Senator Dave Lawson says that he will introduce legislation designed to keep foreign laws and lawsuits from intruding on Delaware’s court system. And the legislation will naturally have a teabag Republican name, since the threat the legislation is addressing only exists in the fever dreams of teabag Republicans watching Fox News.
Marydel Republican Dave Lawson Friday announced plans to unveil the Free Speech Defense Act and a measure called American Laws for American Courts. The first bill would ban courts here from granting awards resulting from libel suits filed in courts in other countries, unless the defendant was given the same legal protections they’d get in court in Delaware. The second measure would prohibit the use of foreign laws and legal doctrines in Delaware courts.
The first bill sounds really self serving. Remember back in January during the Paris terrorist attack how conservatives went on Fox News and blatantly lied about how England and France had “no-go” zones where Muslims ruled exclusively? The City of Paris, presumably in French courts, is suing Fox News for libel. So Senator Lawson wants to protect the rights of lying conservatives to freely lie on American soil about anything and everything foreign without any fear of being held to account. Now that is a conservative principle if I ever heard one.
The second one is just plain conservative fearmongering. Sharia Laws!!! The Muslims are coming!!! A solution in search of a problem.