Legal Commentary

Here is a link to an op-ed I published the other day in the Montgomery Advertiser, objecting to a recent bill proposed by an Alabama state senator which, like others that have been proposed elsewhere, would ban the state courts from "looking to" Sharia in deciding legal disputes.  It's short and doesn't address every nuance, but states my basic objection to these laws.  Here's a short quote indicating my views: "[The state senator who proposed the bill] has offered a solution to a non-existent problem. Since his bill is patently unconstitutional, it's a lousy solution at that." 

Two notes.  First, since the paper (oddly) didn't tell me it had accepted the op-ed before publishing it, I can't take responsibility for the editing.  Second, I am tickled to have been referred to as "Prof. Moron" in the online comments on the editorial.