Karen Lugo is the founder of The Libertas-West Project and in this capacity she responded to a request from French jurists to submit a brief to the Conseil d'Etat on the legal grounds for banning the burqa. Karen is also Co-Director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence. In this role, she directs the Center's litigation in support of constitutional issues. She has submitted amicus briefs to the US Supreme Court on such issues as Healthcare Reform, Arizona's Border Security, Gay Marriage, The Ten Commandments, Christian Clubs on University Campuses, and Material Support to Terrorists. She is a visiting professor at Chapman Law School and co-teaches the advanced Constitutional Law Clinic. Karen is president of the Orange County Federalist Society lawyer chapter and sits on the Federalist Society International Law Executive Committee. She is Chair of the David Horowitz Freedom Center Orange County chapter and member of the DHFC Board of Directors. She is also on the board of advisors for Trinity Law School in Orange County, CA and an advisor to UK Baroness Caroline Cox's HART US. Karen is a regular guest on the Orange County PBS local issues debate program, Inside OC, and she is a frequent contributor to RedCounty.com, FlashReport, and contributing editor to Family Security Matters. She has been interviewed by dozens of radio hosts on the matter of sharia law. Ms. Lugo is an appointee to the California Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights. Formerly, Karen was press liaison to Assemblyman Bill Leonard. She was 2005 Legislative Analyst for the California Republican Women. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Head Sheriff of Los Angeles, Lee Baca has cultivated relationships with Muslims and has cemented close ties to CAIR and other Muslim political action groups. He claims that "diplomacy should be the primary mission of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo/2012/03/17/nypds_ray_kelly_vs_la_sheriff_lee_baca eb74c979-ad72-49a4-b63c-8bf31352c5ec Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT Muslims are organizing discussions across America to assert that sharia is compatible with the U.S. Constitution. Since these presentations rarely involve a real debate there is no opportunity for thoughtful... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo/2012/02/27/sharia_and_the_constitution 6e75e264-cd02-4f82-8c36-23ca99a89d97 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:59:00 GMT The murder of 30-year-old medical student Gelareh Bagherzadeh near her Houston home last week was surely meant to convey a message. This was no case of mistaken identity or random violence; what must be known about this... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo/2012/01/25/making_an_example_of_gelareh_bagherzadeh fda769ab-0fd1-4949-b05f-27cc62e63ef9 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:51:00 GMT Muneer Awad, who filed the lawsuit against Oklahoma's attempted ban on sharia law, says that he thinks judges can and should follow directives like those in his will - to "look to Islamic precepts in situations where... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo/2012/01/14/were_oklahomans_wrong_to_ban_sharia d52c95f6-22c7-4a45-84e1-96edc9dd0898 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:01:00 GMT Muslim activists are calling Lowe's decision to pull sponsorship of the TLC television series "All-American Muslim" ads bigotry. Butterball angered many Americans when customer service agents confirmed that all... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo/2011/12/21/butterballs_halal_turkeys_and_lowes_wise_corporate_choice 9d6e4c4d-2cf7-4858-979b-d02197e94b60 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:25:00 GMT Americans should pay close attention as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hosts representatives of the Islamic states this week in Washington. The working session may be advertised as an effort to combat... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo/2011/12/13/free_speech_for_me__unless_it_offends_thee 1d4947a1-96c5-4549-8341-cd1553fb57da Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:21:00 GMT Having participated in numerous community events aimed at combating Islamists trying to limit free speech, I am convinced we will only protect speech rights in this country if we have the help of patriotic American... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo/2011/12/02/calling_all_moderate_muslims 6f812db4-66af-4710-9952-8eff37860e94 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:50:00 GMT The head of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division, Tom Perez, is taking strong steps to protect the rights of Muslims in America "because they are being targeted for abuse." A new alliance between the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo/2011/10/25/doj_tips_the_scales_of_justice_for_muslims_again e5217e31-402c-43ac-a601-f97ccbbedbe0 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:01:00 GMT The bold, bombastic style that has earned New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie much acclaim in the political bullpen excited conservatives when he used it to battle the unions and biased media agents. Now that Christie's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo/2011/10/17/chris_christie_incoherent_on_islamism 011f25ea-0dfd-4f54-873f-99fce4c643b8 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:45:00 GMT In the day of heroes, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and John Paul II all had a voice in defying Communism as President Reagan issued the challenge: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" This trio of Western leaders... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo/2011/10/08/iranian_pastor_youcef_nadarkhani_and_the_berlin_wall ac9c1f09-404b-487d-9939-021ff40f7720 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:01:00 GMT All Americans owe the Orange County (CA) District Attorney a huge debt of gratitude. Despite demands to withdraw the prosecution of the "UCI-11" Muslim students who shouted down Ambassador Michael Oren, the DA and his... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo/2011/09/27/muslim_mob_convicted_in_california b170f855-4c1f-4a6f-b021-4362c233a2a6 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT In 2006 a young woman, born and raised a Muslim, came to America. She had escaped an arranged marriage and fled to the Netherlands where she applied for asylum. While in Holland, this woman fell in love with... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo/2011/09/11/ten_years_after_9-11_an_open_letter_to_american_muslims 965765a0-912d-4215-bd16-bfe13fda02f8 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT The Center for American Progress's "Fear, Inc: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network" in America claims to have exposed America's Islamophobes by naming a network of so-called dangerous fear- and hate-mongers. Yet it... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo/2011/08/30/fear,_inc_exposes_the_real_cowards f2e4813a-4f0d-4cb4-8fb3-fb4f32ace11e Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:01:00 GMT An administration known for double-speak recently announced a strategy for preventing violent extremism: compelling "inclusiveness." Yet the real agenda is likely to establish a nationwide network of partners to monitor... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo/2011/08/12/obamas_dubious_scheme_to_fix_homegrown_terrorism ccb6b261-8305-4c0c-84bc-26c8d4500098 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:03:00 GMT Glenn Beck talks about a spooky alliance between Islamists and leftists. Newt Gingrich calls sharia law abhorrent and urges the western world to ban it. Bill O'Reilly says that sharia law allows for things that most... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KarenLugo/2011/05/19/scaremongering_on_sharia 74b882f7-c811-4dfc-bcaf-4f60f8abba47 Thu, 19 May 2011 19:35:00 GMT