The highest appeals court in New York State has ruled that a Rochester curfew that barred under-18s from the city’s streets between 11 pm and 5 am, was an unconstitutional violation of the rights of both parents and children.
The court’s 34-page ruling is a strong and far-reaching defense of youth rights. If you’re interested in the subject, it’s definitely worth a read.
Update: The post on this ruling at The Volokh Conspiracy has spawned an interesting comments thread.
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June 10, 2009 at 9:24 am
Katrina
Yay!
Curfew laws are just legislated victim-blaming. They basically state that if a young person is outside at night and is attacked, then the blame lies not on the city for not doing a better job keep their streets safe or on the actual attacker, but on the young victim because “she shouldn’t have been outside in the first place”.