lemme in@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoMap shows states where boycotting Israel is illegalwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1189
arrow-up1189external-linkMap shows states where boycotting Israel is illegalwww.newsweek.comlemme in@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoRight. It states that the companies that boycott Israel will be ineligible for working with a state agency. A business is not the same as a citizen. I’m not agreeing with the law, by the way. I’m just pointing out how it’s not unconstitutional.
minus-squareDeprecatedCompatV2@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoNot to be that person, but in the USA, companies are people.
minus-squareVeraxus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago A business is not the same as a citizen. The Citizens United vs FEC states clearly and unambiguously that a business is to be treated as an individual where Constitutional rights are concerned. That ruling was a pretty big deal, I’m surprised you didn’t know about it.
Right. It states that the companies that boycott Israel will be ineligible for working with a state agency. A business is not the same as a citizen.
I’m not agreeing with the law, by the way. I’m just pointing out how it’s not unconstitutional.
Not to be that person, but in the USA, companies are people.
The Citizens United vs FEC states clearly and unambiguously that a business is to be treated as an individual where Constitutional rights are concerned. That ruling was a pretty big deal, I’m surprised you didn’t know about it.