You should know, that’s unconstitutional.
Edit: what the fuck is this appeals court smoking? “Money is speech… no not like that.” So I guess every political donation that is not known to the public is also not free speech?
You cannot dictate what a business or individual spends its money on or why. Burn this fucking state to the ground and start over.
what the fuck is this appeals court smoking?
A big joint labeled “AIPAC” that got passed to them in a Federalist Society blunt rotation.
You cannot dictate what a business or individual spends its money on or why.
You absolutely can and we routinely do. Just look at the embargo of Cuba, for instance.
You can ban imports, you cannot dictate that I buy products from fucking Walmart.
And yet… I would’t bat an eye if I saw a new executive order tomorrow requiring that.
Executive orders aren’t worth shit to citizens. All he can do is order the executive branch around.
Where do you think Walmart gets its merch? You’re just pointing to different steps in the supply chain.
The anti-BDS rules are, functionally speaking, not even bans on how you engage with the economy. They’re bans on your speech. You can go to Walmart or not. You can buy things or not. What you can’t do is step outside the store and announce “I didn’t purchase a Sodastream specifically because it would profit Israel”.
And, again, going back to Morse v. Frederick and Harisiades v. Shaughnessy and United States v. O’Brien all lay out instances in which the US government can restrict speech. This is just the latest encroachment.
*States
Fixed it for you. You are welcome.
Minnesota is in the same appeals circuit and deserves better.
i really really wish that were true. were it, i’d have the medicines i need.
Again, controlling imports is a long established power. The government cannot force you to buy from a specific business.
Even if, for instance, a state requires that liquor be purchased at a state store, THEY CANNOT FORCE YOU YO BUY THINGS THERE.
I’m not even American but how would you even prove that? (eg. Not buying certain products…?)
Don’t put words in the mouth of the law. We have something similar in TX. If you are a government employee you have to agree not to “boycott Israel”. It doesn’t say boycott Israeli products or companies. It says “boycott Israel” itself, so you just can’t say that you’ll never travel there.
Why me? I reached to the (it seems wrongly worded) news.
Try to be a bit more open minded to foreigners’ questions please.
It wasn’t meant as a slight to you. It was more a comment on how they worded the law.
Kind of like how the news will turn trumps ramblings into coherent thoughts. We shouldn’t modify the language of poorly written laws to make sense of them. That hurts the people governed by them.
I see, thanks for clearing that up and apologies for the misunderstanding.
Kahanist exceptionalism.
It’s not just Arkansas, most states have antiBDS laws in place. Many of them do not allow contracting with the state, state employment, or receiving state disaster assistance if you hold BDS ideology.
BDS?
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions
I only refuse to buy, want to get rid of our stake in, and want to restrict it. So I’m in the clear whew
The headline you’ve written is factually inaccurate. They prevent the state from doing business with contractors who boycott Israel. It’s a very different thing. The state of Texas also prohibits its state employees from doing the same.
Texas takes it several steps further. Victims of Hurricane Harvey had to sign antiBDS statements. Flooding a few months ago added a disclaimer that you recognize the right for Israel to exist
Fuck Israel, genocidal scum!
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So the state forces you to buy from Israel?
What a country.
It’s for State contracts apparently.
Hardly surprising from people whose family tree looks more like a circle.
California and New York have similar laws
Those in purple have anti BDS laws in place
America is starting to feel that yoke
Starting? Shit ain’t funny any more… Not that its ever been honestly
They’d have to shoot me and force my dead body to eat anything touched by an Israeli. Fuck Arkansas.
What’s wrong with my Israeli friend who moved out of Israel 15 years ago and attends pro-Palestine protests?
He’s not your Israeli friend then. He’s the same from whichever country you came from. He’s okay.
