Texas BDS Law Challenged

A suit was filed in a Texas federal district court this week by an Arabic-speaking speech pathologist challenging the constitutionality of Texas' statute barring those who contract with the state from participating in any boycott of Israel.  The complaint (full text) in Amawi v. Pflugerville Independent School District, (WD TX, filed 12/16/2018), contends that the anti-BDS law violates the free expression rights of plaintiff who refused on moral grounds to sign an anti-BDS pledge as part of her contract with the school system. Common Dreams reports on the lawsuit.