Eashan Gupta
is a junior at Basis Independent High School in San Jose, California. He is part of his school's Mock Trial team as an attorney and a witness, where he was recognized by Santa Clara County for outstanding performance. Eashan was the news editor for his school newspaper. In his free time, Eashan competes in fencing tournaments around the country, along with being a fencing referee. During the summer of 2015, he worked as an intern at the Federal Bankruptcy Court in San Jose.
Libertarians believe in property rights and government protection of those rights as one of the few necessary requirements of government. Ownership of property and free markets leads …