Re:Trump says he's buying a Tesla to support Musk and counte...
by Shawnecy on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @11:21AM
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Nice senseless phrasing, but there is no consumer boycott that is illegal.
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Re:Trump says he's buying a Tesla to support Musk and counte...
by s1artibartfast on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @12:11PM
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Not quite, there's a long history of legislation about consumer boycotts of Israeli products.
38 out of 50 states have laws on their books prohibiting Israeli product boycott and some form or another.
In the most egregious cases, these do things like fire School teachers if they are choosing to avoid Israeli products in their personal life.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws
Read the constitutional challenges for some examples...
Re:Trump says he's buying a Tesla to support Musk and counte...
by JohnFen on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @12:44PM
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As far as I'm aware, the anti-BDS laws only pertain to performance under governmental contracts or similar, or are merely statements of position without legal effect.
Is there a law that prohibits individuals who are not operating under such a contract from boycotting?
Re:Trump says he's buying a Tesla to support Musk and counte...
by s1artibartfast on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @12:54PM
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All anti-BDS that I am aware of operate through government employment and contracting.
I would however clarify your statement in that the scope often extends not just to the work under contract, but personal and professional behavior outside the scope of contract.
Re:Trump says he's buying a Tesla to support Musk and counte...
by JohnFen on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @01:01PM
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Yes, but it's still under the authority of the contract. That means that expressing support of a boycott is not illegal, it's just grounds for termination of that employment.
Re:Trump says he's buying a Tesla to support Musk and counte...
by s1artibartfast on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @01:08PM
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That is correct.
Re:Trump says he's buying a Tesla to support Musk and counte...
by aprilthird2021 on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @01:57AM
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They'll probably try to get one in now, mark my words.
Re:Trump says he's buying a Tesla to support Musk and counte...
by FollowingTheDao on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @11:35AM
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...yet.