National Youth Rights Association Takes on Distracted Driving Bill in Senate
Check out some news coverage here: Some call distracted-driving bill age discrimination
Teens Rally in Gainesville for their Rights
Leaders from the National Youth Rights Association – Southeast Florida chapter and NYRA’s project the Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth joined local youth rights activists in Gainesville, FL for a teen rights rally yesterday. By all accounts the rally was well attended and exciting for all in attendance. The rally was organized…
NYRA Chapter Files Suit Against Youth Curfew
NYRA of Southeast Florida, one of NYRA’s most active chapters, has filed a lawsuit in federal district court against the city of West Palm Beach for its unconstitutional youth curfew ordinance. The lawsuit represents a milestone for NYRA, being the first lawsuit filed by a NYRA chapter, and the first anti-curfew lawsuit ever filed by…
My Keynote Address to the Hewlett Model Congress
I gave the keynote address at the Hewlett Model Congress in Long Island, NY on April 14, 2000. It was my first major speech, so I wanted to practice it first. I did a practice run at AU with NYRA-AU and my friends in the audience. One of my friends was from Long Island and…
Savana Redding Wins Strip Search Case!!
Tuesday NYRA-SEFL filed their lawsuit against West Palm Beach’s curfew law, and today the Supreme Court rules declares Savana Redding’s strip search to be illegal!! Youth Rights is on the march! Download the full Safford v. Redding decision here. Download the Safford v. Redding amicus curiae brief NYRA signed onto.
Lots of Updates from NYRA-SEFL’s Curfew Lawsuit
Video: Video from the chapter and their lawyer outside the courthouse. Video of a segment from the local CBS channel 12. News coverage: WPBF ABC 20 WPTV NBC 5 Palm Beach Post Vote in this poll: http://www.wpbf.com/news/19842223/detail.html
NYRA v. West Palm Beach
At 4 o’clock this afternoon, NYRA-Southeast Florida filed their lawsuit against the city of West Palm Beach, Florida. After months of attempting to negotiate with the city council to repeal their unconstitutional curfew law, the chapter has now taken their battle to federal court. NYRA is making history! This is the first time a NYRA…
Southeast Florida NYRA Chapter to Sue Over Curfew
As one of NYRA’s most active current chapters, NYRA of Southeast Florida has made quite a splash in the Sunshine State over the past year. But as a sign of bigger and better things to come, the chapter is preparing to file NYRA’s first lawsuit; the suit is to be filed next week in federal…
NYRA-Southeast Florida Considers Lawsuit Against Curfew Law (and more!)
NYRA’s chapter in Southeast Florida has been working for youth on multiple fronts this month. The chapter has retained prominent Boca Raton attorney Barry Silver to help fight against an unconstitutional youth curfew ordinance in West Palm Beach and is preparing to file a lawsuit in federal court against the city in the near future….
NYRA Files Joint Supreme Court Brief
NYRA, along with three other organizations, has submitted an amicus curiae, or friend of the court, brief to the United States Supreme Court in the case of Stafford v. Redding. Savana Redding, a 13-year-old middle school student, was strip searched by school administrators in 2003 because they suspected her of possessing ibuprofen, solely based upon…
