HB1348 Allows Foreign Law Into The Arkansas Court System. DO NOT PASS on HB1348.

HB1348 is going to be heard by the House Judiciary Tuesday, April 9 at 10:00am.

We request a DO NOT PASS on HB1348.

SB1348 does not block foreign law from coming into the Arkansas Court System.

HB1348   Allows Foreign Law to be used in the Arkansas Courts.   The amendment to HB1348 does not remove Public Policy from the bill and still allows Foreign and International law into the Arkansas Court systems. HB1348  is  tied into Arkansas Public Policy.  Arkansas Public Policy can be changed at any time by the legislators. Only the US and Arkansas Constitution should be used in the Arkansas Court System.  HB1348  also allows Arkansas  to use its police power to enforce a foreign decree,  Executive Order 13524 amending Executive Order 12425 and signed by Obama Dec 16, 2009, gives International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) new police powers in the United States.   

HB1348 allows any  law, legal code, or systems of a jurisdiction outside of any state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States, including without limitation international organizations and tribunals, and applied by that jurisdiction’s courts, administrative bodies, or other formal or informal tribunals. The International organization  mentioned in HB1348 can mean  the United Nations.

The legal systems in the world today are generally based on  one of three basic systems: Civil Law, Common Law, and Religious Law. HB1348 is bringing all three types of legal systems into the Arkansas Courts. The following is in HB1348  (“any and all legal systems”) Since Religious Law is part of the legal systems, HB1348 allows  religious law into the Arkansas court system.

The following is lifted from HB1348 on page 2

(2)(A) “Foreign law, legal code, or system” means any law, legal code,  or system of a jurisdiction outside of any state or territory of the United States, including, but not limited to, international organizations and tribunals, and applied by that jurisdiction’s courts, administrative bodies or other formal or informal tribunals.

The following is lifted from HB1348 on page 4.

g) This section shall not be interpreted by any court to conflict with any federal treaty or other international agreement to which the United States is a party to the extent that the treaty or international agreement preempts or is superior to state law on the matter at issue. 

Priority 1 Call the sponsors and ask that  HB1348 be pulled and tabled.

Sponsor Rep. Randy Alexandar [email protected]  479-306-4051,  Senator Cecile Bledsoe   [email protected] 479-636-2115

Priority 2 Call the co-sponsors and ask that they pull their co-sponorship of HB1348.

Co-Sponors

Rep Bob Ballinger [email protected] 870-423-1035 

Rep Mark Biviano [email protected]   501-230-5751

Rep Charlotte Vining Douglas  [email protected]  479-632-2187

Rep Denny Altes [email protected]  479-646-8981

Rep Gary Deffenbaugh [email protected] 479-719-8197

Rep Jim Dotson [email protected] 479-644-0740

Rep Jon S. Eubanks [email protected] 479-438-0533

Rep Justin T. Haris [email protected] 479-871-8542

Rep Debra M. Hobbs [email protected] 479-636-3982

Reo Bruce Holland [email protected] 479-996-0977

Rep John Burris [email protected]  870-688-6181

Rep Richard Womack [email protected] 870-403-6287

Sen Bart Hester [email protected] 479-531-4176

Sen Jim Hendren [email protected] 479-787-6222

Sen Jeremy Hutchinson [email protected] 501-773-3760

Sen Jon Woods [email protected] 479-200-3100

Sen Jason Rapert [email protected]  501-336-0918

Priority 3  Call the members of the House Committee on Judiciary and ask that they table HB1348,

House Committee on Judiciary

Rep. Marshall Wright, Chair        [email protected]     870-633-3144

Rep. John T. Vines, Vice Chair   [email protected]                      501624-1252

Rep. Darrin Williams                  [email protected]             501-312-8500

Rep. Jim Nickels                      [email protected]            501-833-2424

Rep. Mary L. Slinkard               [email protected]        479-616-2010

Rep. Nate Steel                       [email protected]              870-845-1870

Rep. Matthew J. Shepherd       [email protected]   870-862-2087

Rep. Jeremy Gillam                 [email protected]                         501-729-0042

Rep. John W. Walker              [email protected]                          501-614-9772

Rep. Sue                               Scott[email protected]         479-621-1265

Rep. Mark D. McElroy             [email protected]                        870-644-3822

Rep. David Kizzia                   [email protected]             501-337-9959

Rep. Stephen Magie               [email protected]         501-327-4444

Rep Charlene Fite                   [email protected]         479-414-1818

Rep. Bob Ballinger                [email protected]                       870-423-1035

Rep. John Baine                   [email protected]               870-862-2002

Rep. Wes Wagner                  [email protected]            870-561-4600

Rep. Micah S. Neal                [email protected]               479-935-5560

Rep. Mary Broadaway            

[email protected]        870-236-9800

Rep. Monte Hodges               

[email protected]          870-763-1322

HB1348  does NOT prohibit “Sharia”  type law from over riding issues that may be presented in the future by modifying Arkansas Public Policy. 

This bill  was originally pulled because it allowed foreign law to be used in the Arkansas Court System and it was tied into the Public Policy of Arkansas.

If you check  the Amendments of HB1348 it looks good but, if you read the bill after the changes were made, it turns out that  public policy and foreign law are still in HB1348.

SB1348  AN ACT TO PROTECT RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES GRANTED UNDER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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