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January 10, 2012
10th Circuit Rules Oklahoma's Ban On Sharia Law Unconstitutional
News article here. Decision here. Defendants asserted that the state constitutional amendment approved in November 2010 banned all religious laws. The three judges of the appeals court surprised the defendants with their ability to read. The amendment actually barred only Sharia law and suggested that laws of religions that were part of the domestic culture of Oklahoma were permissible.
Anyway, knowing that someone, somewhere is frothing out a screed to accuse these three Tenth Circuit justices of being communistic, atheistic, treasonous, Islamic homosexualists and Democrats, too, I thought I would grab this brief moment of time to check out their bios. Here's what the official court website says about them. The links are to Wikipedia articles. You can make up your own mind about whether they are bent on turning Oral Roberts University into Mecca West, or what.
Judge Terrence L. O'Brien
Federal Judicial Service
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Nominated by George W. Bush on September 4, 2001, to a seat vacated by Wade Brorby; Confirmed by the Senate on April 15, 2002, and received commission on April 16, 2002.
Education
University of Wyoming, B.S., 1965
University of Wyoming Law School, J.D., 1972
Professional History
U.S. Army, Ordnance Corps, 1966-1969
Staff attorney, Land & Natural Resources Division/Appellate Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 1972-1974
Private practice, Wyoming, 1974-1980
District judge, Sixth Judicial District Court of Wyoming, 1980-2000
President, Visionary Communications, Inc., 2000-2001
Private practice, Wyoming, 2001-2002 |
| Senior Judge Monroe G. McKay
Federal Judicial Service
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Nominated by Jimmy Carter on November 2, 1977, to a seat vacated by David Thomas Lewis; Confirmed by the Senate on November 29, 1977, and received commission on December 1, 1977. Served as chief judge, 1991-1993. Assumed senior status on December 31, 1993.
Education
Brigham Young University, B.S., 1957
University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1960
Professional History
U.S. Marine Corps, 1946-1948
Law clerk, Hon. Jesse A. Udall, Supreme Court of Arizona, 1960-1961
Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona, 1961-1966
Director, Peace Corps, Malawi, Africa, 1966-1968
Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona, 1968-1974
Associate professor, Brigham Young University Law School, 1974-1976
Professor, Brigham Young University Law School, 1976-1977 |
Judge Scott M. Matheson, Jr.
Federal Judicial Service
Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Nominated by Barack H. Obama on March 3, 2010, to a seat vacated by Michael W. McConnell; Confirmed by the Senate on December 22, 2010.
Education
Stanford University, A.B.
Oxford University, M.A. (Rhodes Scholar)
Yale Law School, J.D.
Professional History
Hugh B. Brown Presidential Endowed Chair, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 2009-10
Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., 2006-07
Dean University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 1998-2006
Professor, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 1991-2010, Associate Professor, 1985-91
United States Attorney for the District of Utah, 1993-1997
Visiting Associate Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 1989-90
Deputy County Attorney, Salt Lake County, 1988-89
Associate Attorney, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., 1981-85 |
Judge Matheson might be a bit hard to read, with a Utah background and a Visiting Associate Professorship at the Kennedy School of Government. He ran as a Democrat for Governor of Utah against Jon Huntsman in 2004 and lost.
Filed under Libertarianism,Religion | permalink | January 10, 2012 at 04:49 PM
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