Foreign law bans are back. For the fourth year running, Florida is trying to outlaw the use of foreign and international law in state courts. Missouri has mounted another attempt to pass an anti-foreign law measure after last year’s effort was vetoed by Gov. Jay...
Moving forward, we must focus on protecting First Amendment rights for all, regardless of their way of life. On Aug. 15, I received an unexpected phone call that delivered some of the best news I have heard in my lifetime. It was a call from Gadeir Abbas, one of the...
No state should deny its residents the essential right to exercise their religion. No state should target or disfavor any faith. No state should engage in actions that contravene the requirements of the U.S. Constitution, and no state should seek to limit the...
The Story: In 2010, voters in Oklahoma passed a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that would prohibit state courts from using international law or Sharia law when making rulings. But last Thursday, a federal judge ruled the amendment violated religious...
An Oklahoma constitutional amendment that would bar the state’s courts from considering or using Sharia law was ruled unconstitutional Thursday by a federal judge in Oklahoma City. In finding the law in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s Establishment...
