Success! Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against American Studies Association Over Israel Boycott

Success! Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against American Studies Association Over Israel Boycott

Yesterday, the D.C. Superior Court ended a 9-year harassment campaign against the American Studies Association (ASA) and several of its members over its historic 2013 academic boycott resolution. 

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Palestine Protests: Palestine Is Still An Exception—Especially At Universities

Palestine Protests: Palestine Is Still An Exception—Especially At Universities

Individuals, administrators, and organizations who had put out strong statements of support for Black and Asian lives and against state violence and racism in a domestic context suddenly came under fire for applying a similar logic to Palestinian rights and freedom.

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Palestine Legal to DC Court of Appeals: Dismiss Lawsuit Over ASA Israel Boycott as SLAPP Suit

Palestine Legal to DC Court of Appeals: Dismiss Lawsuit Over ASA Israel Boycott as SLAPP Suit

Palestine Legal has urged the D.C. Court of Appeals to dismiss the latest in a series of lawsuits that were filed to scare professors from supporting the academic boycott of Israel.

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Court Dismisses Major Claims Against American Studies Association

Court Dismisses Major Claims Against American Studies Association

On Friday, in a partial victory for the American Studies Association (ASA), a district court in Washington D.C. dismissed plaintiffs’ ultra vires claim that the ASA operated beyond its corporate charter by passing an academic boycott resolution in 2013.

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