January 2009 Archives - Askthejudges

Yes, this happened to 13-year-old 8th grader Savana in Arizona. Now the U.S. Supreme Court will decide if her rights were violated and whether she may proceed with a lawsuit against the school. The case will be argued in April, 2009 and a decision is …

States are cracking down on the recent ‘sexting’ trend – where users send nude or semi-nude pictures of themselves by text message. Three high school girls [ages 14 and 15] at Salem High School in Pennsylvania sent photos of themselves to three boys [ages 16 and …

Boys and girls participating in high school volleyball, football, tennis, cross country and all other sports have been subjected to random testing for steroids in Texas this past year.  When professional athletes made headlines about steroid use around 2005, educators became concerned about the drugs coming into high …

Follow Annie Fox as she attends President Barack Obama’s Inauguration on January 20, 2009.   As you know, history will be made on January 20th of this year. Barack Obama will be sworn in as America’s 44th President and the first African-American to be elected to …

You know that some blogs, message boards, and chatrooms are full of negative comments and trashtalk.  If you are the victim of a blogger, can you do anything to the writer?  Or can the writer remain anonymous with no accountability to the injured person?  Courts have …