[lg policy] Oklahoma's 'Official English' law challenged

[Harold Schiffman]

Oklahoma's 'Official English' law challenged
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An attorney is challenging a state question that
requires state communications to be in English. James Thomas filed a
civil lawsuit in Tulsa County District Court Tuesday against State
Question 751, saying it's unconstitutional. The lawsuit names Delilah
Gentges as the plaintiff and Gov. Brad Henry as the defendant. State
Question 751 requires all official state communications to be in
English or Native American languages, except as otherwise required by
federal law.

The Tulsa World reports that Thomas challenged SQ 751 in July, but the
lawsuit was dismissed. He said he expected to file a new lawsuit after
the election.  Thomas didn't immediately return a call seeking comment
Tuesday.  On Monday, a federal judge temporarily blocked certification
of the election results for a state question banning the use of
Shariah law.

http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/25367/Article.aspx

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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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