Alabama: will overrule Supreme Court on gay rights
From Slate: "Alabama's New Constitutional Amendment Overrules the Supreme Court on Gay Rights and the Death Penalty"
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On Tuesday, Alabamans passed a constitutional amendment that aims to neatly remedy its legal losing streak—by overruling the Supreme Court.
Alabama’s amendment [will] “prohibit courts and other legal authorities from applying foreign law if doing so would violate rights guaranteed to citizens of Alabama.”
By barring the “application” of “any law, rule, or legal code system used outside of the United States,” the amendment aims to nullify Supreme Court decisions that lean on foreign law.
For years, Alabama watched as the Supreme Court struck down its outrageous laws. With its latest amendment, the state devised a solution as brazen as it is appalling: If Alabama’s laws can’t survive the Supreme Court, just kick the Supreme Court out of Alabama.
The original intent was to ban Sharia law. Isn't that banned anyways though? Cutting off hands for stealing and stuff? And how could someone try to enforce Sharia in America?
If a law circumvents Supreme Court decisions, wouldn't that make it unconstitutional? Oh well, Alabama still remains over-average along with the rest of the bible belt in its consumption of gay ****. Enjoy that repression, Alabama!
If a law circumvents Supreme Court decisions, wouldn't that make it unconstitutional? Oh well, Alabama still remains over-average along with the rest of the bible belt in its consumption of gay ****. Enjoy that repression, Alabama!
