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Kansas teacher challenges anti-boycott certification requirement

Kansas public school teacher Esther Koontz challenged a state law that required certain government contractors to certify they were not participating in boycotts of Israel as a condition of receiving state contracts. Koontz argued the requirement violated her First Amendment rights by conditioning government employment and contracting opportunities on political expression and association. A federal court issued an injunction against enforcement of the law as applied in the case, and Kansas later revised portions of the statute.