Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law Ruled Unconstitutional Compelled Speech

A Georgia law barring the state from contracting with individuals or companies unless they certify they won’t engage in a boycott of Israel is unconstitutional compelled speech and a violation of due process, a federal court said.

The 2016 law defines a boycott in part as “engaging in refusals to deal with, terminating business activities with, or other actions that are intended to limit commercial relations with Israel or individuals or companies doing business in Israel or in Israeli-controlled territories” in connection with calls for a boycott of Israel, in a discriminatory manner, or due to any “unreasonable basis that ...