Selected docket entries for case 19−1378 Generated: 06/07/2019 14:10:44 Filed Document Description Page Docket Text 06/06/2019 BRIEF FILED − AMICUS BRIEF filed by Shurat Amicus, Shurat Hadin−Israel Law 2 Hadin−Israel Law Center w/service 06/06/2019 , Length: Cntr brief 5,041 words 10 COPIES OF PAPER BRIEFS (WITHOUT THE CovLtrAmBrFiled 43 APPELLATE PDF FOOTER) FROM Shurat Hadin−Israel Law Center due 06/11/2019 WITH certificate of service for paper briefs [4794823] [19−1378] (JMM) 1 of 44 Appeal No. 19-1378 ________________________________________________________________ IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ________________________________________________________________ ARKANSAS TIMES, LP, Plaintiff-Appellant. v. MARK WALDRIP, et al., in their official capacities as Trustees of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees, Defendants-Appellees. ________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas No. 4:18-cv-914-BSM ________________________________________________________________ BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE SHURAT HADIN-ISRAEL LAW CENTER IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES ________________________________________________________________ Robert J. Tolchin, Esq. THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC Counsel of Record for Amicus Curiae Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center 111 Livingston Street, Suite 1928 Brooklyn, New York 11201 718-855-3627 Dated: June 6, 2019 2 of 44 Appellate Case: 19-1378 Page: 1 Date Filed: 06/06/2019 Entry ID: 4794823 Table of Contents TABLE OF AUTHORTIES..................................................................................ii CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.....................................................1 STATEMENT OF INTEREST.............................................................................2 STATEMENT UNDER RULE 29(a)(4)(E)..........................................................5 ARGUMENT........................................................................................................6 I. INTRODUCTION......................................................................................6 II. BDS SEEKS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWISH STATE.........................................................................................7 III. DISCRIMINATORY SPEECH IS NOT CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED AND THE STATE MAY CONDITION ITS CONTRACTS UPON ADHERENCE TO LAWFUL CONDITIONS..........................................................................................15 1. It Is Constitutionally Permissible to Condition State and Federal Contracts to Ensure Compliance with Certain Requirements..................................................................................15 2. The State Has a Compelling Interest in Discouraging Invidious Discrimination Based on Nationality, Religion and National Origin........................................................................18 IV. THE CHALLENGED STATE LAW DOES NOT INFRINGE UPON PROTECTED FIRST AMENDMENT SPEECH....................................................................................................23 CONCLUSION...................................................................................................29 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE..................................................................30 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE............................................................................31 3 of 44 Appellate Case: 19-1378 Page: 2 Date Filed: 06/06/2019 Entry ID: 4794823 Table of Authorities Cases Briggs & Stratton Corp. v. Baldrige, 728 F.2d 915 (7th Cir. 1984)......................................................................19 Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709 (2005)...................................................................................16 EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, 135 S. Ct. 2028 (2015)...............................................................................18 Grove City College v. Bell, 465 U.S. 555 (1984).............................................................................15, 23 International Longshoremen’s Ass’n v. Allied International, Inc., 456 U.S. 212 (1982)...................................................................................26 Lyng v. Int’l Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, 485 U.S. 360 (1988)...................................................................................16 NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co., 458 U.S. 886 (1982).......................................................................27, 28, 29 Regan v. Taxation with Representation of Washington, 461 U.S. 540 (1983)...............................................................................6, 17 Roberts v. U.S. Jaycees, 468 U.S. 609 (1984).............................................................................18, 23 Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc. (FAIR), 547 U.S. 47 (2006)..............................................................................passim Runyon v. McCrary, 427 U.S. 160 (1976)..............................................................................6, 18 -ii - 4 of 44 Appellate Case: 19-1378 Page: 3 Date Filed: 06/06/2019 Entry ID: 4794823 Rust v. Sullivan, 500 U.S. 173 (1991)...............................................................................6, 17 Silber v. Airbnb, Inc., (1:18-cv-01884) (D. Del.)............................................................................3 Sinai v. New England Tel. & Tel. Co., 3 F.3d 471 (1st Cir. 1993)..........................................................................21 United States v. American Library Association, Inc., 539 U.S. 194 (2003).............................................................................16, 17 United States v. Sindel, 53 F.3d 874 (8th Cir. 1995)........................................................................17 Constitutional Provisions U.S. Const. Amend. I....................................................................................passim U.S. Const. Amend. XIV.....................................................................................28 Statutes 42 U.S.C. § 2000D...............................................................................................18 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(1)....................................................................................18 42 U.S.C. § 3601....................................................................................................3 50 U.S.C. §4607.................................................................................................. 19 Ark. Code Ann. § 25-1-501....................................................................................7 Ark. Code §§ 25-1-501(1)-(3)..............................................................................22 Ark. Code § 25-1-503............................................................................................6 Ark. Code § 25-1-503(a)(1)...................................................................................7 -iii - 5 of 44 Appellate Case: 19-1378 Page: 4 Date Filed: 06/06/2019 Entry ID: 4794823 Rules Fed. R. App. P. 26.1...............................................................................................1 Fed. R. App. P. 29(a)(4)(A)....................................................................................1 Fed. R. App. P. 29(a)(4)(E)....................................................................................5 Fed. R. App. P. 32(a)(5).......................................................................................30 Fed. R. App. P. 32(a)(6).......................................................................................30 Fed. R. App. P. 32(a)(7)(B)..................................................................................30 Fed. R. App. P. 32(f)............................................................................................30 Eighth Circuit Local Rule 26.1A...........................................................................1 Eighth Circuit Local Rule 28A (c)......................................................................30 Other Authorities BBC, Profile: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30099510.......................11 BDS Movement, The Jewish Voice at the Heart of the Boycott Israel Movement, https://bdsmovement.net/news/jewish-voice-heart-boycott-israel- movement..................................................................................................11 BDS, Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, https://bdsmovement.net/pacbi.................................................................17 Congressional Research Service, Arab League Boycott of Israel, http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS22424.pdf................................................ 9 The Durban Debacle: An Insider’s View of the UN World Conference Against Racism, -iv - 6 of 44 Appellate Case: 19-1378 Page: 5 Date Filed: 06/06/2019 Entry ID: 4794823 https://dl.tufts.edu/pdfviewer/r207v073p/tx31qt958...........................................10 Gil Feiler, From Boycott to Economic Cooperation: The Political Economy of the Arab Boycott of Israel Routledge (1998)........................................................................................ 8 Greendorfer, Marc A., The Inapplicability of First Amendment Protections to BDS Movement Boycotts, Cardozo L. Rev. De Novo 112, 124-25 (2016).........................................