One Law

Under One Law

This week a Florida case has reminded me that where I live we are subjected to two different sets of laws. I live on an Indian Reservation in Northern Minnesota. The Reservation has its own law enforcement department and has recently been given the authority to stop and arrest Non Indians on “what is called Indian Land”. Actually If I drive by the casino I am on a country highway that is funded and maintained by the county and state. Some federal funds help to build it. But because it is inside some political boundary and treaty “just a line drawn on a map” not only can the highway patrol, county sheriff and all federal law enforcement stop and detain me so can the Indian Police. How does this work with “under one law. The Florida case should be found in the favor of sharia law given this precedent. Here is there case.

TAMPA — The question of what law applies in any Florida courtroom usually comes down to two choices: federal or state.

But Hillsborough Circuit Judge Richard Nielsen is being attacked by conservative bloggers after he ruled in a lawsuit March 3 that, to resolve one crucial issue in the case, he would consult a different source.

"This case," the judge wrote, "will proceed under Ecclesiastical Islamic Law."

Indian Law, Islamic Law: I thought this was American and therefore American Law. What is the deal with all these special interest? The Indians claim “Sovereignty” and therefore do not have to live under one law one rule. The Islamists claim they are not bound by mans law and therefore do not have to live under one law one rule. The rest of the population of America, 290,000,000 millioin must live under one law one rule. What in the world has happened? These special situations have been negotiated with out any direct public input except by the demanding parties. The minorities that are involved in the two examples have lobbied there way to a separate set of rules for themselves. America is a big country that has at its heart a diversity of cultures but we have always believed that above the diversity of ethnic, and cultural differences was the one law one rule principal of democracy. We all have to abide by one set of rules set forth in law. Otherwise the entire system begins to break down. Just think, I can be arrested by an Indian Policeman working for His Indian reservation and even though I am an American Citizen he can detain and punish me. He able to do all this because we have gone nuts. There is not reasonable rationalization for a Sovereign country to be able to arrest me on American soil. I do not give a rats ass about the political BS and or the reasons historically that we must give the American Indian sovereignty over me. It just should not happen. It is wrong and it should be found to be against the constitution.
Enough is Enough. Tell the judge he is to sit and judge based on American law. And, tell the Indian Reservation their sovereignty does not exist and they have no more rights than any other citizen of the US.