Supreme Court Debates School Strip Searches

The Supreme Court has heard arguments over a school's strip search of 13-year-old girl who was accused of having ibuprofen. (April 21)

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[P3rf3ctStorm]

The 14th Amendment absolutely & positively applies to ALL U.S. citizens. You've been sadly misinformed. Your enumerated RIGHTS are unalienable & are your birthright no matter what the courts say. Your Constitutional RIGHTS aren't derived from the govt. You need to study the U.S. Constitution and it's history. The Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments - the Top 10 List) is PART of the Constitution, which is the highest LAW in the land, the parent law from which all child law is derived.

[PsychoDaveFilms]

I can't belive they are even thinking about allowing this activity. Why don't we all just take a big shit on the american flag and wipe our asses with the constitution.

So basically if they allow this anyone who hates someone can say they have drugs and get them violated with a strip search?

I feel the end of days is coming all too soon.

[someguy8390]

heh all she had to do was refuse the search. that would have forced the school to call the police or physically take her clothes off

[MrJimmyboy1972]

@azfromthesouth unfortunately you live in a society where guns are readily available. and probably most homes have a gun. we dont here in scotland. yes we have our nuts who appear every so often. i cannot recall a situation where a pupil in a scottish school has been found to have a gun. strip searching is the responsibility of the police, not teachers. have a police presence on campus, and they would conduct the search. with the parents or guardians present.

[azfromthesouth]

@MrJimmyboy1972 Children's rights have to be maintained always vs. what? I assure you that if instead of pills, it was a gun they were looking for then th situation and the decision would have been diffrent. If the school would have found the pills on the student, the strip search still would have been ruled unconstitutional but if they had found a gun, the decision would have been 8-1 the other way and so would public opinion.

[MrJimmyboy1972]

@azfromthesouth childrens rights have to be maintained. if there are any doubts, get the police or the parents. no one is saying that you condone the actions of the school. hands on children, and especially forcing them to disrobe is weird. i work in museum education in scotland. that type of behaviour from me would result in prosecution, to the full extent of the law.

[azfromthesouth]

Respond to this video... Furthermore, even in their lopsided ruling in this case for the young lady, SCOTUS said that the school's right to strip search a student was still in play but not in this case because the situation never came close to rising to the level of immediate danger, which was my point all along.

[azfromthesouth]

Respond to this video... I only presented the facts as I knew them and supported the the schools intention and nothing more. I said that when all you hear is that a school strip searched a student and nothing more. I want to hear the facts before I decide if the search was intrusive is all .Even though the SCOTUS ruled 8-1, this case was hardly a "slam dunk" with many rulings going in favor of the school district.

[azfromthesouth]

@MrJimmyboy1972 your point is clear, is heard and the question begs reasonable debate, but I disagree. I worked at a school and my heart goes out to administration who have to make tough decisions every day about protecting other people's children, not unlike yours when they were in school. I never said that the school was in the right nor did I say that I agreed that the student should have been strip searched in this case.

[MrJimmyboy1972]

@azfromthesouth asking a minor to take his or her clothes off, is execessively intrusive. if it is felt that the student body are at risk the police should be called along with the parents. this situation would not arise in scotland. if i thought that a teacher whether male or female attempted to remove or ask for any item of clothing to be removed from my children (all grown up now) or grandchildren the police would be involved.

[MrJimmyboy1972]

@GISentinel i agree