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Talkin’ Smack About CC
Let’s say you have two middle school girls, whom we’ll call JC and CC. They don’t like each other. JC then makes a video of herself and a few other girls calling CC names, and then this video appears on YouTube. Obviously, CC is very upset by this. Perhaps she could create a counter video…
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Savana Redding Wins Strip Search Case!!
Tuesday NYRA-SEFL filed their lawsuit against West Palm Beach’s curfew law, and today the Supreme Court rules declares Savana Redding’s strip search to be illegal!! Youth Rights is on the march! Download the full Safford v. Redding decision here. Download the Safford v. Redding amicus curiae brief NYRA signed onto.
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A Working Transition for Student Rights Union
With the passing of the school year and the graduation of outgoing chairman Steve Ross and its other directors, the Zionsville Student Rights Union in Zionsville, Indiana is passing the reins to the next group of dedicated youth. The new chairman, Abby Llorico, took office along with the rest of her team of directors at…
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Drinking Age Silences Victims
One major issue with the high drinking age, paired with the high penalties of underage drinking, is that an underage drinker may be left in fear of seeking help in an emergency if he or she has had something to drink. This blog entry I read today highlights get another terrifying problem: sexual assault victims…
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Banning Books Hurts Youth
A number of news stories have come out lately about concerned groups seeking to ban books they find objectionable or inappropriate for kids, for a variety of reasons. One group in Wisconsin successfully got several teen books banned for depicting homosexuality. In Tennessee, some parents are trying to get books removed from library shelves for…
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Two Youth Rights Views on Sonia Sotomayor
I’m more inclined to agree with the first post here, but StudentActivism.net makes a good point that this case was about an injunction, not about the merits of the speech itself. Still, I can’t see how anyone could side with the high school on any issue related to this case. Sotomayor’s Bad 1st Amendment Decision…
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NYRA Files Joint Supreme Court Brief
NYRA, along with three other organizations, has submitted an amicus curiae, or friend of the court, brief to the United States Supreme Court in the case of Stafford v. Redding. Savana Redding, a 13-year-old middle school student, was strip searched by school administrators in 2003 because they suspected her of possessing ibuprofen, solely based upon…
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Suicide of the Bullied
School bullying is on a lot of people’s minds at the moment as just yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the Columbine attack. Just today, I saw this article about an 11-year-old boy who killed himself after excessive bullying. Family says bullying led boy, 11, to hang himself By CHRISTIAN BOONE The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tuesday,…
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More Success for Student Rights Union
The Zionsville Student Rights Union in central Indiana has certainly not been taking a break from their work for student rights, and continues to make progress. Most of the changes the ZSRU proposed for the student handbook at their school, including changes protecting students’ rights under the First and Fifth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution,…
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The KIDS Act will KILL Kids – Firsthand Story From a Teenager
On Monday, June 29th, 2026, the US House of Representatives voted 267-117 to pass the KIDS act. This is the makings of a dystopian future, opening the door wide for the government and big tech to force age verification across the entire internet, begin censorship, and implement a plan of mass surveillance. The KIDS act…
Unconstitutional Texas Policy Mandates Bible Study in Public Schools
In 1963, the Supreme Court ruled in Abington School District v. Schempp that it was unconstitutional for public schools to include mandatory Bible readings in the curriculum. This was true even if students could request to opt out, the Court reasoned, because a state endorsement of religion violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment….
How the KOSA and KIDS Acts will Harm Vulnerable Teenagers
The US House has recently come to a new agreement on the Kids Online Safety Act, or KOSA. This bipartisan deal pushes a new act, the KIDS Act, which forces overbearing restrictions on social media for minors, and causes social media companies to enforce digital ID for age verification. Reports are saying that the House…
