There's Something Fundamentally Wrong with These People

[Rationalist]

Such laws affect not only companies themselves, their policies and their relationship with government entities, but by extension any individual working for those companies. A speech pathologist working for a public school in Texas was fired for refusing to sign a pledge not to boycott Israel. (She sued and prevailed in court.) Also in Texas, survivors of Hurricane Harvey were being required to sign such a pledge before being allowed to apply for disaster relief. On the federal level, anti-BDS politicians have repeatedly attempted to include criminal penalties, even jail time, as a potential punishment for any boycott activities against Israel.

https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speec...tts-israel-and



That's very true, but existing federal law pertaining to U.S. companies and foreign boycotts applies only to the business dealings of the companies themselves - it does not extend to placing restrictions on what a company's employees and sub-contractors may publicly say about Israel and BDS. Americans working in any capacity, in however peripheral a position, for or with any government entity in 27 states are subject to being fired or denied employment for their views on Israel, and Israel alone.

Ok, if this legislation is actually this invasive, that's pretty messed up and should be ruled unconstitutional.

[Standing Wolf]

Ok, if this legislation is actually this invasive, that's pretty messed up and should be ruled unconstitutional.

In a number of court cases, it has been. It will probably end up eventually in the SCOTUS.