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ACLU asks supreme court to overturn Arkansas’ anti-boycott law against Israel

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Four men stand behind cardboard boxes with protest messages on them that are at their feet. Another man stands nearby holding a large sign that reads 'Duty free fund Israeli apartheid'. — An Arkansas law would require companies to pledge not to boycott Israel in order to do business with the state. Photograph: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images

The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the US supreme court to overturn an Arkansas law requiring companies to pledge not to boycott Israel in order to do business with the state.

The civil rights group’s petition said that the law is in conflict with a supreme court ruling 40 years ago that popular boycotts have a long tradition in American history and are protected speech under the first amendment.

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