Media Spotlight: Cuomo’s Order Sparks Debate On Right to Boycott
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Gov. Cuomo probably did not anticipate the fierce media backlash his order received. We’ve collected some media highlights.
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Andrew Cuomo’s BDS Blacklist Is a Clear Violation of the First Amendment
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Governors have significant authority in issuing executive orders, and in many situations, they do so to circumvent legislative roadblocks. But executive orders cannot wish away the Constitution.
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Dima Khalidi in the Huffington Post
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For us Palestinian-Americans, the height of election year means it is cringe season. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference, intentionally timed to attract the presidential frontrunners, is a perfect illustration of why. It is at AIPAC after all, that those hoping to become or remain our elected leaders are pandering to powerful pro-Israel groups this week in order to win their favor, or avoid their disfavor.
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Is New York State About to Create a Blacklist of BDS Supporters?
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New York lawmakers, seemingly baffled by the global boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign for Palestinian freedom, are despairing for the good old days of McCarthyism, when speech was suppressed and activists’ livelihoods endangered with the simple creation of a blacklist.
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