Arkansas bill targeting foreign laws fails before panel

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      (AP) – A proposal requiring Arkansas judges to use only

American-based laws when making decisions has failed before a Senate committee,

but the lawmaker sponsoring the measure says he’ll try again.

      The proposal by Republican Rep. Brandt Smith failed on a voice vote Wednesday

in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The proposal would prevent rulings or

contracts from being enforced if they’re based on foreign laws that don’t grant

one of several fundamental rights under the U.S. or Arkansas constitutions.

      The House-backed measure faces criticism that it targets Muslims and that it’s

unnecessary. The committee approved a motion that’ll allow Smith to seek another

vote on the measure.




   

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