Well, the Catholic League minority reasoned that the parties
who are personally the subjects of the resolution, such as Cardinal Levada,
Archbishop Niederauer, and Catholic Charities, could demonstrate cognizable
harm, because they were singled out by name in the resolution; but
I don't think Eugene is correct on this point. His complaint states that
he will be negatively affected, because his will requires reference to
Sharia law regarding his burial. So I think he is closer to someone who can
show cognizable harm. I think he may have an argument on
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I don't think Eugene is correct on this point. His complaint states that he
I agree there is a potential problem with a court interpreting Sharia law
and he would do better to revise his will, BUT if the question in will
interpretation is what he intended, I would think his intent is a fact
question,
and there could be testimony regarding what he believed, not
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I agree there is a potential problem with a court interpreting Sharia law and
he would do better to revise his will, BUT if the question
: FW: TRO against Oklahoma no use of Sharia Law
Well, if indeed the theory is that the court is not really
deciding what Sharia law calls for, but just what the testator wanted, then I
agree there might not be a First Amendment problem – but then I’m not sure that
the amendment
Rassbach
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An analogy would be a religious wedding contract that a court enforces (or
doesn't) according to neutral principles of law. The fact
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An analogy would be a religious wedding contract that a court enforces (or
doesn't) according to neutral principles
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It is no doubt possible for lawyers to read
