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The groups requested information on the university’s investments and contracts with Israel-connected companies, such as Dell and Raytheon.

The lawsuit says an eighth-grader’s decision to sit during the Pledge of Allegiance was in protest of U.S. support for Israel in the war against Hamas in Gaza.

“As we have illustrated in our briefs, there are numerous ways for our schools to constitutionally implement the law,” the attorney general of Louisiana said.

With the dismissal of a challenge to Texas’ anti-BDS law, the BDS movement doesn’t appear to have any judicial cards left to play.

ACLU lawyer says those challenging anti-boycott laws won’t back down.

A federal appeals court ruled that the state did not violate the Constitution by requiring contractors to agree not to boycott Israel.

Marc Stern, chief legal officer for the American Jewish Committee, said “this was the first appellate test of laws that combat the BDS movement, whose primary aim is to eliminate the State of Israel. As the court noted, Arkansas has broad power to regulate economic activity, and taking a position on a boycott does not inhibit free speech.”

The law was narrowed in May as Gov. Greg Abbott signed an updated version of it, exempting individuals and smaller companies, specifically those with less than 10 full-time employees or valued under $100,000.

The Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act rolls four different bills into one.

The Zachor Legal Institute, a legal think-tank and advocacy group that combats BDS, filed the suit with the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

During the last few years, more than 20 U.S. states have targeted the BDS movement with legislation aimed at preventing state entities from doing business with companies that seek to boycott Israel. But this success in pro-Israel advocacy has been met with some pushback, as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and some pro-Palestinian legal groups have argued that anti-BDS legislation violates the Constitution.