Supreme Court Says Teen's Strip Search Was Illegal »
Posted By TimALoftis 6 months ago in NewsWASHINGTON (June 25) - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a school's strip search of an Arizona teenage girl accused of having prescription-strength ibuprofen was illegal.
In an 8-1 ruling, the justices said school officials violated the law with their search of Savana Redding in the rural eastern Arizona town of Safford.
Redding, who now attends college, was 13 when officials at Safford Middle School ordered her to remove her clothes and shake out her underwear because they were looking for pills — the equivalent of two Advils. The district bans prescription and over-the-counter drugs and the school was acting on a tip from another student.
"What was missing from the suspected facts that pointed to Savana was any indication of danger to the students from the power of the drugs or their quantity, and any reason to suppose that Savana was carrying pills in her underwear," Justice David Souter wrote in the majority opinion. "We think that the combination of these deficiencies was fatal to finding the search reasonable."
In a dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas found the search legal and said the court previously had given school officials "considerable leeway" under the Fourth Amendment in school settings.
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LieToMe6 months ago
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The Ruling is fair and allows for our children to have some sense of security about their personal privacy. If school official have cause to believe a student is violating not only a school policy but a law, they are now obligated to contact law enforcement and apply for a body search warrant thru the courts. Of course a parent uhnder normal conditions can at any time waive the students constitutional right. Too many educators wanting to take advantage of their positions to violate students rights.
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blainegarrett6 months ago
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I first heard about this on Colbert a few weeks back. It sounded as if they assumed she had ibuprofen before administering the search. It wasn't as if they assumed she had pot or a crack rock or something - IBUPROFEN. That makes it all the more ridiculous and I am glad it was found to be illegal.
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