A Federal judge has blocked enforcement of a Anti Israel boycott law, which requires contractors certify won’t boycott the Jewish state as long as they’re doing business with Texas.
Judge Robert Pitman of Austin said boycotts are a form of protected free speech. The ACLU of Texas attorney Tommy Buser Clancy filed the case and says, the State can say Israel is an ally, “but what it can’t do is it can’t force its own citizens to agree with that position and give up there free speech rights to engage it political and consumer boycotts.”
The case was brought about by a former Pflugerville speech pathologist who refused to sign the anti boycott addendum to her contract and was terminated.
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