Alabama Joins Wave of States Banning Sharia Law | Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs:
"Alabama has become the seventh state to ban Sharia law via a ballot measure that prohibits its courts from considering foreign, international or religious law.
With 79 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday night, the ballot measure, called the “American and Alabama Laws and Alabama Courts Amendment,” passed overwhelmingly with 72 percent of voters in support.
The ban clarifies the state constitution to say that other state laws or foreign law cannot be used in ways that violate state law or rights under the Alabama Constitution or the U.S. Constitution.
In 2012, an unsuccessful ballot measure, also proposed by Republican state Sen. Gerald Allen, would have explicitly banned state courts from implementing Islamic Shariah law.
The Latest State to Try to Ban Foreign Law in CourtsSix states have similar foreign law bans, with
North Carolina’s enacted most recently last year.
The others are Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, South Dakota and Tennessee.
Missouri also passed a measure banning foreign law last year, but Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed the bill because of its potential impact on international adoptions.
Oklahoma’s voters approved a ban, which explicitly referred to Sharia law, in 2010. But this year, it was struck down by a federal appeals court for being discriminatory.
Still, the issue has permeated across the country:
All but 16 states have considered such a measure in the past five years."
One union member wondered if Democrats took control of the Legislature, “Could we shove it right down their throats?”
"Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) on Tuesday became the first black senator elected in the south since Reconstruction, and while he said he is extraordinarily proud of his state for breaking that barrier, he is even more proud that “people in South Carolina vote their issues, they vote their values, and not their complexion.”
"LANSING — The Michigan Economic Development Corp. has announced $650,000 in grants for two business expansion projects that are expected to generate nearly $22 million in investments and add up to 115 jobs.
"Among the thousands of documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday is an email from Attorney General Eric Holder about House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and the investigating into the “Fast and Furious” gun-walking scandal.
Carl DeMaio was orphaned when he was 14. He was taken in by Jesuits and earned his way to Georgetown University. 
After no success from Congress, Obama said Wednesday he feels “obligated to do everything lawfully within my authority.”
But in a move seen as spiteful, Obama decided not to issue a statement -- not even to congratulate Republicans for their win.
"According to letters obtained the The Daily Caller, Shaheen was knee-deep in the scandal, proving that she was briefed on the coordinated IRS scheme to target 501(c)(4) groups that were politically opposed to Obama."
The most obvious loser is President Barack Obama for whom this midterm must stand as a personal repudiation even if he chooses to pretend that is not the case. Whether he chooses to try and work with Congress or tries to govern on his own with executive orders of questionable legality, the lame duck period of his presidency begins now.
“When Eric Holder wants to know why he was the first Attorney General held in criminal contempt of Congress, he can read the judge’s order that compelled the production of 64,280 pages that he and President Obama illegitimately and illegally withheld from Congress,” Issa said."
"Indisputably, the Democrats had a terrible night.
