NEWS: Supreme Court Says Teen's Strip Search Was Illegal

By Reason Foundation , Free Minds and Free Markets - June 25, 2009

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Today, in an 8-to-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed that Arizona public school officials violated the Fourth Amendment rights of a 13-year-old eighth-grader when they subjected her to a strip search because they thought she might be hiding ibuprofen in her underwear. David Souter wrote for the majority: What was missing from the suspected facts that pointed to Savana [Redding] was any indication of danger to the students from the power of the drugs or their quantity, and ... Read the Full Article
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  • tek
    Yay

    I was very much hoping for this outcome.

    I also agree with both tweldy and Lager. Tweldy, in that the ruling is wishy washy and will allow this to happen again. And Lager in that you had better call 1 and 2 before you ever think of doing something like this to another student.

    America is all over the board with who gets what rights. I think this helps a little bit in clarifying the position of children 's rights, but it's no slam dunk. 8-1 speaks pretty loudly. By the way, shame on me. I assumed it was Roberts who dissented. I should have known it was Thomas. That's what I get for assuming.

    - tek June 25, 2009 8:22PM

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