Arkansas publisher sues state over law banning Israel boycotts

Copy of the "Restriction of Boycott of Israel Certification" sent to the Arkansas timesFiling a preliminary injunction to block the law as the case proceeded, the ACLU argued Act 710 violates the First Amendment rights of the Arkansas people because political boycott is protected expression.

IfNotNow, a progressive Jewish group that does not take a stance on the BDS movement, opposes state bills like Act 710, calling them “thinly veiled attempt[s] to use state power to silence political dissent.” Ramya Krishnan, a staff attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute of Columbia University, disagrees.

It’s clear, Hauss said, that people participating in boycotts of Israel are doing it for political reasons, emphasizing that none of the ACLU's clients who oppose anti-BDS legislation have ever profited from their boycott.“The only thing that it would restrict is the purchasing decisions,” she said. “If the conduct requires explanation, the explanation is the speech, but the conduct itself, the purchasing power, that’s not speech.”Hauss doesn’t buy that claim.

Such a dumb rule and I love Israel. Publish what you want no matter how ant-Semitic liberals are..

Courts are expressions of domination and power. The 8th circuit will side with the most powerful voice, Israelis vs Palestinians. It’s been the US rule since Fred Scott and the fugitive slave laws.

The states make their own law. You don’t like it, move to California

Wait, isn’t that what sanctuary states are doing? Laws banning federal agents if its good for sanctuary cities it’s good for Arkansas

I hat those who boycott Israel but the state should not tell people what to do.

Article 1 Section 10 states can not enter contracts with other nations.

How in the hell is banning a boycott legal or constitutional in any way, shape or form?

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