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Education Week - High Court Cases Focus on In-School Questionings Print E-mail

The following is an article that appeared in Education Weekly on February 23rd, 2011.

A pair of cases to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court next month highlight broad questions about interactions between the police and the schools and the implications for school officials when investigators come knocking.

In a case from Bend, Ore., a 9-year-old girl was pulled from her classroom one day in 2003 and taken to a school office, where she was interviewed by a state child-protective-services caseworker and a deputy sheriff.

The rest of the article can be found at http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/02/23/21police.h30.html (subscription required)

 
Minot Daily News - Supreme Court to hear cases involving students' rights Print E-mail

Below is an excerpt from a blog post by Andrea Johnson at Minot Daily News:

Should a social worker or law enforcement officer have to get a warrant before questioning a child at school about suspected abuse? Or should they have to give a Miranda warning to a minor being interviewed at a school about suspicions he committed a crime?

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear two cases next month that will answer those questions. North Dakota has filed a friend of the court brief in support of one of them.


The rest of the article can be found at http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/blogs.detail/display/575/Supreme-Court-case-to-hear-cases-involving-students--rights.html

 
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Child's Fourth Amendment Rights Print E-mail

ALEXANDRIA Va. and CHICAGO, Feb 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On March 1, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Camreta v. Greene, the first major case concerning child protective services systems to reach the high court in 21 years.

"Our legal system is wise enough that it can protect children without violating the Bill of Rights," said Carolyn Kubitschek, one of the foremost child protection/civil rights lawyers in the country, who is representing S.G. pro bono before the Supreme Court.  Kubitschek is also the volunteer Vice  President of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform.

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Illinois Supreme Court decision in Julie Q. v. Dep't of Children and Family Services was highlighted in the March 25, 2013, issue of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: the the 6-0 decision declared DCFS's use of "Environment Injurious" rule exceeds the agency's legal authority.

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