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defrogITEM: Oklahoma voters approve a state constitutional amendment that bans the application of Islamic law in court cases, and orders judges in the state to rely only on federal law when deciding cases.
Not that Sharia law was ever a problem in Oklahoma. But that’s what they used to say in New York before it became an Islamic nation.
Cos you can’t be too careful with a Muslims president in the White House who is so devious he can make it look like his own Islam followers hate him. That’s how devious he is.
And so on. And et cetera.
Anyway, the OK amendment is probably unconstitutional and promises to create a legal quagmire, according to people who actually understand how law works. But that’s how it goes when you legislate out of atavistic fear and/or some cynical ploy to convince yr constituents that they are in Grave Danger and only you can save them.
Good luck with that, Oklahoma.
Court is adjourned,
This is dF
Not that Sharia law was ever a problem in Oklahoma. But that’s what they used to say in New York before it became an Islamic nation.
[Primary amendment author State Rep. Rex] Duncan has said he knew of no precedent in the state's history in which a judge applied Sharia law. But he backed the measure, he told reporters, as a "pre-emptive strike."
Cos you can’t be too careful with a Muslims president in the White House who is so devious he can make it look like his own Islam followers hate him. That’s how devious he is.
And so on. And et cetera.
Anyway, the OK amendment is probably unconstitutional and promises to create a legal quagmire, according to people who actually understand how law works. But that’s how it goes when you legislate out of atavistic fear and/or some cynical ploy to convince yr constituents that they are in Grave Danger and only you can save them.
Good luck with that, Oklahoma.
Court is adjourned,
This is dF
