In 2017, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 45, more commonly known as “American Laws for American Courts,” or ALAC. It prohibits the use of any foreign law in the state’s courts, specifically in family cases that involve marriage or parent-child relationship matters.
Breitbart One of the bill’s co-authors Representative Jeff Leach (R-Plano) thanked the governor, who signed HB 45 on Wednesday. Leach called the law “vitally important bill to further safeguard and protect our Constitutional rights!” In the last legislative session, Leach authored the comparable yet unsuccessful ALAC measure, House Bill 562.
HB 45 lead author Representative Dan Flynn (R-Canton) also introduced similar past legislation that failed. In a recent press release, Flynn noted foreign law is often applied in Texas cases concerning divorce orders, child support, property settlements and sometime even, spouses enter into agreements to have foreign law applied to their disputes.
(Although Texas Muslims claim that sharia would only be used in civil cases and not infringe upon American criminal law, history shows that this is how sharia law has been introduced into every country in which sharia is now the law of the land. Sharia law has already creeped into American courts where there have been 146 cases in 32 states in which a party to litigation attempted to have the matter resolved by applying sharia, rather than the statutes of the state in question)
“My colleagues and I here at the Texas Legislature want to make sure Texas judges never apply foreign law in Texas courts in violation of constitutional rights and the public policy of our state,” said Flynn.
And this is why Texas needed this law, despite the fact that the Constitution already prevents court rulings based on foreign laws:
Under HB 45, Texas and U.S. law supersede all other laws. It prevents state judges from applying any foreign law because, in doing so, it infringes upon U.S. and Texas constitutional rights. The bill shields litigants in family law cases “against violations of constitutional rights and public policy in the application of foreign law” under the U.S. and Texas Constitutions, federal and judicial precedent, the Texas Family Code, and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, among other protections.
HB 45 makes no mention of any particular foreign nation, religion, or cultural practice but clarifies that “foreign law” means a rule, law, or code from a jurisdiction outside of the United States and it shall not override U.S and Texas law or their respective constitutions. It specifies that a “foreign judgment” means a ruling from a court, tribunal, or administrative adjudicator outside U.S. states and territories. The bill underscores that, in the event of any legal conflicts, “federal or state law prevails.”
In January 2015, Breitbart Texas confirmed in a report that an Islamic tribunal using Sharia law operated in Dallas. Dr. Taher El-badawi, one of four attorneys who called themselves “judges” and not arbitrators, claimed the tribunal and its decisions were “voluntary.”
El-badawi said the tribunal operated under Sharia as a form of “non-binding dispute resolution” in civil disputes in family and business cases but also admitted that when in conflict between Sharia and Texas law, “we follow Sharia law.”
In December 2015, Flynn asked Attorney General Ken Paxton “the extent to which current law authorizes or requires a judge of a state court to apply foreign law in certain family law disputes.” Last year, Paxton ruled in a seven-page nonbinding legal opinion: “Under Texas law, a court is not required in family law disputes to enforce a foreign law if enforcement would be contrary to Texas public policy or if it would violate a party’s basic right to due process.” However, according to the Attorney General’s office, Paxton’s opinion only constituted a written interpretation of existing law and did not decide any law.
The Texas chapter of the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called HB 45 anti-Sharia law and lobbied for the state’s Muslim community to oppose the bill. “We believe it prevents Muslims from practicing their faith in areas such as Islamic marriage, divorce, funeral procedures, and civil agreements, they said in a press release.
HB 45 requires the Texas Supreme Court adopt its rules by January 1, 2018. The law goes into effect on September 1, making Texas the 12th state to enact ALAC. The other states are Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Washington, according to ACT for America.
Do Muslims believe that sharia law supercedes the U.S. Constitution?
That poster shows how stoopid and deluded these muslins are, Mo is just a man, and I use that term very loosely (more llike a dick with a dick) hence sharia is just some man made BS. Gawd I wish these b@wst@rds would just F off, so sick of their ugly faces and their Islamic BS
What really needs to happen is the total ban on the filthy ooze called muzslime. It is like a tidal wave of deadly glop slowly slithering its way across the entire earth. I mean just looking at the pictures of the boatloads of deadly male muzslime is like watching a vile pestilence, a veritable Black Plague of certain death racing into the e u. And the damnable leaders all over the e u are the ones encouraging them to come. If that is not a definition of mass suicide what is? Is it insanity or demonic activity or o w o on steroids. There will be mass death…..
One small step forward for Texas, hopefully followed by the giant steps of freedom loving people around the world.
Yay! So proud to be a Texan(San Antonio area). I was fairly liberal myself, until a few years ago. It dawned on my like a lighting bolt, the Islimes were far too dangerous to be anywhere in the progressive Western part of the world. Instinctively, I knew this,back when Muslims were called “arabs”. Does anyone remember the airline that exploded over Lockerbe, Scotland, in the late 80’s? Mostly Americans on board! For some reason,that tragedy seemed to start an awful chain reaction of horrible events, throughout the Western world. So glad Gov. Abbott is trying to take a stand against the sharia compliant bullshit! At least it’s a start.
Dee, he also signed a bill banning sanctuary cities for illegal aliens.
Great news. Love the Texas road sign. “Set your watches forward 1,400 years.”
DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS!!
I am so glad I live in the great state of Texas, moslimes will NEVER take over here, because we are ready to play cowboys and moslems.
Muslims constantly declare that our laws are man’s laws. A LIE from the Pit of Hell !!!
Our laws and our Merciful, Superior Western civilisation are based on the Ten Commandments and other important Biblical Laws that the HOLY ONE gave to His faithful, Jewish servant, Moses.
BARBARIC, UNJUST SHARIA comes from Barbaric Savage Warlord Mohammad’s BLOODTHIRSTY god.
(o9.1) – Jihad [against non-Muslims in their own countries ] is a communal obligation… “He who provides the equipment for a soldier in Jihad has himself performed Jihad”
Western leaders and Intelligence Agencies know all about the BLOODTHIRSTY Commands in the Quran Book of WAR. And massively imported the Cruel Armies of WARLORD Mohammad into our formerly safe nations!!!
https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/articles/sharia.aspx
Sharia (Islamic Law)
……a government that limits God’s Law in any way is an enemy of Allah and must be fought. The establishment of Sharia is the fundamental objective of every Islamic terror group. Once an Islamic state is in place, the Quran (9:29) and Sharia (o9.8) make it mandatory for Muslims to fight those Jews and Christians who will not convert or accept inferior status.
…Sharia is explicitly opposed to religious freedom, freedom of conscience and the free exchange of ideas. It is violent, openly bigoted toward non-Muslims, discriminatory, and unflinchingly sexist. Large sections deal with the practice of slavery.
…Holy War (Jihad)
(o9.0) – Jihad means to war against non-Muslims, and is etymologically derived from the word mujahada signifying warfare to establish the religion…
The scriptural basis for jihad… is such Koranic verses as:
-1- “Fighting is prescribed for you” (Koran 2: 216);
-2- “Slay them wherever you find them” (Koran 4: 89);
-3- “Fight the idolators utterly” (Koran 9: 36);
and such hadiths as the one related by Bukhari and Muslim that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said:
“I have been commanded to fight people until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and perform the prayer, and pay zakat. If they say it, they have saved their blood and possessions from me, except for the rights of Islam over them. And their final reckoning is with Allah”;
(o9.1) – Jihad [against non-Muslims in their own countries ] is a communal obligation… “He who provides the equipment for a soldier in Jihad has himself performed Jihad”
(o9.7) – The caliph makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians until they become Muslim or pay the non-Muslim poll tax in accordance with the word of Allah Most High:
“Fight those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day and who forbid not what Allah and His messenger have forbidden-who do not practice the religion of truth, being of those who have been given the Book-until they pay the poll tax out of hand and are humbled” (Quran 9.29))
(o9.9) – The caliph fights all other people until they become Muslim
Jihad against people of the book is o9.8, not 9.7. And it includes an important provision for dawah as a condition precedent to the attack, proving that Jihad is offensive, not defensive.
Keller did not translate the laws of slavery, claiming they are anachronistic. But see o9.12–14! Look for that shit in the first volume of Hedaya, if memory serves, there is a chapter on manumission. Much of it is in the chapters on marriage and divorce.
When Muslims enter non-Muslim countries they know our laws are the total opposite of barbaric, unjust sharia. Muslims want to enforce sharia in our free countries — Muslim Conquest!
Muslims must return to their countries and stop seeking to destroy our superior first world countries and our God-given freedom!
USA needs to ‘get over’ it’s obsession with religion, ANY religion. Until then it is in a weak position to object to Islam.
PS- you have already HAD a ‘muslim president’!!
Isdamn is not a religion and should not be refered to as one. It is a deen: way of life. It’s religious component is thinly disguised Satanism. Its governmaental component is tyranny. Its economic component is war/plunder/extortion.
It’s ostensible objective is expansion: global conquest. It’s real mission is securing and enhancing an income stream for its founder and his successors through plunder and extortion.
No legitimate religion recruits and retains by force of arms and enriches itself through perpetual war.
Jim there is an old saying that if you stand for nothing then you will fall for anything. I will tell you right now that the only reason you can spread your distaste for Christianity is because of the effect it has had on the making of America. If Christians don’t stand up for themselves (think crusades) I’ll guarantee you you will be a muzslime or a religious GLOB, or dead in the not so distant future.
Sharia has no place in our courts …. but, individuals have the right to mediate their disputes …. privately …. using Moon Law, if that is their pleasure …. no ambiguity here, please ?
A woman married to a ‘slime is not in position to mediate or negotiate. The mediator will be an Imam, automatically taking the paternalistic position.
Allah made men to excell women, who must be submissive and obedient. Worse yet, the Muslim wife is like a slave or domestic animal as far as her husband is concerned. The slave can not mediate against her owner.
We’ve attempted to pass an ALAC bill 3 times in Maine and failed. Guess who spoke out against the bill every time at the public hearing? The ACLU of ME. Guess who voted against the bill from the Judiciary Committee? The Democrats. Guess who read a letter against the bill from a sharia-adherent Muslim immigrant who is now a member of the Portland City Council? The former head of the NAACP who is now a state rep. Draw your own conclusions as to whom the enemies of the U.S. & ME Constitutions really are.
You did say “Maine.” Have you seen any pigs flying up there?
‘Crats pander to ‘slimes; it’s what they do. So do RINOs. They will continue to get away with it until pro ALAC legislators read relevant sharia into the legislative record.
There is plenty of ammo. in the sections on marriage, divorce, inheritance, witness/testimony & blood wit. When the Michigan legislature was discussing the issue years ago, I included them in my blog post about it.
Good news from Texas. In order to eliminate this very dangerous Islamic nonsense SEPORT THEM ALL. Why is the wait????
DEPORT THE FILTHY BASTARDS
No to Shiteria law!
Good on TX. I am surprised WA is on the list. I bet old Patti Murray had a fit when it passed in her state. Now to work on Missouri….which is getting more and more Mussies.
Family law, right? A Muslim can compel his daughter to marry until she reaches puberty. Her silence is consent.
If yer father goes nuts and comverts to Isdamn and dies intestate, you, as a kaffir are disinherited entirely.
A Muslim affests divorce by repeating “I divorce you.” three times. No alimony, no support and you lose child custody when they hit puberty or you remarry. A divorced Christian can not obtain child custody.
Drinking and gambling are the cornerstone of Western society, what would Las Vegas be without it! Muslims are a dryballs lot I have no intention of giving up alcohol for any backwards pedophilic two faced savage. The creep who was part of the royal family in SA died of a coke overdose, and was most probably riddled with an std They should all go home
The Saudis drink top shelf liquor only
If muslims werent so inbred and backwards they would have woken up a long time ago. Their mo was just some rsehole who was as clever as a sh1thouse rat hence the indoctrination and inbreeding. One day even the savages will wake up like Catholics
Muslims supporting sharia law are simply demonstrating how easily brainwashed they are. They are told that sharia comes from ‘God’ and without question they believe it.
These brainwashed robots shouldn’t be allowed a voice in the Western world. It is extremely dangerous to allow people to parrot what they are told in order to enact laws made up by religious fanatics.
Its high time that cult collapsed, Im tired of a few drongos in the west shovelling this BS down our throats.
Well done Texas and the other 11 states that have passed American laws for American courts bills. I do not understand why the other 39 states have not done likewise. It is amazing that the states even have to pass a law to enforce the use of American laws in American courts when it is already guaranteed in the constitution. Regardless it is time for the other 39 states to ‘get with it’.
Congratulations! Progress.