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Strip-Search Case Tests Limits of 4th Amendment
langelgjm writes "The US Supreme Court has agreed to review a case involving the strip-searching of a 13 year-old girl who was accused of possessing prescription-strength ibuprofen on school grounds, in violation of the school's zero-tolerance drug policy. The case has gained national attention because of the defining role it will play in determining which, if any, parts of the Constitution apply on school grounds. In Morse v. Frederick, the Supreme Court has already upheld the right of school administrators to restrict students' free speech at school-sponsored events that take place off school property. The school described the strip-search as 'not excessively intrusive in light of [the student's] age and sex and the nature of her suspected infraction.' The Supreme Court's last decision about searches on school property dealt only with searching a student's purse. Incidentally, the girl was found not to be in possession of any drugs, illegal or otherwise."
Well I mean you might get off tripping on the reduction to a swelling, or maybe you want to OD and give yourself indigestion..
Additionally, last time I checked, humans of the female variety of roughly the aforementioned age bleed from their female orifice every once in a while. This can apparently cause some discomfort in the general area. Discomfort, which can allegedly be remedied by taking certain drugs.
Of course, all this is based purely on hear-say. I've never been near a girl, let alone a bleeding one.
Nice try, FBI. I'm not falling for that one again.
I just realized how important pictures are to a story.
Look at your response to this. Assumptive, possibly accurate, but probably not.
But what if you could see some pictures of the scene, you might change your mind.
I taught one year. Teachers are good people. Go outside and play!
It makes my job easier! I do robotics research. Any human who follows a zero-tolerance policy (strictly following rules) is easy to replace. The robot will cost a lot less to maintain. Now, robots that do nuance and have common sense... those are hard to build.
I wonder how well that would go over the next time someone stops me for some small, victimless infraction. "If you ticket me according to the literal law, my robotic minions will put you out of a job, officer!"
"The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place."
I can't think of a more serious breach of privacy than having a gloved hand inside one of my body canals.
At least, not by a school official, now a cheerleader wielding a whip? That's something I might be interested in.
Learn something new.
Bunnies? Bunnies?!!? Sure, and when they grow up, they'll be rabbits that can leap about ... Have huge, sharp ... Just look at the bones you fool.
Stop Global Warming!
Just say no to irreversible processes!
If anything, it seems to me a strip search of a girl is more intrusive: There's two orifices to hold contraband instead of just one.
"In prison you just have to shut your eyes and take it. Here you have to shut your eyes and give it."
This is a 13 year old girl. THIRTEEN!
It got me pretty excited too.
and ... In Soviet Russia, 13 year old girl undresses YOU!
Sorry, I couldn't resist
They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
Wait a minute, zero tolerance on prescription drugs? What the hells with that?
It's because prescription drugs are a slippery slope to non-prescription drugs. Once teens get used to using Ibuprofen then they will start experimenting with aspirin, then the next thing you know they're smoking tobacco, and then marijuana, and then crack cocaine. Just Say No!
Yes, she could have stashed a Midol(tm) in her bra, and held you, you ignorant asshole, as hostage! With a Pill!!!
Welcome to an ordinary reaction to puberty, you stupid assholes!
Be afraid...very afraid!...You and like you are the cause of the problem. With your mindset, you can never be a part of the solution, only part of the problem. You and your type can only be part of the problem/escalation of the problem.
Good Fucking Luck With That!!!!!*asshole*
Down With Slashdot BETA!!! I've been around the corner and seen the oliphant; you can only abuse me from your perspecti
I find it scary that school authorities will take the word of a child caught in th eact breaking the rules and automatically assume that a kid accusing others is necessarily telling the truth. It wasn't me who made all those Tsarkon Rep posts on slashdot sir I swear! Go strip search Anonymous Coward!!!
Sounds like someone needs his own medication smuggled in for him. I would recommend a Chill Pill, twice a day, along with a single dose of Sarcastanol(tm), the drug that helps you recognise when someone is being sarcastic.
"It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." - Tolkien