San Francisco is spending around $5 million a year to give vodka shots and glasses of beer to homeless people with severe alcohol addiction in an effort to cut down on calls to police and hospital stays, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. The city’s “managed alcohol program” started during the COVID pandemic, but came under fire earlier this week after Adam Nathan, the chair of the Salvation Army San Francisco Advisory Board, posted a thread on X, saying he “stumbled upon the building where they have this program.” “The location is an old hotel in SOMA,” Nathan wrote. “Inside the lobby, they had … kegs set up to taps where they were basically giving out free beer to the homeless who’ve been identified with AUD (Alcohol Use Disorder).” Nathan said that while “some limited studies” on the strategy have shown “some promise,” he’s concerned about the amount of money the city is spending on the program and the way the program is set up, adding, “people in the program just walk in and grab a beer, and then another one. All day.” Did you know San Francisco spends $2 million a year on a "Managed Alcohol Program?" It provides free Alcohol to people struggling with chronic alcoholism who are mostly homeless. I stumbled upon the building where they have this program. This is what I saw.? — Adam Nathan • blaze.ai (@adampnathan) May 8, 2024 Nathan said the city spends $2 million a year on the program, but the Chronicle reported that the “managed alcohol program” now costs San Francisco around $5 million a year. The city’s Department of Public Health says the program has served 55 clients and has grown from 10 beds to 20 beds, located in a former hotel in the Tenderloin district, an area known for its high rates of homelessness and drug use. Shannon Smith-Bernardin, a UCSF School of Nursing professor who helped create the controversial program, argued that the goal of the program is to stabilize the alcohol use of the homeless addicts “so they’re not binge drinking or stopping drinking and having seizures,” according to the Chronicle. The San Francisco Fire Department said the program “has proven to be an incredibly impactful intervention” at reducing emergency service use for a “small but highly vulnerable population.” In a 2020 article explaining the program, the California Health Care Foundation wrote, “Established in countries such as Canada and Australia, a managed alcohol program is usually administered by a nurse and trained support staff in a facility such as a homeless shelter or a transitional or permanent home, and is one method to minimize harm for those with alcohol use disorder,” Fox News reported. “By prescribing limited quantities of alcohol, the model aims to prevent potentially life-threatening effects of alcohol withdrawal, such as seizures and injuries,” the California Health Care Foundation added. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Other “harm reduction” programs run by the city for drug addicts have been criticized, including by Democratic Mayor London Breed who said in February that they are “not reducing the harm” and “making things far worse.” A man who is in recovery for heroin addiction also slammed “harm reduction” programs, telling the Chronicle, “Are we just going to manage people’s addictions with our taxpayer dollars in perpetuity forever? It seems like that’s basically what we’re saying … I think we should be spending that money on detox and recovery.”

With all the talk of women’s reproductive rights this Mother’s Day, my perspective is that without first surviving an abortion, I would have never had the opportunity to become a mother – whether it was through pregnancy, adoption, or kinship care. It’s no secret that abortion is a defining political issue in 2024. As these conversations, campaigns, and debates ensue, there are realities, voices, and relationships that are often overlooked. While I acknowledge everyone has a complex relationship with someone else in their life, here is my story. I grew up in a loving home in Iowa, knowing I was adopted, (along with my older sister) to parents who loved me. I would say I had a great childhood. But, at the age of fourteen, I accidentally found out that I survived an abortion, which crumbled the world I thought I knew. I wrestled with not only the typical angst of figuring out who I was, independent from my family, but with the layers of being adopted and as an abortion survivor, it was confusing. Subconsciously, I felt unloved and unwanted because of the culture surrounding me – the culture that often communicates that abortion is not only a choice, but a right. It created a narrative for me that a child who is aborted is unlovable and unwanted. I began to struggle with self-worth and identity, even with a caring and supportive adoptive family I wondered, “Am I loved?” When my birth mom was 31 weeks pregnant, her mother, a prominent nurse at a local hospital, forced her to have a saline-induced abortion to end my life. For days they injected a toxic solution into the amniotic fluid, a solution designed to poison and scald me until I was delivered dead. On the fifth day, I was born, leading my birth mom to think the abortion was successful. I was rushed to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) — and unbeknownst to her for decades, lived, and was placed for adoption. I was devastated when I learned the truth about my past. I didn’t want to be a survivor. I felt a range of emotions from guilt for surviving when thousands of other babies had not, to resentment towards my birth family, to ultimately feeling alone. I didn’t know of any other abortion survivors who shared the same experience.  As a young adult in my twenties, I embarked on a journey to not only learn more about my past but to heal. I went to counseling and began processing forgiveness towards my birth family, still unaware of the circumstances surrounding my birth. While studying for my social work degree, I began seeing common threads to apply to my own story and healing. Self-awareness about the residual anxiety and fears of being a survivor through my studies became an important part of my healing, while unknowingly also laying the foundation for the future services of The Abortion Survivors Network. I knew I was adopted and had survived a saline abortion attempt, but the details became clearer after ten years of searching. I tried countless times to find my birth family and one day, I found some identifying information. Yet, the biggest breakthrough was found through my medical records, which had been unattainable for me over my ten years of searching. When I finally received those papers, I discovered more details of my “birth”, along with my birth parents’ names. I had more answers to my abortion survival story and could finally begin attempts at making contact with my birth family and learning more about my origins in life. In 2016, I reunited with my birth mother. For over thirty years, she was led to believe the abortion had been a success. This revelation brought a new level of understanding about women who have walked through abortion, including those whose abortions fail. I will never forget the pain in her eyes when we first met — a pain that my survival helped dull, but the pain from an attempted abortion I could never erase. Reconciliation brought not only peace within my story but a new compassion and a fight for women like my birth mother. Women who often feel like they have no other choice. Healing Helps Us Find Our Voice  After going public with my story over the years, I started hearing “me too” in return. I found solace in knowing that I wasn’t alone as an ‘abortion survivor’. Connecting with other survivors helps to make sense of our own story and answer many questions that we may not have known existed. The cultural conversations surrounding abortion are at a new high. It seems each state is fighting for abortion, not to mention it is the year to vote for the next president of the United States. But what about my right to live? What about my fellow survivor friends? What about the pre-born babies still fighting for their lives? This Mother’s Day, I feel the increased importance to share my experience — for the sake of not just survivors like me, but our mothers — biological and adoptive. There is a glaring gap of care and understanding for survivors and their families, including women like my birth mother, Ruth, and my adoptive mom, Linda. For all women, those who have experienced an abortion know that you aren’t alone, or who raise an abortion survivor and have questions and concerns they’re grappling with, we need to acknowledge that these circumstances happen. * * * Melissa Ohden, is the founder and CEO of The Abortion Survivors Network and is a pro-life speaker, leader, and advocate who often appears on television and radio shows. She has spoken on Fox News, The 700 Club, Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), One America News (OAN), Hannity, Focus on the Family, and more. Having earned her Master’s in Social Work, Melissa is also the author of You Carried Me: A Daughter’s Memoir. If you or someone you know is an abortion survivor, please reach out to Melissa Ohden at melissa@abortionsurvivors.org The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

The Northern Lights danced across skies all around the world last night (May 10), and photos coming in show that they peaked in vivid blues, greens, pinks, and purples. Some of us were able to witness the Aurora Borealis, and others sadly missed the event due to weather, light pollution, bad timing—or because we simply didn’t know about the epic geomagnetic storm that’s currently raging. Fortunately, that storm will continue sending Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) our way tonight, which means we’ll get another chance to experience the Northern Lights. Those of us here who missed the event last night will not make the same mistake twice. Make sure you don’t either! But if you live too far south or you won’t have a clear view, we have some breathtaking pictures and videos of the beautiful show from last night that will help quell your FOMO. The Northern Lights Danced From Europe To The United States The Northern Lights in Switzerland painted the sky with watercolors. Northern Lights dazzle UK and US after Solar stormThis is from Switzerland #solarstorm #Auroraborealis pic.twitter.com/TCgysrVhHT— Sumit (@SumitHansd) May 11, 2024 People in Cleveland, Ohio, had gorgeous, almost unreal views of the lights. Last night’s Northern Lights in Cleveland, Ohio. pic.twitter.com/Qd5MkXRdX9— Alex Farmer (@alexfarmerphoto) May 11, 2024 This video of a reindeer beneath the neon green Aurora Borealis is magical. Reindeer beneath the Northern Lights. : Aurora Borealis Observatory pic.twitter.com/x444Tmfven— Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) May 11, 2024 The show over Pittsburg, PA, was so intense that it outshined the city lights. I still can't believe what we all got to witness last night. The Northern Lights. Over #Pittsburgh. I've sat outside for hours countless times over the years, even if there was the slightest chance we could see them and have always come up empty. Not last night. Absolutely unreal pic.twitter.com/eIFsw8PG2a— Dave DiCello (@DaveDiCello) May 11, 2024 We’d hang this breathtaking photograph of electric pink lights over England’s Crosby Beach in our homes. Northern Lights over Crosby Beach @stevesamosa pic.twitter.com/85pLC97SPQ— ScouseScene (@scousescene) May 11, 2024 Another epic shot of the Northern Lights—this time over the Golden Gate Bridge. Northern Lights over the Golden Gate Bridge captured by Hugo Lageneste. Would’ve never thought living in the Bay Area we would ever see the aurora borealis but last night was incredible pic.twitter.com/MerV88eOeF— Drew Tuma (@DrewTumaABC7) May 11, 2024 Don’t forget to check the sky for another round of the Northern Lights tonight. They are typically at their peak between 10 PM and 3 AM, but you should start looking up at dusk. Last night, some areas had their best views much earlier than expected. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post The Northern Lights Dazzled Skies Last Night, See Pics From Around The World appeared first on InspireMore.

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A teacher was left stunned after digging up a stone carved with an ancient Celtic script dating back to the 4th Century while weeding in his garden. Now, the 4-inch stone (11cm) has gone on display at a museum while experts continue to figure out the full meaning of the mysterious relic. During the lockdowns […] The post Teacher Finds ‘Amazing’ Stone Carved With Ancient Celtic Script While Digging in His Garden appeared first on Good News Network.

Over the last several years, former President Donald Trump has voiced his disapproval of how people of faith have been treated in America. In late December, he posted a video on his social media platform Truth Social with the caption, “Stopping the Persecution of Christians!” “Americans of faith are being persecuted like nothing this nation has ever seen before,” he said in the video. “Catholics in particular are being targeted, and evangelicals are surely on the watchlist as well.” Freedom From Religion Foundation, an atheist group founded in 1976, has had a history of targeting Christians. Some of FFRF’s past projects include suing a Tennessee elementary school on behalf of The Satanic Temple, suing New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way for forcing public office candidates to swear a religious oath, and ensuring that a Latin cross was taken down at Chino Valley Adult School in California. While FFRF’s eyes are currently set on demanding that the Birmingham Police Department “end coercive staff prayer,” the group is celebrating another win in its book. An elementary school in rural Florida was forced to disband its Fellowship of Christian Athletes club after being accused of indoctrinating children into religion by FFRF. The FCA chapter included a small group of fifth-grade students. On March 29, FFRF legal fellow Samantha Lawrence wrote a letter to District Superintendent Dorothy Lee Wetherington-Zamora “regarding a constitutional violation” at Hamilton County Elementary School. The sole elementary school in the small town of Jasper was accused of “alienating” and “excluding” nonreligious families, as well as violating “students’ First Amendment rights by organizing, leading, and promoting a religious club.” Lawrence defended FFRF’s stance by pointing out that the Equal Access Act allows students to form religious clubs in secondary schools, but not elementary schools. To further her point, she wrote, “Elementary students are too young to truly run a club entirely on their own initiative with no input from school staff or outside adults,” insinuating that “adults are the ones truly behind the club.” “Hamilton Elementary should strive to be welcoming and inclusive of all students, not just those who subscribe to a particular brand of Christianity,” Lawrence continued. “The District must immediately investigate this matter and ensure that the FCA club at Hamilton Elementary is disbanded.” Joseph Backholm, senior fellow at Family Research Council, responded to FFRF’s complaints in a comment to The Washington Stand. “In general, the FFRF is a bully organization that leverages people’s ignorance of their freedoms against them,” he said. “This is far from the first time someone has tried to force a religious organization out of a school, but the First Amendment has, does, and hopefully always will be acknowledged as protecting those rights.” After receiving the FFRF’s accusations, a local law firm representing the Hamilton County School District responded with a letter relaying their compliance. “In an effort to avoid any perception that such a gathering on the campus of Hamilton Elementary is being organized, promoted or endorsed by the District or its employees, the club has been dispersed.” The letter also stated that the participating students would be starting sixth grade in a few months and would “be eligible to participate in FCA on the campus of Hamilton County High School.” Ultimately, the elementary school caved to FFRF’s demands, a decision First Liberty Institute—a nonprofit defending religious freedom—disagrees with. “Banning students from having a religious club at a school while permitting other, secular clubs is a travesty that teaches children their faith is unwelcome and must be hidden,” First Liberty Institute Deputy General Counsel Justin Butterfield told The Christian Post. While FFRF exists to lessen religious influence in America, organizations like First Liberty fight to preserve religious freedoms. Its mission heavily contrasts with FFRF’s, as it has set out to defend “religious liberty for all Americans.” Meanwhile, FFRF has begun celebrating its victory in shutting down the FCA chapter at Hamilton Elementary. “It is well settled that public schools may not show favoritism towards or coerce belief or participation in religion. It is inappropriate and unconstitutional for an elementary school to organize, lead, or encourage student participation in a religious club like the Fellowship of Christian Athletes,” the press release following the disbandment read. “Thankfully, the district was willing to listen to reason and obey the law.” While some leaders raise the alarm and organizations fight against religious persecution occurring on American soil, Backholm assures Christians ought not to fear. “The last thing Christians should ever be is afraid,” he said. “There have always been sectarian conflicts in the U.S., but fortunately they have been less serious than in most other parts of the world because respecting the conscience of others has long been an American value. Yes, it’s being threatened by a dogmatic and highly intolerant form of secularism, but relatively speaking we have much to be grateful for.” Backholm also warned that Christians live “on a spiritual battlefield.” He encouraged those with a faith to stand firm, as “any public testimony to the gospel will illicit some kind of response,” but it is a “reality Christians needs to be comfortable with.” Originally published by The Washington Stand The post ‘Bully Organization’: FFRF Forces Florida Elementary School to Disband Christian Club appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Sens. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced two measures that, if passed, would achieve a similar objective: to place individuals on the nation’s No Fly List who encourage violence against Jewish persons and support terrorist organizations. Their bill, the No Flights For Terrorists Act, along with an amendment to the U.S. Code, would require the FBI to put on the No Fly List anyone who calls for violence against Jewish people, pledges allegiance to Hamas or other U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations, or has been disciplined by higher education institutions for committing such acts. Marshall and Blackburn filed the proposals Tuesday as ongoing antisemitic, pro-Hamas riots and encampments continued to shut down college campuses nationwide. In the past few weeks alone, hundreds of people, including students, have been arrested on charges ranging from disrupting the peace and criminal trespass to hate crimes and acts of violence. “Hamas terrorist sympathizers don’t just hate Israel, they hate America and everything we stand for. These Far-Left paid professional agitators are promoting terrorism with no fear of the consequences from this administration and these university presidents who are coddling them to safeguard their donor lists,” Marshall said. “These radical Marxists who are doing Hamas’ bidding across the country on college campuses, threatening the safety of our Jewish students and communities, should be treated the same way we treat the terrorist organization they are pledging their support to and immediately be placed on the [Trasnsportation Security Administration] No Fly List,” the Kansas Republican added. Blackburn echoed Marshall’s comments. “It is unacceptable for terrorist sympathizers to threaten the safety of Jewish students in America with little to no consequence. When protesters chant ‘We are Hamas’ and carry around ‘Death to America’ posters, we should believe them,” Blackburn said. “Any student, professor, or paid protester in America who promotes terrorism or engages in terrorist acts on behalf of Hamas should immediately be placed on the TSA No Fly List.” The GOP senators proposed amending Title 49 of the U.S. Code to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs. Their amendment was to another amendment, (No. 1911) offered by Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Jerry Moran R-Kan. According to the Marshall-Blackburn amendment, those to be added to the No Fly List include any individual who has openly pledged support for, or espoused allegiance or affiliations to, any organization that has been designed as a foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of State under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, including—the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; Hamas; the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade; Hizballah; Palestine Islamic Jihad; the Palestine Liberation Front; the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; Kata’ib Hizballah; the Abdallah Azzam Brigades; and the al-Ashtar Brigades. Those expressing support for foreign terrorist organizations are to be added to the No Fly List, including “any individual who solicits, commands, induces or otherwise endeavors to persuade another person to engage in a crime of violence against a Jewish person or their Jewish people because of their race or religion.” They include any students enrolled in colleges, universities, or other higher education institutions that have been disciplined for committing such acts, as well as any professor, faculty member, or paid agitator. Marshall and Blackburn also cosponsored a bill filed by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., to ban any student loan forgiveness for protesters convicted of a crime while protesting on U.S. college campuses. The two also joined a delegation of 27 U.S. senators last month calling on the Biden administration’s Justice and Education departments to respond immediately to the “outbreak of antisemitic, pro-terrorist mobs on college campuses.” The senators called on the Education Department and federal law enforcement “to restore order, prosecute the mobs who have perpetuated violence and threats against Jewish students, revoke the visas of all foreign nationals (such as exchange students) who have taken part in promoting terrorism, and hold accountable school administrators who have stood by instead of protecting their students,” as The Center Square reported. Originally published by The Center Square The post Senators: Protesters Calling for Violence Against Jews Should Be on No Fly List appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Tuesday’s PBS NewsHour actually brought on a critic of the pro-Hamas protesters currently infesting college campus quads across the country, which so far have gotten a nearly free ride from scrutiny (there’s certainly been little scrutiny of the pro-Biden groups funding them). New York Times columnist David French is certainly no hard-core conservative -- he's pretty close to PBS regular David Brooks -- but his opinion that the “camping” protesters posed a threat to other students and should be removed was a strong counterpoint to PBS’s knee-jerk support of the agitators and its exquisite sensitivity to the radicals’ demands. That was too much for NewsHour reporter and interviewee Lisa Desjardins, who found bizarre ways to excuse the mobs, which have often targeted Jewish students in disgusting ways. She introduced French as someone "who says colleges are not doing enough to crack down" on protests. Journalists have been terrible at distinguishing peaceful protests and occupying public or private spaces.  Desjardins suggested to French he's weak on injustice:  "Protesters do say they see an injustice overseas and America tied to that injustice some — they say, through its support of Israel. They see this as a life-and-death cause. They're talking about nothing less than starvation, violent deaths of civilians. What should protesters be doing when they see injustice like that, in your view?" FRENCH: Well, they should absolutely lift up their voices in protest, and the schools should absolutely provide an avenue and a place for people to protest. They can engage in their own boycotts. They can engage in all kinds of constitutionally protected activities to lift up this issue. But they do not have the ability, under American law, to violate the rights of others because they think it's for a good cause. That is not the way this works. You cannot — my First Amendment rights and my rights to study, to sleep, to receive the benefit of an education do not depend on whether or not another group of students consider that a cause is important enough to disrupt my rights. That's not how this works. Desjardins lectured that non-protesting students shouldn't complain about little inconveniences: "As you know, there's not the same kind of right to free speech on private college campuses as there is on public, but many embrace that ideal. But I also don't know that there is an espoused right to sleep or right to have the most convenient path to the library….the Founders themselves espoused rebellion, not just their own.” Jew checkpoints on campus aren’t exactly the same thing as a “convenient path to the library." Bonus coverage: In the previous segment, NewsHour congressional reporter Laura Barron-Lopez claimed Donald Trump had “demonized Palestinian refugees” at a campaign rally. What awful thing did Trump say? Her clip: Donald Trump: Your towns and villages will now be accepting people from Gaza, lots of people from Gaza, because, under chain migration, they can bring everybody they ever touched. Under no circumstances should we bring thousands of refugees from Hamas-controlled terrorist epicenters like Gaza to America. We just can't do it. This segment was brought to you in part by Certified Financial Planner. A transcript is available, click “Expand.” PBS NewsHour 5/7/24 7:32:27 p.m. (ET) Amna Nawaz: Protests against the war in Gaza continue on a number of campuses across the country. As part of our ongoing coverage, Lisa Desjardins has a conversation tonight about the wave of crackdowns at some colleges and universities and how they are being justified. Lisa Desjardins: Amna, the past day shows more action and reaction. Police made dozens of arrests as they broke up an encampment at the University of California, San Diego. At the University of Chicago, police disbanded another encampment. But, at MIT, pro-Palestinian protesters refused to move, despite the threat of academic suspension. Today, in his own speech recognizing Holocaust Remembrance Day, House Speaker Mike Johnson charged that many schools are hostile places for Jewish people and have — quote — "succumbed to an antisemitic virus." Last night, we looked at the idea that colleges have themselves fomented these protests. Our guest tonight says colleges are not doing enough to crack down on them. David French is an opinion columnist for The New York Times. And, David, what do you think universities are getting wrong here? David French, Opinion Columnist, The New York Times: Yes, what they're getting wrong is, they're ignoring their own reasonable time, place and manner restrictions that should allow all parties to have equal access to campus facilities. This is something that universities who have tens of thousands of students often, but not — they don't have the public spaces big enough to encompass everybody who might want to engage in free expression. So, when you have a time, place and manner restriction, what that does is, it says everyone's going to have equal access to the campus, and also that place and manner restriction means that people can't disrupt the actual educational process of the school. And so what's happening is that many of these protests, particularly encampments, are occupying space on the quad. They're, by necessity, excluding others who might want to use it. And then, with the nature of the protests, they're interfering with the students' ability to study, to learn, sometimes even to sleep. And some of these Jewish students are finding that their access to campus is limited by the protests as well. And so by blowing through these time, place and manner restrictions, the protesters are actually violating the rights of other students. And in that circumstance, the university has to step in. Lisa Desjardins: Some of these protests, as you say, have raised a lot of concerns, but so has the idea of calling in police. Police have more power than students. How do you see the idea that perhaps how do you make sure that a get-tough approach doesn't go too far? David French: Well, the bottom line is that these universities have a legal obligation to protect the rights of all of the students and also to protect the Jewish students on campus from antisemitic harassment. So, when these encampments violate the rights of others and they refuse to leave, then, sometimes, there's no option but to bring in law enforcement. Now, that doesn't mean that law enforcement can do whatever it wants. It should be disciplined. It should be restrained in its use of force. But when a group of students is violating the rights of other students, there are legal obligations that attach to the university to defend the rights of others. And so if these students won't move, the university is, in many ways, their hands are tied, because they cannot continue to consent to the violation of other students' rights. Lisa Desjardins: Let me get at this idea of what is civil disobedience and what is actually problematic, unlawful conduct, as you're saying. For example, if there was a sit-in at a diner… David French: Right. Lisa Desjardins: … and those conducting the sit-in were preventing the business from conducting its own business and preventing other patrons from entering, is that something that you see in the same kind of light? And is it civil disobedience or not? David French: Well, when we saw the civil rights movement, what you saw was protesters violating unjust laws, like prohibiting Black Americans from eating in the same diners as white Americans. That's violating an unjust law and then accepting the consequences. So you accept the consequences of your legal violation, which upholds the rule of law. But that's the key. There's an unjust law that you violate, and then you accept the consequences, and you do it all peacefully. Here, in many ways, what they're doing is, they're violating just laws. In other words, they're actually in violation of laws that protect the rights of others, and then they're refusing to accept the consequences. They're covering their faces to avoid detection. They're often in outright defiance of the police when the police try to move them. And that's when you're moving from civil disobedience, which is honorable and respects the rule of law, to outright lawlessness, where they're violating just laws and refusing to accept the consequences. Lisa Desjardins: Protesters do say they see an injustice overseas and America tied to that injustice some — they say, through its support of Israel. They see this as a life-and-death cause. They're talking about nothing less than starvation, violent deaths of civilians. What should protesters be doing when they see injustice like that, in your view? David French: Well, they should absolutely lift up their voices in protest, and the schools should absolutely provide an avenue and a place for people to protest. They can engage in their own boycotts. They can engage in all kinds of constitutionally protected activities to lift up this issue. But they do not have the ability, under American law, to violate the rights of others because they think it's for a good cause. That is not the way this works. You cannot — my First Amendment rights and my rights to study, to sleep, to receive the benefit of an education do not depend on whether or not another group of students consider that a cause is important enough to disrupt my rights. That's not how this works. Students have ample opportunity to express their views, and they also have opportunity to engage in true, genuine, peaceful civil disobedience. But what we're seeing on many campuses, not all, but many campuses is something an order of magnitude beyond that. Lisa Desjardins: As you know, there's not the same kind of right to free speech on private college campuses as there is on public, but many embrace that ideal. But I also don't know that there is an espoused right to sleep or right to have the most convenient path to the library. All of this is sort of weighing with something you pay attention to, our founders. You're an originalist. You pay attention to their intention here. The founders themselves espoused rebellion, not just their own. How do you weigh that idea of this sort of American tension between, yes, speak up, even do rebellious acts for something you believe in, but also perhaps follow the law? David French: In many of these campuses, if you're talking about people in their own dorms, in the comfort of their own dorms, there is a right to some peace and safety and security here. And it is in fact violation of federal law, anti-harassment law, in particular, when, in particular, Jewish students can't have full access to campus, can't have — can't sleep, can't rest. These things actually violate federal law when it rises to that level. And in that circumstances, these universities have to do something to protect the rights of other students. The right to rebellion, I would say that that was seriously diminished after the loss in the Civil War by the Confederacy. I don't think there's any real concept of a right to rebellion. In this circumstance, if you have an actual rebellion against authority on campus, where people move beyond these reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions, they're violating the rights of others. And I'm sorry, the law protects all of us. It doesn't just protect a small cohort of people who decide to occupy part of a campus. Lisa Desjardins: David French, part of a national conversation here, we appreciate your time.