Peter Van Voorhis
Washington Examiner
Newport Beach, CA, United States
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College announces free legal services for students (and family) in immigration cases
The University of Central Florida has announced a pilot program to use the school’s taxpayer-funded legal services to include support for the families of undocumented students. → Read More
I was five on 9/11. Here's why I'll never forget it
I was five years old when 19 terrorists struck America at home. My classmates and I were less than a month into elementary school, yet we had no idea that our worlds were about to change forever. That's because the father of one of the girls who sat next to me in class was Tom Burnett, who… → Read More
Professor threatens students who want to legally carry concealed weapons in class
A professor at the University of Kansas has warned students not to bring legal concealed carry weapons to class, and attempted to redefine the university’s policy code to justify her fear of students pulling a gun on her if they disagree with the subject material. → Read More
Trump administration looks to merge Education and Labor Departments for a 21st century workforce
The federal government is proposing that the Departments of Labor and Education merge. → Read More
Congressional candidate builds border wall in new campaign ad
Jason Emert, chairman of the Young Republican National Federation and candidate for Congress in Tennessee’s 2nd Congressional District built a physical wall to show his support for President Trump and border security in his latest campaign advertisement. → Read More
University of Minnesota sued over Ben Shapiro event
Young America’s Foundation announced a lawsuit against the University of Minnesota for violating the First Amendment rights of students on campus, by attempting to suppress attendance at a speech given by conservative commentator Ben Shapiro. → Read More
College eliminates lunch break speech restriction after lawsuit
The Alliance Defending Freedom announced their legal victory over an unconstitutional policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst that restricted free speech on campus to less than one hour per day on less than 1 percent of the campus. → Read More
Parkland students offered full scholarship to conservative student conference
Students from Parkland, Fla., are eligible for a fully paid trip to Turning Point USA’s High School Leadership Summit next month. The organization’s Director of High School Outreach is Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Kyle Kashuv, who survived the February shooting and has worked to improve school safety while respecting the Second Amendment. → Read More
Former Navy SEAL: Expand the GI Bill to help veterans succeed as business owners
Former U.S. Navy SEAL Carl Higbie is arguing that Congress should allow veterans to use the G.I. Bill to help them start their own small businesses after military service. → Read More
Austin Petersen promises to throw away McConnell’s ‘ring of power’
Austin Petersen isn’t your typical candidate for United States Senate, and that’s why he believes he can win. He’s a pro-life, pro-constitution, and pro-MAGA Republican with a libertarian lean. → Read More
Law students demand a ban on 'troubling' speech
Nine different student groups at Lewis & Clark Law School wrote a letter calling for an end to free speech “when it has a negative and violent impact on other individuals,” especially when that speech is “fascism ... under the guise of ‘open debate’ and ‘free discourse.’” → Read More
UC Merced charges College Republicans $17,000 for Ben Shapiro event
Freedom X law firm, which has represented a number of conservative students and organizations in free speech cases, argues that the school’s... → Read More
Milo is back! UCLA announces Yiannopoulos' first campus event of 2018
Milo Yiannopoulos' speaking engagements often draw large crowds, including hundreds of supporters and protesters alike. Violent clashes betw... → Read More
This student-founded peer advocacy group is educating students on their civil rights
Jake Goldberg, a Tufts University student, is helping students understand their civil liberties through his organization, Students Advocatin... → Read More
Victim of Antifa: 'UC Berkeley has failed to acknowledge' injured people
'What happened at UC Berkeley was not just an act of cowardice and appeasement to the leftwing political vanguard, but a direct assault on t... → Read More
Professor: 'Grading is a quintessentially bourgeois practice'
According to professor Emanuele Saccarelli's syllabus, grading 'marks the alienation of your intellectual labor, the consummation of the aut... → Read More
Young America's Foundation celebrates support of federal government
According to a YAF press release on Thursday, “The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) made public its support for Young America’s Fou... → Read More
Millennial Policy Center files amicus briefs to protect longstanding gun rights
The Millennial Policy Center believes that gun rights are vital rights for the millennial generation and have filed amicus briefs in two imp... → Read More
Professor's email signature says 'Trump is a self-absorbed, self-serving, habitual liar'
A computer science professor at the University of California, Irvine is using his publicly funded university email address to disseminate hi... → Read More
Memorial posters for 'Victims of Socialism' vandalized at SUNY Buffalo
While many posters were simply torn down, others were vandalized and left with expletives and defamatory statements directed toward the club... → Read More