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Thoughts on teen law by Judge Tom Jacobs.

Ralph Northam
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Yearbook photo blows up on governor of Virginia

Another word of caution when posting or posing for photos. They have a way of catching up with you. When 

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Another state criminalizes cyberbullying in 2019

Michigan defines cyberbullying as posting a message or statement onto a public media forum with the intent to mislead, damage, 

iPhone
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Does the Fifth Amendment protect you from providing your passwords?

G.A.Q.L. was a teenager in Florida when he was involved in a car crash, killing one of his passengers. The 

one vote
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Kudos to Parkland students

You may remember Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for 

typewriter freedom of press
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Open letter to President Trump

The following is Judge Tom’s open letter to President Trump. Dear President Trump: By the time you read this you 

cell phone
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WHAT?? Cell phones banned at school?

That’s right. Starting with the current 2018 school year, all students in France under age 15 are prohibited from using 

Jamel Myles
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2018 school year begins with tragic bullycide

Most of you are headed back to school or may have already begun the new school year. In the Denver, 

wild fire
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Teenager ordered to pay $36 million for reckless burning

Is that possible? Can anyone realistically be expected to pay that kind of money in their lifetime? In this particular 

revenge porn
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Revenge porn results in millions for victim

Jane Doe (victim’s name not disclosed) met David K. Elam II while she was in law school. It became a 

recreational marijuana
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State and federal laws govern recreational pot taken across state lines

As of January 1, 2018, eight states and the District of Columbia legalized the recreational use of marijuana. California joined 

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