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Keeping Kids in the Community
Missouri Court of Appeals •
Argued that due process is violated when a judge uses his independent knowledge about a youth’s child welfare history and involvement, including past misconduct, as evidence to adjudicate the youth delinquent in the juvenile justice system.
Sex Offender Registration of Children (SORNA)
U.S. Supreme Court •

Argued that juveniles facing severe, adult-like consequences in the juvenile court system must be afforded the right to jury trials.

Youth Tried as Adults
Georgia Supreme Court •

Argued that failure of the court to address the issue of competency – on its own or otherwise -- violates the due process clause of the United States Constitution as well as Georgia law.

Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP)
U.S. Supreme Court •

Argued that mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles convicted of homicide offenses are unconstitutional.

Keeping Kids in the Community
U.S. Supreme Court •

Argued that Congress has authority under the Commerce Clause to address the failure of the market to provide affordable and appropriate health care for children who can neither purchase health insurance nor access health care on their own.

Youth Tried as Adults
New Jersey Supreme Court •

Argued that a New Jersey statute governing transfer of juveniles to adult court, and the Attorney General Waiver Guidelines, as applied, violated a juvenile’s right to due process, and violated the separation of powers clause of the New Jersey State Constitution.

Sex Offender Registration of Children (SORNA)
Michigan Supreme Court •

Argued that prosecuting a minor under a strict liability statute and shifting the burden to the minor to prove consent without the opportunity to confront his accuser at the subsequent  ‘consent’ hearing under the Michigan Sex Offenders Registration Act violates the minor’s due process rights.

Youth Tried as Adults
Minnesota Supreme Court •

Argued that certification hearing deprived Appellant of due process, that juveniles are particularly susceptible to the pressure and coercion that are central to felony-murder and manslaughter, and that juvenile developmental status is relevant to constitutional analysis.