[somebody78978]

I don't think the U.S. government has the right to force a company to operate in another country.

[KRAKRISMOTT]

However they do have the power to end a boycott, either directly or indirectly (see the laws passed by various states regarding refusing to do business with Israel).

[giraffe_lady]

The ones that criminalize participating in a boycott? A fourth grader can identity those as flatly unconstitutional.

[user982]

And yet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws#Anti-BDS_laws_in...

[giraffe_lady]

Yeah the immediately following "public opinion" section is particularly interesting. really makes u think.

[user982]

I do wonder how Pew got such drastically different results from every other poll.

[giraffe_lady]

Just in a quick glance at the source it seems like simply poor or misleading phrasing on wikipedia. Looks like the poll wasn't "support/oppose" with 95% oppose but it was more like "do you support" with 5% yes.

[fweimer]

There's already a government office for exactly that: https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/enforcement/oac

However, it does not apply in this case because the U.S. does not recognize Palestine as a country, and if that changes, it seems unlikely that it would be a country friendly to the United States.

[hgsgm]

Nor do legislators have the right to pursue US foreign policy. That's the executive's job