The Israeli Left Shoots Itself in the Foot by Demonizing Benjamin Netanyahu
He’s done nothing anti-democratic—and he’s curbed the growth of settlements.
January 25, 2019
Anti-Boycott Laws Don’t Violate the First Amendment
The ACLU’s perverse argument.
Yesterday, a federal court upheld an Arkansas law prohibiting state agencies from doing business with companies that boycott Israel. The law had been challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which is also fighting similar laws in other states, and will no doubt do the same if Congress passes the currently proposed federal version. In Arizona, the ACLU won an injunction against such a measure; the case is now being heard by a federal appellate court. Alyza Lewin explains why, contrary to the ACLU’s claims, these laws do not violate the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech:
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How British Universities Fell into the Clutches of the Anti-Israel Movement
The media and student unions take one side, and administrators won’t push back.
Anti-Boycott Laws Don’t Violate the First Amendment
The ACLU’s perverse argument.
The Theological, Political, and Personal Roots of Reinhold Niebuhr’s Zionism
Philo-Semitism and an appreciation of national freedom.
The Democratic Teaching of the Covenant at Sinai
A higher law and the consent of the governed.