Obama nominee sees no "reason why sharia law would not be applied to govern a case in the United States" SNIPPET: "Koh has called America's focus on the War on Terror "obsessive." In 2004, he listed countries that flagrantly disregard international law -- "most prominently, North Korea, Iraq, and our own country, the United States of America," which he branded "the axis of disobedience.[...] Even though he's up for a State Department job, Koh is a key test case in the "judicial wars.""