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Shadow Hills High School
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Rainbow stickers banned at California high school

About a dozen students at Shadow Hills High School in Indio, California, put a sticker on their identification badges and 

Skylar Fish
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The duct tape challenge results in head injury

“I’m just, actually, really lucky to be alive. When I think about it, it seems like I was hit by a 

emojis
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Emojis lead to trouble for 12-year-old

A 12-year-old girl in Virginia has found out that her emojis in an Instagram message are not that funny. In December, 

post secret
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Is it legal for a school to tell your parents that you’re gay?

In 2011, a teacher at Willowcreek Middle School in Utah, assigned the class to create an ad that said something about themselves. A 

handcuffs
Blog, Crime and Punishment, Juvenile Justice System, Your Rights
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What are “Miranda” warnings?

You have most likely seen on TV or heard in the movies the term “Miranda warnings.” So, what are they 

claudette colvin
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Before Rosa Parks, there was 15 year-old Claudette Colvin

In March, 1955, Claudette Colvin’s class at Booker T. Washington High School in Montgomery, Alabama, was studying famous African Americans. 

Justice Clarence Thomas
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Ten years of silence – good or bad?

February 22, 2016, marks an unusual anniversary in the judicial system in America. On that date in 2006, Supreme Court Justice Clarence 

Justice Scalia
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Will the U.S. Senate play politics with the Supreme Court vacancy?

As you know, on February 13, 2016, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away in his sleep while on a 

No one eats alone day
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No One Eats Alone!!

Friday, February 12, 2016, is National No One Eats Alone Day. We, at AsktheJudge.info, encourage you to participate. It can’t 

Every Vote Matters book cover
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Every Vote Matters – the proof you need to get to the polls

He’s baaaaaa…ck! Judge Tom that is, with his latest book in the Teens and the Law series for Free Spirit 

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