House Bill 1508 is a direct affront to the constitutional rights of teachers and students across North Dakota by restricting conversations around race in our schools. This bill is intended to inflame a political reaction, not further a legitimate educational interest.

Our right to protest in the streets is essential, and it shouldn’t depend on the location or other characteristics of the specific road we choose.

Making an organization criminally liable for all damage would impermissibly burden the rights of political association that are protected by the First Amendment – the literal embodiment of guilt by association