"The goal here is to basically say every university not only cannot refuse cooperation with Israel but must actively seek every opportunity to cooperate with Israel,” said one analyst.
Bobby Scott, the top Democrat on the education committee, criticized the bill as unnecessary and potentially in conflict with first amendment protections of protest.
“No college or university has embraced the BDS movement anyway. So, we should combat antisemitism wherever it occurs, but we should not do so by punishing protected speech or conflating a student’s view with university policies,” he said. (The Guardian US House passes bill penalizing universities that participate in boycott of Israel)
Since Citizens United already ruled that money is speech, any university challenged by this law should have an airtight 1st amendment case in their defense.
Ignoring the top education democrat too:
Since Citizens United already ruled that money is speech, any university challenged by this law should have an airtight 1st amendment case in their defense.