Today's ruling is a reminder of the strength of our nation's legal system and the protections it grants to religious minorities," said [Muneer Awad] on Monday after [Vicki Miles-LaGrange]'s verdict. "We are humbled by this opportunity to show our fellow OkIahomans that Muslims are their neighbors and that we are committed to upholding the U.S. Constitution and promoting the benefits of a pluralistic society. When asked if he felt that judges deciding cases on Sharia law was a real danger, [Rex Duncan] said, "It's not just a danger, it's a reality." While he said that an actual case hasn't happened yet, Duncan believes that the bill would be a preemptive strike to "liberal judges" who might try and undermine "those founding principles" by considering international or Sharia law. Accord...
Affiliation with an organized gang constitutes being "employed" by a convicted felon under , and therefore gang members are unable to possess firearms, the 4th Circuit has ruled. Multiple defendants were charged with violating 18 U.S.C. [section]922(h), which prohibits a person from possessing a firearm while "employed" by a convicted felon.
Each of these kinds of federal law preempts inconsistent state law.2 Chief Justice Marshall reminds us in Marbury v. Madison that "[i]t is also not entirely unworthy of observation, that in declaring what shall be the supreme law of the land, the constitution itself isflrst mentioned.'"* There is no question that the Constitution trumps both statutes'4 and treaties5 in the event of conflict.6 The superiority of the Constitution to statutes and treaties isn't just a point about the lexical ordering of the three kinds of federal law in the Supremacy Clause. 14 Internationalists, as the label suggests, believe in the primacy of the international obligations of the United States, and that treaties should be superior to statutes as a matter of constitutional law.15 This is the case in many ...
The $400,000 life insurance benefits of a deceased Wayne County soldier will go to his father, not his children as he had indicated as part of a divorce settlement. S. District Court Judge Michael A. Telesca ruled this week that he is bound by federal law to grant the policy proceeds to the beneficiary of Pvt. First Class Jonathan Roos, rejecting a claim by his ex-wife to impose the establishment of a trust for their two children.
Vaccine manufacturers won a monumental victory Tuesday with the Supreme Court ruling that federal law shields them from lawsuits, an especially pertinent decision because of the thousands of claims, so far unproven scientifically, linking vaccines to autism. In a 6-2 ruling, the high court said the manufacturers are protected by a 1986 federal law that says they can't be sued "if the injury or death resulted from side effects that were unavoidable, even though the vaccine was properly prepared and was accompanied by proper directions and warnings.
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