The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement has become a powerful force in the United States, working to isolate Israel and its American supporters. Although BDS raises Constitutional questions, it does have First Amendment protection. That being the case, how can opponents of BDS effectively fight the movement? What other legal tactics exist? How best to expose its harmful nature?
Eugene Volokh is a professor of First Amendment law at the UCLA School of Law. He is the author of two textbooks, The First Amendment and Related Statutes (7th ed. 2020), and Academic Legal Writing (5th ed. 2016). Mr. Volokh is a former clerk for Judge Alex Kosinski on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. He holds a BSc in mathematics and computer science, and a JD, both from UCLA.
