Posted on 03/19/2011 9:15:41 AM PDT by tutstar
What was that Hamas-linked CAIR and other Islamic supremacist groups were saying about how it was utterly fanciful that Sharia would ever be used to judge cases in American courts?
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sjackson, I ‘always’ keep typing and make your screen name ‘jacksonville’ lol, then have to do the backspace delete
That’s an unconstitutional establishment of religion.
Whats the case ???
Try getting the same ruling for Roman Catholic Canon Law.
http://www.libertynewsonline.com/article_301_30345.php
TWO REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS TARGET SHARIA LAW IN FLORIDA
03-19-2011 5:23 pm - Marc Caputo - The Miami Herald
Two Republican State legislators want to make sure Florida courts aren’t tainted by what one of them calls foreign “shenanigans:” Muslim Sharia law or legal codes from other nations.
Neither Sen. Alan Hays nor Rep. Larry Metz, though, could name a Florida case where international law or Islamic law has caused a problem in a state court. They said they weren’t targeting Sharia, a body of law primarily based on the Koran and the Hadith, the sayings of Islam’s founder, Mohammed.
But the legislation, which resembles efforts in a dozen other states where Islamic law is under scrutiny, was copied almost word-for-word from the “model legislation” posted on the website of a group called the American Public Policy Alliance.
“American Laws for American Courts was crafted to protect American citizens’ constitutional rights against the infiltration and incursion of foreign laws and foreign legal doctrines, especially Islamic Sharia Law,” the group’s website says.
Hays, R-Umatilla, said he just wants to protect the rights of Floridians.
“I filed a bill that says in the courts of Florida the laws of no other country can be used to influence the decisions of Florida,” Hays said. “If it’s Sharia law or any other law – I don’t care what law it is – if it’s not a Florida law and if it’s some foreign law, it doesn’t belong in our courts.”
Nezar Hamze, Executive Director of the South Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said he called Hays’ office a week ago to discuss the “garbage” bill but never got a call back. If the bill passes, he said, “we are prepared to fight it.”
“It’s absurd. I’ve never even heard of a court using Sharia law in making a ruling in a case,” Hamze said. “If it is intended to combat people’s fear of Islamic law, it does a poor job ... because it does not mention Islam or Sharia but it does mention foreign law, which affects all religions, not just Islam, because you have Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Hindu laws.”
One reason Sharia isn’t mentioned in the bill is due to the U.S. Constitution’s ban on religious discrimination or favoritism. Citing the First Amendment, a federal judge recently blocked a voter-approved Oklahoma law targeting Sharia.
“That’s an unconstitutional establishment of religion.”
This story doesn’t involve religion, it involves Islam and Sharia. Your comment makes no sense.
Dontcha think?
JUDICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Year appointed to the bench: 2000 - Circuit Court
Appointed by Governor Jeb Bush
2003 - Elected Circuit Court
Assignments:
Current Assignment: Complex Business Litigation Division
Past Assignments: General Civil Division Juvenile Delinquency Division
EDUCATION
Law School: University of Florida (1973)
Law Review Editor
Undergraduate: University of New Mexico (1971)
B.A. General Studies, cum laude
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
The Florida Bar (Trial Lawyers Section, Business Law Section)
Florida Bar Civil Rules Committee (2007 - present)
Board Certified Florida Civil Trial Lawyer (1994 - 1999)
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Professionalism Committee - Co-chairman 2008 - 09
The Hillsborough County Bar Association (Technology and Professional Courtesy Committees)
Tampa Bay Inn of Court (Judge Master) (President, 2003 - 2004)Florida Conference of Circuit Court Judges
Florida College of Advanced Judicial Studies
Civil Department Head (2006 - 2008)
Instructor (2002 - 2008)
Admitted:
United States Supreme Court
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Tampa Chamber of Commerce (1986 - 2000)
Idlewild Baptist Church
Tampa Bay Baptist Association
The Idlewild Foundation
Islamic/sharia law is religion.
What's that about "making sense"?
I promise you that if you looked at arbitration agreements in the diamond trade in NY, MANY of them will have provisions based solely on arcane Jewish law.
Things that some people worry about, especially given real problems in the world today, are just pathetic.
There is a copy of the doc at the link but I don’t know what the dispute is. I am trying to find out but don’t know yet and will be limited on time til later on.
Just another Black Robed Mullah on the bench.
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I hope that the good voters of Hillsborough let him know what they think of his actions in August of 2014 when his next retention vote will occur.
Precisely. The judge should be removed from the bench and the order rescinded.
What do you want to bet the parties stipulated to this order? That fact would ordinarily be stated in findings of fact and conclusions of law presented to the court in support of this order. Many judges will sign anything put in front of them if the parties are in agreement and it might clear up his schedule for some golf.
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