire because he had stolen something. Do you think that would rise to level of cruel and unusual punishment? Americans tolerate intrusions into our society for too long and then overreact to set things right. I hope these idiots keep pushing the silent majority to the wall, because the day is coming where the silent majority will come off the wall and re-establish a Constitutional government.

Posted by Dave 2010-06-09 15:49|| 2010-06-09 15:49|| Front Page Top

#7 The entire concept of substituting any group of laws for laws that have been drafted, voted on and passed by our elected legislatures is such a twisting of our legal system it is rediculus. Many of our laws that had popular support were found by SCOTUS to be unconstitutional. The Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. If a law is found to be not constitutional it ceases to exist. It doesn't matter what anybody else in the world thinks, this is our country and we are not subserviant to anyone including the U.N.
I saw a piece from the middle east in which a father had his son's hand crushed with a truck tire because he had stolen something. Do you think that would rise to level of cruel and unusual punishment? Americans tolerate intrusions into our society for too long and then overreact to set things right. I hope these idiots keep pushing the silent majority to the wall, because the day is coming where the silent majority will come off the wall and re-establish a Constitutional government.

Posted by Dave 2010-06-09 15:49|| 2010-06-09 15:49|| Front Page Top

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