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Middle-School Strip Search Ruled Unconstitutional

Posted by timothy on from the moment-of-claritin dept.

yuna49 writes "The US Supreme Court today ruled 8-1 that the strip search of a 13-year-old girl by officials in an Arizona middle school was unconstitutional. However, by a vote of 7-2, the Court also ruled that the individual school officials could not be held personally liable. A suit for damages against the school district itself is still going forward. We discussed this case at length back in March when the Court decided to hear the case on appeal."

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  1. Re:Stop blaming the government and schools... by Blixinator · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    My parents check my undies every day before I go to work. Just like all good parents should!

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  2. Re:This is America by wujing · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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  3. fighting in school by falconwolf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Getting in a fight now means you get charged with assault.

    Yea, this happened to my nephew. Someone started a fight with him and he was arrested and charged. My sister went through a hassle because of it. This happened before 911 though.

    I find it ironic that before 911 he was on his high school's football team and was looking forward to going to college and playing football there but after 911, he was a senior then, he enlisted in the Marines before graduation and at 17. The Marine Corp called my sister to ask her if it was alright that he joined the Marines. I would have thought that he'd at least try to be an officer.

    Falcon

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