The protests on college campuses over the Hamas-Israel war are receiving a lot of attention. However, amidst the cancellations of classes, occupation of buildings, and even instances of firing fireworks at Jewish people on campus, it seems that the fundamental question has been overlooked: to what extent are college protesters permitted to exercise their First Amendment rights?

There is still a window of opportunity to reignite our country's fervor to bring peace and regain stability in America.

The government is in the right to exercise its enumerated powers that reside over centralized oversight to the public health and well-being of Americans. But, there is no constitutional exception that authorizes Congress unrestricted permission to expand its powers and reach into the privacy of American citizens and strip them of their freedoms based on a "Pandemic Crisis."