The posted article is misleading. The order to pay did not come directly from the Obama administration. The order to pay came from the same leftist judge that found the law to keep Sharia law out of Oklahoma courts unconstitutional. See this article in
The Oklahoman. From the article: "Oklahoma must pay $303,333 for attorneys’ fees of the plaintiffs who challenged a measure approved overwhelmingly by voters on Nov. 2, 2010, U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange ruled May 14."