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Witness at House Judiciary hearing says First Amendment already prevents imposition of religious law
Summary
An unnamed participant at a House Judiciary Committee hearing argued that existing First Amendment protectionsthe establishment clause, the free exercise clause and the ban on religious testsalready bar government endorsement or imposition of any sectarian law, calling proposed anti-Sharia measures unnecessary and politically motivated.
Unidentified Speaker, an unnamed participant during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, told the panel that the Constitution already forbids the government from imposing religious law and that special legislation targeting "Sharia" is unnecessary.
"We don't need the anti Sharia and anti Muslim legislation our friends are proposing today because our constitution already forbids theocratic imposition and establishment of any kind at all," the speaker said, urging the committee to rely on the First Amendment's protections.
The speaker framed the argument around three constitutional provisions:…
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