SCOTUS Decision Leaves Arkansas Law Penalizing Israel Boycotts Stand - That's What Nat-C Fascists Do

[MayReasonRule]

The supreme court declined to hear an appeal from the editor of the Arkansas Times, Alan Leveritt, after a federal court upheld a law requiring him to sign a commitment not to boycott Israel in order to receive advertising contracts from the state.

My "line from Vegas" certs that if this editor had argued it was against his "closely held" christian "beliefs" to promise to not boycott Israel he would have been granted cert...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the supreme court to overturn the Arkansas law on the grounds it is in conflict with the court’s own ruling 40 years ago that popular boycotts have a long tradition in American history and are protected speech under the first amendment.

The law is one of more than 30 passed by states in recent years, backed by both Republicans and Democrats, that require individuals or companies to pledge not to boycott Israel or its settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories in order to do business with the state.

Although a federal court upheld the Arkansas legislation, courts in other jurisdictions have ruled against similar laws and forced some states to weaken their provisions.

“In other states they’ve introduced laws to deny state contracts to any company that subsidizes their employees transportation costs if they go out of state for an abortion. So this is just going to be used time after time after time, eventually, the supreme court is going to have to deal with it, or else it’s going to be open season on the first amendment.”

[niyad]

1. You are allowed to quote 4 paragraphs. Some here would appreciate that.

[MayReasonRule]

2. Thank's Y'all... I'll Add More Right Now! I'm Still Learning The Ropes...

Just added excerpts, I thought the article was a reasonable TLDR that well encapsulated the reason of the plaintiff and the delusion of the defendants.

I'm not a lawyer, I'm merely a fan of reason.

Laissez bon temps rouler y'all...

Do it in the moment 'cause that moment will never come again!

[Samrob]

3. Anyone any where can boycott anything. It's just like praying in church.

Either do it or don't do it.
Don't buy where or what your conscience refuses to accept.
Don't have an abortion if you don't want one.
Don't marry same sex if you don't want to.
Don't be "woke" if you don't want to (and can't define it.)

But stop trying to make others live their lives like you want them to.

[MayReasonRule]

4. Agreed! That's Economics 101... Vote With Your Dollars And Your Feet!!

[Beastly Boy]

6. The difficulty of this case is that the same principle applies to both parties in the dispute.

The newspaper has a right to boycott Israel, and Arkansas has a right to boycott the newspaper on the same grounds. Whatever one party argues, it will apply equally to the other party.

Frankly, I am stuck here, and the SCOTUS decision doesn't bring any clarity to the issue.

on edit: It seems that SCOTUS made the only decision it could. Were they to take the case, they would have cornered themselves into making a ruling favoring one party over the other.

[former9thward]

5. This case is about Arkansas but a form of the law exists in many states.

Including New York, California, Illinois, Colorado, New Jersey and many others.