Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Republicans on an Idaho House panel have once against agreed to introduce anti-Sharia law legislation designed to prevent Idaho courts from making decisions based on Islamic or other foreign legal codes. This is the third year in a row Rep. Eric Redman, a Republican from Athol, has backed legislation that says courts, administrative agencies or state tribunals can't base rulings on any foreign law or legal system that would not grant the parties the same rights guaranteed by state and U.S. constitutions; the bill has never passed. The proposal doesn't specifically mention Sharia law, but Redman previously included pictures of a severed hand and a man about to be beheaded in between definitions of Sharia law in his materials about the bill. There are no known cases in which an Idaho judge has based a ruling on Islamic law. The House State Affairs Committee agreed Thursday to introduce the bill.