Lawmakers in South Carolina have introduced a bill that would “prevent a court or other enforcement authority from enforcing foreign law in this state.” This effectively makes South Carolina the latest state to consider legislation that would ban sharia law, though one of the bill’s sponsors insists its more than that.“This bill has been called anti-sharia law, and I suppose it does deal with that,” State Sen. Michael Fair (R-Greenville), who introduced the bill in the Senate, told TPM in an interview. “There are some localities around the country that have imposed sharia law in lieu of local laws.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=115289