[Peace] URGENT: Need Paul, Lee, Durbin, Murphy, Franken help ASAP on free speech

[Robert Naiman]

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From: Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
Date: Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:16 AM
Subject: URGENT: Need Paul, Lee, Durbin, Murphy, Franken help ASAP on free
speech

Some of you have probably seen this already, a really problematic bill that
conflates anti-Semitism with criticism of Israel. Seems to be moving
through the Senate very quickly.



https://www.casey.senate.gov/newsroom/releases/with-attacks-
on-the-rise-sens-casey-and-scott-introduce-bipartisan-
anti-semitism-awareness-act



This may be useful: a 2015 report from the Foundation for Individual Rights
in Education that adopting this definition of anti-Semitism would likely
violate the 1st amendment:

https://www.thefire.org/state-departments-anti-semitism-defi
nition-would-likely-violate-first-amendment-on-public-campuses/



It also needs to be pointed out to each of the orgs backing this -- AIPAC,
ADL, Wiesenthal Center, and Jewish Federations -- that they can't ever
again claim that anti-Semitism accusations aren't used to chill criticism
of Israel.


Hearing confirmed for today. Will come up on the floor and it will pass by
unanimous consent if another Senator does not object. Calls to Casey are
needed now asking him to hold off. Calls to other Senators (especially
Leahy, Durbin, Murphy, Franken, Murray, Reid, Paul, Lee) asking them to
object.  Letters from organizations would also be helpful to let them know
this is not a non-controversial naming of a post-office to pass under
unanimous consent.
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