It's any vendor in the state system who claims more than $1000 through the state.
He only got pinged because he gave a speech at a state college and are now refusing to pay him, and saying if he does get the money he could be arrested for doing business while not pledging to not boycott Israel.
if he does get the money he could be arrested for doing business while not pledging to not boycott Israel
This is an ancap meme :ancap-good:
Yes, but remember, this is America. That means every tiny facet of the government is run like a business and set up to compete with each other. The school didn't care, they just wanted a speaker. Then the billing department flagged the payment and rejected it because their servers have now been configured to reject payment to anyone who didn't check that box.
it makes it really difficult to do business in the middle east.
Schumer said that this will he the first bill that the US Senate passes once Dems took control in 2019. We again got "saved" be the fact that Republicans usually refuse to work with Democrats even when it comes to issues that they agree with. Anyway, a whole bunch of states have such laws. At least 15.
This is more "literally 1984" than anything reactionaries describe as literally 1984.
In bad country, having the wrong politics can result in financial punishments and neglect by the legal system.
This is the land of the free! The first amendment says you're allowed to have any political opinions you want and the state can't attack you for it
except for those opinions, you can't have those onesAktually paying Jews what is rightfully owed to them is doing the “Shylock” trope.
Sounds like a solid discrimination case. Now that someone has standing on such a law, take it to the supreme court.