October 2009 Archives » Askthejudge
Congratulations to ATJ’s crazy socks contest winner!!!
Michael from Arizona is the lucky winner of our Sock It To Bullying crazy socks contest. We love the mix and match tiger stripes and monkey business socks. Good job Michael and thank you for supporting this important anti-bullying awareness day.
School discipline for off-campus writing not new
More than 100 years ago, a state court addressed the issue of student discipline for off-campus behavior. In 1906, sisters Hazel and Mabel Dresser wrote a poem at home critical of the rules at school. The girls went to St. Croix Falls High School in Wisconsin. …
Australian teen sets sail to break world record
“Today I am going to sail around the world.” Spoken on Sunday, October 18, 2009 by 16-year-old Jessica Watson as she set sail from Sydney, Australia in her pink 34-foot sailboat, Ella’s Pink Lady. Jessica (born on May 18, 1993) plans to sail 23,000 miles around …
Cyberbullying victim wins suit against school district
Four varsity athletes at Corona del Mar High School in California posted violent messages against a female classmate. In the video posted on Facebook, they threatened to rape Hailee Ketchum, age 17, in the back of a pickup truck. They proceeded to act out how they …
12-year-old wins lawsuit against Phillies
That’s right! Jennifer Valdivia was at her first major league baseball game last July. She was with her grandfather, her older brother and one of his friends. In the sixth inning, All-Star Ryan Howard hit a home-run to right field. Jennifer scrambled and beat her …
Louisiana judge denies marriage license to interracial couple
Almost forty years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prohibiting blacks and whites from marrying was unconstitutional, a lower court in Louisiana thinks otherwise. In October, 2009, Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple. He …