Yet again, Congress has proved itself to be the enemy of privacy rights in America. A bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was called to a vote this week in the House of Representatives, and defenders of the Constitution were quick to sound the alarm bells that it would be used...Read More
The Student Rights Campaign (SRC) is having an extremely successful year in 2024. Following an amazing win for free speech in California, SRC has scored a victory for the right to self-defense for students on college campuses in Tennessee. HB 1909, introduced to the Tennessee House of Representatives by Rep. Gino Bulso and co-sponsored by...Read More
The rights of American ranchers and farmers are at stake. In early March of this year, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, an omnibus spending bill that included a $15 million earmark for the electronic tracking of cattle owned by farmers and ranchers in the US. Through this act, the Department of Agriculture will...Read More
Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—is proud to announce a major victory for college students in Indiana. After being pressured by YAL student activists for months, the Indiana University (IU) System has finally decided to update its policies to include a specific carveout for pepper spray within the broader prohibition on weapons....Read More
As part of Young Americans for Liberty’s (YAL) broader fight to uphold self-defense rights on college campuses, dozens of students at the University of Hartford (UHart) held a rally today protesting the school’s pepper spray and taser ban. Part of the nation’s most active youth liberty organization, YAL student activists at UHart are also circulating a pro-self-defense petition...Read More
Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—has notched another Student Rights Campaign (SRC) victory, this time at Florida State University (FSU). Because of YAL’s advocacy for the right to self-defense, FSU recently included a specific carve-out in its weapons policy for pepper spray, allowing students to use it to defend themselves...Read More
Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)—the nation’s most active youth liberty organization—is now celebrating victory at SUNY Oneonta. As of this afternoon, the school’s pepper spray ban has been reversed and students’ right to self-defense has been restored, all because of YAL student activists who fought the administration tooth and nail. YAL student activist Alec Woodruff...Read More
