It’s Time to Reaffirm Our First Amendment Right to Boycott

[Lee Cruz]

From the Boston Tea Party to the Montgomery bus boycott to the boycott of apartheid South Africa, politically motivated consumer boycotts have long been part and parcel of American politics. But are they protected by the First Amendment? For 40 years, the answer has been an unequivocal “yes.” But in a recent case from Arkansas, a federal court of appeals ruled otherwise. If the right to boycott is to be preserved, the Supreme Court must step in...

https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/its-time-to-reaffirm-our-first-amendment-right-to-boycott