A Texas congressman who co-founded the Sharia Free America Caucus is introducing legislation aimed at preventing foreign customs and religious laws from conflicting with the U.S. Constitution. The Daily Signal has learned that Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, is introducing the Preserving Our Constitution Act to prohibit federal courts and adjudicative bodies from recognizing or enforcing foreign or religious laws, customs, or practices that conflict with the Constitution or federal law. According to the bill text obtained by the Daily Signal, its purpose is to protect “the individual rights and liberties guaranteed and protected by the Constitution of the United States of America.” A press release from Self’s office shared with the Daily Signal claims the legislation would reinforce constitutional liberties by identifying practices deemed incompatible with American legal principles. Those include forced or underage marriage, polygamy, female genital mutilation, restrictions on speech, religion, or religious conversion, discriminatory treatment based on sex, religion, ethnicity, or caste, and punishments prohibited under the Eighth Amendment. Furthermore, the bill would also seek to protect constitutional rights in international litigation by preventing courts from dismissing cases in favor of foreign jurisdictions unless those jurisdictions provide adequate due process and equal protection safeguards. Self argues that existing federal law lacks sufficient safeguards against the enforcement of foreign or religious legal systems that could interfere with constitutional protections. “The Constitution is the supreme law of the land,” Self told the Daily Signal in a written statement. “Any legal or political doctrine that places itself above the Constitution threatens the stability and unity of the nation, and that’s exactly what Sharia Law does.” “The rule of law requires one standard that applies to every person,” Self continued. “The Constitution provides that standard. Allowing any competing legal system would erode the authority of the courts, weaken the protection of individual rights, and fracture our country.” Self’s bill adds that the legislation serves as a reminder of the responsibility elected officials have to preserve the constitutional freedoms handed down by the nation’s founders. “The role of elected officials of the United States is to secure and protect for its citizens as well as subsequent generations the liberties provided to us by our Founders,” the bill reads. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., Clay Higgins, R-La., Scott Perry, R-Pa., Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., Barry Moore, R-Ala., and Pat Harrigan, R-N.C. Recently, Self and his colleague Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, founded the Sharia Free America Caucus to make Americans aware of the rise of Islam and Sharia Law in the United States. “We are educating ourselves, and our constituents, and our wider audience,” Self previously told the Daily Signal. “Islam is going to go on the offensive, because they think they got the upper hand.”