The Civil Liberties Minute Schools and Juvenile Rights
June 24, 2010:
Today, we are rolling out a new zero-tolerance policy for schools.
May 26, 2010:
The Supreme Court of The United States has decided that for crimes such as burglary, teenagers may not be locked up in prison for life without any possibility of parole.
May 26, 2010:
History, as it now will be taught in the high schools in Texas, will emphasize the contribution to America of segregationist governors during the civil rights struggle, the contract with America, the Heritage Foundation, and the moral majority.
April 7, 2010: Let Constance take her girlfriend to the prom! Have you heard this rallying cry? March 16, 2010:
Care to hear a cautionary tale about cops in middle schools?
January 18, 2010 Almost all of the 100 people in the world serving a sentence of life without parole for crimes committed as a juvenile in which no one was killed are locked up in one country.
October 23, 2009
What lessons did a school system recently teach when it sentenced a well-behaved 6-year-old Cub Scout to 45 days of reform school? You decide. October 14, 2009 Here's a fact about supposedly-liberal Massachusetts that may surprise you: THe Commonwealth has the harshest law for juvenile murderers of any state in the country.
September 25, 2009 Should a 13-year-old middle school girl be strip searched when her vice principal suspects her of bringing Ibuprofin to school? Many educators and quite a few judges in America say yes.
August 21, 2009
Schools in America are family friendly -- places where kids are taught and taken care of. Schools don't hurt kids. Right?
