The Sixth Circuit's decision effectively immunizes congressional spending that supports sharia from an as-applied constitutional challenge, thereby undermining the fundamental purpose of the Establishment Clause.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

The federal lawsuit alleges that the U.S. government's takeover and financial bailout of AIG was in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

That exception is triggered in a claim of a violation of the Establishment Clause and when there is a specific legislative grant for spending that implicates the First Amendment.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: AIG_shariah