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."

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Re:Been following this for awhile.

[Cornflake917]

I agree with your comment to this extent: citizens should be able to possess the current military issue-weapon. In our times, that would be M-16s, or at least its semi-auto equivalent, the AR-15 and clones thereof.

Current military issue weapons also include grenade launchers, laser-guided shoulder-mounted rocket launchers, land mines, bombers, tanks, killer robots, and nuclear bombs. Should citizens be able to possess those as well?

There is obviously a line that needs to be drawn as to which weapons citizens are allowed to have. My belief is that if they can kill mass numbers of people within matters of minutes (like automatic weapons), then it's probably over the line.