Comment on YSK that in several US States, it's illegal to boycott Israel

• chillpanzee@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And yet… I would’t bat an eye if I saw a new executive order tomorrow requiring that.

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  • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Executive orders aren’t worth shit to citizens. All he can do is order the executive branch around.

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• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Where do you think Walmart gets its merch?

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  • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What does that have to do with the argument? They’re pointing out that the government can restrict where you spend your money but the opposite is not true.

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The government can restrict your actions - including where you choose to shop (or don’t shop) - based on your stated intent. That’s always been true. It’s the foundation for discrimination law - hiring and firing based on race, religion, or disability.

      If you announce “I’m not hiring you because you’re unqualified” there’s no legal liability. If you announce “I’m not hiring you because you’re black”, that invokes legal liability. Arkansas is extending this line of reasoning to nation-of-origin. You cannot go into a store and say “I’m explicitly refusing to buy Israeli wine”. You cannot operate an investment bank or office that declares “We are explicitly boycotting every business of Israeli origin”. It’s now classified as a form of discrimination and one in which the state DA’s office has a zealous desire to prosecute.

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      • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Hiring is a different analogy that still doesnt really fit the situation well. If I work at Acme Corp and get quotes for materials from a company in Israel and one in Brazil and decide to go with Brazil because I dont agree with supporting genocide, how can the government compel me to instead purchase supplies from Israel? Beyond the whole ideological aspect of “free markets” and whether Republicans are major hypocrites or not, what legal mechanism is there for the government to require you to purchase generic items from a specific company solely based on the nation that company is located in regardless of price, quality, volume, etc? There’s zero chance there’s legitimate legal footing for this.

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      • hector@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The 1st ammendment begs to differ.

        I realize you are regurgitating The preposterous legal arguments of the lawmakers that have passed these laws but that Legal reasoning is laughable as it is for So-Called civil asset forfeiture Where the fifth Amendment against seizure of private property without due process does not apply because they charge your property not you. The State verse your wallet and car.

        These are clearly bad faith ad hoc arguments they are making.

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