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| 2009-06-25 |
| It just took a lot of time & effort to do so... The US Supreme Court has ruled that school staff broke the law when they ordered a 13-year-old girl to strip while searching her for painkillers. The Arizona school, which bans prescription and over-the-counter drugs, suspected Savana Redding, then 13, of carrying ibuprofen. After no drugs were found in her bag, she had to remove her clothing, and then move her bra and underwear. However, the court said individuals could not be held liable in a lawsuit. The school principal acted on a tip-off from another student that Savana was carrying ibuprofen. Justice David Souter said: "What was missing from the suspected facts that pointed to Savana was any indication of danger to the students from the power of the drugs or their quantity, and any reason to suppose that Savana was carrying pills in her underwear," Associated Press reported. "We think that the combination of these deficiencies was fatal to finding the search reasonable." The justices said the lower courts would have to determine whether Safford United School District No. 1 could be held liable. |
| Posted by:Rawsnacks |
| #12 I feel your pain, 'moose, but the Court itself decides whether to grant cert, so if they're hearing too many of these cases, it's their own damn fault. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-06-25 21:40 |
| #11 Strip searching a 13 year old girl over ibuprofen... one word comes to mind... Pedophile |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-06-25 20:58 |
| #10 The bottom line is that this is just one, of about a dozen issues, all about public schools, that have been in the courts repeatedly for decades now. They are an unconscionable waste of resources, costs many millions of dollars annually, and are never, ever resolved. Should students be required to wear uniforms. Should students be allowed to wear clothing that is distracting and/or political-religious. Should school newspapers be censored. Should parents be able to keep offensive books out of school libraries. All the zero-tolerance issues. Can teachers physically touch students. Corporal punishment. Prayer in school. Valedictorian speeches. The SAME crap, over and over again. Perhaps the SCOTUS should put its foot down and make a blanket statement that it will refuse to hear any more of these State level cases. Do you know that the "Bong Hits For Jesus" case is being heard for a SECOND time by the SCOTUS? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-06-25 18:28 |
| #9 teachers, which in my opinion There, fixed it for ya. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2009-06-25 18:20 |
| #8 I wonder how many teachers and Administrators have Asprin, Tylenol, and Motrin in their desks or purses or cars. When I was in high school the Dean of Students kept a bottle of booze in his desk - and would sometimes take a sip or three during school hours. One time he was talking to me and I had to step back the booze on his breath was so strong. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-06-25 18:18 |
| #7 I hate it when I agree with the left wing of the court, but the school employees should most definitely be held personally liable. It should also result in mandatory termination. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2009-06-25 18:02 |
| #6 In schools, asprin is the same as heroin to the teachers, which in my opinion is dumb, lazy, and is missing the point. There are a handful of kids I know over the years that have been kicked out of school because they had an asprin at the bottom of their purse. |
| Posted by: Boss Grolump7843 2009-06-25 17:32 |
| #5 Redneck Jim, not sure where you looked it up but Tylenol isn't ibuprofen, it's acetaminophen. Motrin is ibuprofen. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2009-06-25 17:06 |
| #4 If I were the girl I sure as hell wouldn't comply to such a ridiculous over-the-line request. The parents should have been called at this point and informed. However, the court said individuals could not be held liable in a lawsuit. If school personnel were held liable there would be a lot more common sense in the public school. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-06-25 17:03 |
| #3 I just looked it up to be sure, IBUPROFEN is NOT a DRUG, it's a painkiller commonly known as Tylenol. What the hell is a school doing banning what amounts to aspirin |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-06-25 16:32 |
| #2 Is this a strip searchable case if the person was an adult? Seems doubtful to me. If an adult couldn't have been searched under these circumstances then it seems ridiculous that this got all the way up the appeals chain. This seems like an expensive lesson to the school about the dangers of these 100% inforcement rules that they make. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-06-25 15:23 |
| #1 I thought I put this in Homefront: Politix.... sorry. |
| Posted by: Rawsnacks 2009-06-25 14:41 |