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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

"states where boycotting Israel is illegal" is a sensationalist lie. The article says what these laws actually do

have passed legislation making it illegal for state agencies to work with companies that boycott Israel

So it's all about contracts. That's still bad but it's nowhere near as bad as the headlines implies. A law making it illegal to boycott Israel would be laughably unconstitutional.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think laughably unconstitutional seems to be what the scotus is on track to say is perfectly ok, so I think it’s the constitution that is laughable at this point.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'd be shocked if such a law even made it to the supreme court before being struck down

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

That’s just it, they can be struck down by lower courts and still make it to the Supreme Court with sufficient funding. And then the Supreme Court can just be like, “Nope, we’re cool with shitting on the Constitution.”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

you are right, if PayPal, Stripe and MasterCard did the same thing, the effects would be way worse!

older draftI interpenetrated the bill to mean, "if an organization (doesn't matter what it is, waste management, orphanage, tax collector, money pit, whatever...) endorses the BDS political policy in any way, (say, a banner on their website) they will be cut off from government money". I assume your company can be as pro-Israel as you want it to be. If I'm wrong, let me know.