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Texas federal court becomes the third to strike down pro-Israel oath as unconstitutional. The case was brought by an elementary school speech pathologist who lost her job for refusing to sign the pro-Israel oath interc.pt/2UE1NLC
In becoming the 3rd of 3 federal courts to strike down these pro-Israel oaths as unconstitutional, the court's language was empathic: "“The statute’s plain text makes its purpose obvious: to prevent expressive conduct critical of the nation of Israel" theintercept.com/2019/04/26/in-…
Many argue that free speech precedents aren't used to protect the rights of the marginalized. That's just false. It's of course harder to win cases on behalf of marginalized people but ACLU, CAIR & numerous other groups have often succeed in doing so theintercept.com/2019/04/26/in-…
Every time I write about these blatantly unconstitutional pro-Israel oaths, I return to the astounding fact that Andrew Cuomo is one of the chief proponents of punishing Americans who boycott this foreign country, even though he himself boycotted US states, i.e. his own country! 
