BDS Elana Baurer Jacobin / June 28, 2022 A federal court of appeals recently ruled that laws prohibiting boycotts are not illegal. It’s the latest in the Right’s attempts to stomp out the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement’s challenge to Israel’s abuses — and further erode free speech. On June 22, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that an anti-boycott law in Arkansas was not unconstitutional. In other words, the Court said that boycotts are not protected free speech under the First Amendment, a break from most other federal courts in the country. This is...
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