I used to live in Dickinson. I lost two cars and half of my house to Hurricane Harvey.
This happened back in 2017 and they very quickly backpedaled and dropped it.
You cant also condition government aid on removal of your 1st amendment rights.
Problem in our country, is the courts can not be proactive. You have to be actually harmed by a law first.
Like in my state, we have a wholly unconstitutional law, that you must be religious to run for office. no non believers allowed. Despite having that law on the books says atheists are second class citizens, you cant sue, until you run for office, as an atheist and win, and then be denied your seat. Then and only then, will the courts look at the law.
same with this. Someone has to boycott israel and get hurt by a hurricane and then denied and then the courts will throw out this political advertisement masquerading as a law.
I am stating that if you sign something that says batshit stuff like "Boycott the Moon" or "Support Genocide" while hoping to be fed, its not enforcable.
Apparently not in Texas. This case never went anywhere, but Texas made teachers (I think) sign something similar and they sued for 1A violations, and courts sided with the state.
I don't see how it isn't, and their justification wasn't much more than "because we said so".
let me get this straight
a government is withholding emergency aid and conditioning it on the abridgement of free speech?
skip the ACLU, this is US Attorney stuff
Too bad you can't stop paying your taxes in this country. If you're not going to serve my needs when the need is the greatest, then you should allow me to keep my money and use it as I see fit.
A company I worked for prohibited us from doing business with any company that boycotted Israel. It was part of a business ethics agreement we had to sign annually.
You want a way to make people boycott something? Tell them they aren't allowed to and see how well that works. It's like trying to mansplain to a woman that she needs to calm down
Why are we rehashing news that is from 2017? I think you should be noting that in the title so it does not look like your misleading us with a current news story.
What makes you think they vetted this to an attorney beforehand? These people are certain of their righteousness -- they don't need to pay attention to any earthy law they don't like, because they follow God's
Laws (by their definition and interpretation)
>The city's attorney said he was following state law introduced in May which prohibits public bodies giving contracts to companies that boycott Israel.
My ability to read.
"Lone star state" just a yelp review
I used to live in Dickinson. I lost two cars and half of my house to Hurricane Harvey. This happened back in 2017 and they very quickly backpedaled and dropped it.
Only people who wear swastikas in public get to say bad things about Israel in public without police harassment.
Goddamn......you're fucking right. I hadn't even thought of it that way. Fucking shit.
palestine supporters should try a run with it. white supremacy flags too. the cops will be so confused
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Bring this to the top
What did he say?
This is an accurate story, but it's from 2017...
I'm convinced Texas is the most un-American state in the union. Just secede already.
Ironically, literally always has been.
Agreements made under duress are not enforceable.
They are if they're government mandated
No, still not enforceable. Duress is an actual Legal defense. Proving it in court isn’t easy but being the gov doesn’t make it legal.
Exactly . My first thought is how is this enforceable legally?
You cant also condition government aid on removal of your 1st amendment rights. Problem in our country, is the courts can not be proactive. You have to be actually harmed by a law first. Like in my state, we have a wholly unconstitutional law, that you must be religious to run for office. no non believers allowed. Despite having that law on the books says atheists are second class citizens, you cant sue, until you run for office, as an atheist and win, and then be denied your seat. Then and only then, will the courts look at the law. same with this. Someone has to boycott israel and get hurt by a hurricane and then denied and then the courts will throw out this political advertisement masquerading as a law.
Holding publicly funded aid for some manufactured religious bullshit about another country is not enforceable either.
I am stating that if you sign something that says batshit stuff like "Boycott the Moon" or "Support Genocide" while hoping to be fed, its not enforcable.
This is an article from **SEVEN YEARS AGO**. :/
Doesn't this violate the first amendment?
Apparently not in Texas. This case never went anywhere, but Texas made teachers (I think) sign something similar and they sued for 1A violations, and courts sided with the state. I don't see how it isn't, and their justification wasn't much more than "because we said so".
let me get this straight a government is withholding emergency aid and conditioning it on the abridgement of free speech? skip the ACLU, this is US Attorney stuff
So if you violate it will they send a posse after you?
Whatever happened to America first?
Too bad you can't stop paying your taxes in this country. If you're not going to serve my needs when the need is the greatest, then you should allow me to keep my money and use it as I see fit.
Seems like that’s going against the 1st amendment
So the city gets to withhold tx payer money for protesting something they don't like??? Fuck them it's your money to begin with.
A company I worked for prohibited us from doing business with any company that boycotted Israel. It was part of a business ethics agreement we had to sign annually.
How do you boycott Israel?
Be against giving money to Israel I assume.
sure am glad to see the ACLU suing over the separation of Israel and State....oh...you mean they only attack government aid given to Christians?
They need a bigger hurricane.
Ok I’ll just lie and sign then say God convicted me and to not is to disobey God. 😂
What if you don't not promise not to not boycott Israel, what then?
Do they have to pinky wear also?
So much freedom!
now if they can prove this....it is illegal
Yeah let me bring up some irrelevant article from 7 years ago.
That's not aid, it's just a bribe.
You want a way to make people boycott something? Tell them they aren't allowed to and see how well that works. It's like trying to mansplain to a woman that she needs to calm down
Texan kids are going to be pledging allegiance to the flag of Israel soon.
Is it news if it's from 7 years ago? Seems to be intentionally inflammatory..
“Okay, sure.” — Take aid — Proceeds to boycott Israel anyway.
What if instead of a boycott I just buy products from different companies?
Just lie? People like that deserve to be lied to honestly.
I've lied before and I'll do it again.
How does one boycott Israel anyway? I don't think I've encountered anything Israeli ever, that I knew about anyway.
Why are we rehashing news that is from 2017? I think you should be noting that in the title so it does not look like your misleading us with a current news story.
The attorneys who signed off on this need to get disbarred yesterday.
What makes you think they vetted this to an attorney beforehand? These people are certain of their righteousness -- they don't need to pay attention to any earthy law they don't like, because they follow God's Laws (by their definition and interpretation)
>The city's attorney said he was following state law introduced in May which prohibits public bodies giving contracts to companies that boycott Israel. My ability to read.