On Monday U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange (a Clinton appointee) ruled in favor of Muneer Awad (executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of C.A.I.R.) and issued an injunction to halt the implementation of SQ 755. The amendment to Oklahoma’s Constitution would prevent the use of Sharia or international law in rendering decisions in the state courts.   On Wednesday as Awad and his associates were still celebrating their victory over the sovereign will of the citizens of Oklahoma, the state election board met in executive session to determine their next course of action. The Tulsa World reports that Chairman Thomas Prince and board member Ramon Watkins voted to appeal Miles-LaGrange’s decision after thirty minutes of deliberation.   Thus far U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange has ruled on three separate occasions in favor of Muneer Awad, the local C.A.I.R. executive director who brought the suit. Despite the fact that C.A.I.R. has...(Read Full Post)