The Supreme Court of Mexico ruled that the decision of a collegiate tribunal to require a journalist to prove the veracity of statements contained in the prologue of a book is not consistent with standards on freedom of expression.
A US District Court in Arkansas upheld a law which prohibits “public entities from contracting with and investing in companies that boycott Israel.” The court explained that the landmark Supreme Court case NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. Claiborne, which protected political boycotts, did not apply in the present case on the grounds that Act 710 only regulated commercial purchasing decisions and not political speech. According to the Court, the newspaper’s freedom of speech was not constrained under Act 710, as the Times was free to criticize Israel’s policies, engage in protests or organize meetings in support of a boycott, without state interference.
The United States Supreme Court found that political protest through a boycott is protected under the First Amendment.
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