Patriots Win the Second Battle of Bunker Hill

The good guys lost the original Battle of Bunker Hill, but it was a pyrrhic victory for the British, who sustained heavy losses, as the American rebels gained confidence. The second Battle of Bunker Hill was fought for the same purpose: to secure liberty. This time, the patriots won. Consequently, it will no longer be forbidden to pass out copies of the Constitution at Bunker Hill Community College:

“[T]hanks to the efforts of [Young Americans for Liberty (YAL)] students and attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), Bunker Hill Community College has eliminated its unconstitutional restrictions on free speech that prevented Navy veteran Jeff Lyons from passing out copies of the U.S. Constitution,” YAL said in a press release.

The group also announced that the entire Massachusetts Community College System, including Bunker Hill, “has agreed to review similar problematic [i.e., unconstitutional] policies at 6 of its other campuses.”

Maybe the tide is starting to turn. According to an annual study by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, the percentage of colleges imposing “speech codes that clearly and substantially restrict freedom of speech” has been going down. If liberal authoritarianism recedes in academia, which is its main source, there may yet be hope for the future.

On tips from Sterling B.