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28 states have passed laws requiring individuals and businesses that receive government contracts – from substitute teachers to construction workers — to certif

28 states have passed laws requiring individuals and businesses that receive government contracts – from substitute teachers to construction workers — to certify that they will not participate in boycotts of Israel or Israeli settlements in the West Bank What the hell? How can that be enforceable? Ok, so you sign it just so you can get the job, but then don't buy stuff from Israel (or whatever the cause/country/company is you want to boycott) - how could they force you to buy the products? This is just stupidity on the part of these states. If the right to boycott is to be preserved, the Supreme Court must step in. Yet somehow I suspect this supreme court will find a way to mess this up.

tpmoney 4y ago
We've consistently tied federal funding to a whole host of restrictions on activities. Receiving federal funding prohibits you from a number of "discrimination / free association" practices that purely private interests are allowed to engage in. States are required to implement a number of policies (most famously the 21 drinking age) as a condition of getting federal money. This seems like another in a long line of constitutional violations.
- rnk 4y ago
  The courts have decided that the federal govt can put restrictions on money they give the states. It's also not the same thing as states passing laws saying you as an individual or business are disallowed from making your own choices about who you might wish to boycott.
tuyguntn 4y ago
> How can that be enforceable? Participate in protests boycotting Israel or try to protest any Israel government policy, you will be blamed for boycotting and your company needs to terminate you if they want to continue doing their business, otherwise government will impose a sanction to your employer, then everyone will try to avoid your employer.

tpmoney 4y ago

We've consistently tied federal funding to a whole host of restrictions on activities. Receiving federal funding prohibits you from a number of "discrimination / free association" practices that purely private interests are allowed to engage in. States are required to implement a number of policies (most famously the 21 drinking age) as a condition of getting federal money. This seems like another in a long line of constitutional violations.

rnk 4y ago
The courts have decided that the federal govt can put restrictions on money they give the states. It's also not the same thing as states passing laws saying you as an individual or business are disallowed from making your own choices about who you might wish to boycott.

tuyguntn 4y ago

> How can that be enforceable? Participate in protests boycotting Israel or try to protest any Israel government policy, you will be blamed for boycotting and your company needs to terminate you if they want to continue doing their business, otherwise government will impose a sanction to your employer, then everyone will try to avoid your employer.