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56 Duq. L. Rev. 199 (2018)
State Anti-BDS Laws Counteracting the BDS Movement and the Constitution

handle is hein.journals/duqu56 and id is 353 raw text is: State Anti-BDS Laws Counteracting the BDS Movement ... And the Constitution Sara J. Watkins* I. INTRODUCTION .................................. 199 II. BACKGROUND ....................................... 202 A. Overview of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.... 203 B. What is the BDS Movement? ...... ......... 205 C. Anti-BDS Legislation.............. ........ 206 1. State Anti-BDS Legislation .... ..... 206 2. Federal Anti-BDS Legislation.............. 207 III. CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ................... ....... 209 A. Intrusion into Foreign Affairs ...... ........ 209 B. Violation of the Commerce Clause ..... ..... 212 C. Preemption By Existing Federal Law .............. 215 IV. NOTABLE SANCTION CASES. ....................... 216 A. Board of Trustees of Employees' Retirement System v. Baltimore ................ ..... 216 B. Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council...... 218 C. National Foreign Trade Council v. Giannoulias ...................... ..... 221 V. CONSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS OF ANTI-BDS LEGISLATION ........................................ 224 A. Intrusion into Foreign Affairs Analysis........... 225 B. Violation of the Commerce Clause Analysis .... 227 C. Preemption by Existing Federal Law Analysis. ....................... ....... 230 VI. CONCLUSION ....................................... 231 I. INTRODUCTION When two groups of people have claims to the same piece of land, conflict is likely to ensue. For the Israelis and the Palestinians, the * Sara Watkins is a 2018 Juris Doctor candidate at Duquesne University School of Law. She graduated from Washington & Jefferson College in 2015 with a B.A. in Political Science and Studio Art. The author would like to thank Professor Bruce Ledewitz for all of his guidance and support. 199

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