KALAMAZOO, Mich. (Michigan News Source) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says a Kalamazoo Office Depot didn’t just reject a poster—it may have broken the law by refusing service for a Charlie Kirk memorial.

“Businesses cannot discriminate,” Bondi told Fox News. “If you want to go in and print posters with Charlie’s pictures on them for a vigil, you have to let them do that. We can prosecute you for that.”

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Her remarks follow an incident involving James Asher, a 21-year-old leader of the Kalamazoo Young Republicans, who went to Office Depot two days after Kirk’s assassination to print a black-and-white poster reading “The Legendary Charlie Kirk, 1993–2025.” Store employees refused, dismissing the request as “political propaganda”—an exchange Asher recorded on his phone.

The video quickly spread online. As Michigan News Source previously reported, Office Depot later apologized, dismissed the staff involved, and promised new training. 

But legal experts caution that Bondi’s prosecution threat faces constitutional limits. Attorney Josh Goodbaum countered that while federal law bars refusals of service based on race, sex, or religion, it does not extend to “political belief”—and government prosecution would run into First Amendment limits, the Wall Street Journal reported.

In short: companies can discipline their workers, but the Constitution protects political expression from state interference.

Asher’s position cut both ways. He said he believes businesses should decide who they serve—and that customers “deserve the right to know where companies stand so they can make a decision if that’s where they want to spend their money.”

After Office Depot refused his order, a nearby FedEx printed the poster for free.