Civil Liberties Minute episodes: Schools and Juvenile Rights

Civil Liberties Minute: Julia Sullivan
Whether high schooler Julia Sullivan accomplishes her dream of becoming a cheerleader is hardly your everday high school drama... Julia was born without legs, forearms, and hands.

Civil Liberties Minute: Expelled for your religion?
May a high school throw a student out of class-expel her from the school-for wearing a religious symbol?

Civil Liberties Minute: Harmful to Minors
What's wrong with a state law that makes it a crime to use the Internet to distribute sexual material or nudity that the law defines as "harmful to minors"?

Civil Liberties Minute: Skipping School
Can high school kids really end up in prison--for skipping school?

Civil Liberties Minute: A Zero-Tolerance Policy
Today, we are rolling out a new zero-tolerance policy for schools.

Civil Liberties Minute: In Texas Schoolbooks
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.

Civil Liberties Minute: Teenaged Crime
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.

Civil Liberties Minute: School Laptop Spying
Have you heard about the school in Pennsylvania that was using students' laptop computers to spy on them at home?

Civil Liberties Minute: Cops in Public Schools
Care to hear a cautionary tale about cops in public schools?