XOb (USSC Decision: Safford v. Redding)

News Alert: in a surprising decision Supreme Court ruled today that school strip-search of student was unconstitutional - more on this soon

XOb (USSC Decision: Forest Grove v. T.A.)

USSC Update - IDEA permits reimbursement for private sped services even though child never attended public school Link

XOb (Child Rape = 1 Year Imprisonment)

Legislators call for DA's removal after OK pedophile gets 1 year in jail in plea deal for raping a 4 year old girl Link

FL Rules for Drugging Foster Children Ignored

More on this important topic from the Miami Herald: A first detailed look at the youngest foster children on mental-health drugs offers a disturbing glimpse into the state's failure to heed a 2005 law -- and its own policies. Florida child-welfare administrators are largely ignoring a host of rules put in place to protect children from potentially dangerous -- and sometimes unnecessary -- drugs, according to a detailed state review of the records for more than 100 young foster children who are being given powerful psychiatric medications. Caseworkers under contract with the state Department of Children & Families are failing to comply with almost ...

Sotomayor on Child Porn – U.S. v. Falso

Judge Sotomayor's ruling in this recently decided child pornography case might be an issue in her upcoming confirmation hearing. The defendant, Jon David Falso (shown at right), is also the first target in our firm's effort to seek civil damages for victims of child pornography utilizing Masha's Law, the legislation we helped create in 2006. A civil trial is scheduled for February 2010. The defendent's attorney in our case vows a fight to the Supreme Court possibly giving a newly confirmed Justice Sotomayor another chance to consider the case of confessed and convicted child pornographer Jon David Falso.

XOb (MySpace First Amendment Rights for Students)

1st Amendment rights for high school student MySpace parody sites create district court split - 3rd Cir to resolve Link