A demonstrator chants slogans during a pro-Palestinian protest in Times Square, in the Manhattan borough of New York, October 18, 2015. | (Photo: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri)
An appeals court has ruled against an Arkansas law passed in 2017 that prohibits the state from contracting with or investing in businesses that support boycotting Israel.
A three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled 2-1 last Friday against the Arkansas Act 710 of 2017, reversing a lower court decision.
The case was centered on the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees refusal to renew the advertising contract of the Arkansas Times when the paper would not agree to never officially boycott Israel.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that Arkansas' law requiring state contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of.