In recent months, Illinois and South Carolina have passed anti-BDS measures that protects taxpayers from indirectly supporting discriminatory boycotts against Israel. Northwestern Law Professor Eugene Kontorovich in an article in Tablet Magazine puts to rest concerns that measures to withhold public funds from companies that boycott Israel violate the First Amendment. As Professor Kontorovich notes, the First Amendment allows states to place anti-discrimination restrictions on government contractors vying for public funds. Therefore, just as the federal government is not required to “subsidize discrimination” when companies discriminate against one’s race, religion, or sexual orientation, it is also perfectly constitutional for the government to withhold funds from companies that discriminate against Israel, or against any national origin.