Harvey relief funds, residents of Dickinson must vow not to boycott Israel

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To get Harvey relief funds, residents of Dickinson must vow not to boycott Israel



ACLU of Texas Legal Director Andre Segura called the requirement "an egregious violation of the First Amendment" and said it was reminiscent of "McCarthy-era loyalty oaths requiring Americans to disavow membership in the Communist party and other forms of 'subversive' activity."
"The First Amendment protects Americans' right to boycott, and the government cannot condition hurricane relief or any other public benefit on a commitment to refrain from protected political expression," Segura said in a written statement.
 
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I bet 99% of the citizens of that town will have no idea what that question is about and will sign it.........
 
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TenPenny said:
Most people don't read anything before signing it anyway.
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At least when they are receiving financial help. Duress would be the reason to renege on the deal.

It doesn't say much for the morals of the ones insisting on that demand in the first place. They haven't even coughed up compensation for the |USS Liberty yet.
 
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MHz said:
At least when they are receiving financial help. Duress would be the reason to renege on the deal.

It doesn't say much for the morals of the ones insisting on that demand in the first place. They haven't even coughed up compensation for the |USS Liberty yet.
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People buy cars without reading the fine print all the time. Same thing with most contracts, the vast majority of people don't actually read them.
 
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Any driver still should know to walk around the vehicle first before even going to the grocery store. A detailed inspection if you are going for a drive that takes a week or two. If you don't and the wheels fall off it is on you and not the car or the person who sold it to you.
If something is out of tune fixing that part is what is required rather than you need a new car. If you are rich enough you can buy a new car when the gas runs out in the last one if you like, as long as there are enough cars for everybody that wants one.

TenPenny said:
People buy cars without reading the fine print all the time. Same thing with most contracts, the vast majority of people don't actually read them.
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I'm pretty sure most contracts could be whittled down to a few pages at best. The fine print is only there to protect the one 'selling' product rather than it being a protection for the buyer. What you have is Lawyers doing things as slow and as overly complicated as possible as that is how you get rich when you charge $400/hr. (in theory that time should be calculated on the time reading and writing rather than including all the time it takes to get ready to read or write anything. Sit down and in 1 hours go over the needs of 40 clients and the staff can type out the letters you have on a voice recording. That is the time a Lawyer is 'working', clients are charged about $10/minute so it comes out to less that $20.
They get to charge for research time when that should be instant recall as that was part of their schooling, or should have been.
 
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