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.