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U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review in School Strip Search CaseYou may have heard the infamous case of the 13-year-old girl who was strip-searched by school officials for allegedly possession ibuprofen (Advil). Perhaps as surprising as the strip search itself is today’s news that the U.S. Supreme Court has granted review in the case — meaning it will reconsider a lower court’s ruling that the student’s constitutional rights were violated. Which raises the question: If the constitution doesn’t protect 13-year-olds from being strip-searched at school for allegedly possessing Advil, who does the constitution protect? It’s hard to understand how the illegality of strip-searching Savana Redding is again up for debate. Consider the school’s case:
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Jan 16th, 2009 at 11:40pm
Can you say 5 to 4 to reverse the most liberal court in the country.
Thank God Sandra Day O'conner is gone.
Jan 19th, 2009 at 2:19pm
Is it against the law and should it be prosecuted as a sex crime?
Apr 21st, 2009 at 2:16pm
If I would have found out one of my Children(Female or Male) was strip searched in School for ANY reason, The Persons involved had better PRAY that the Police get to them before i do! That IS a sex crime, and against a minor no less!!! A Strip search is done by Law-Enforcement for reasons of incarceration! NOT by a School because so-and-so said someone else gave them something.
You want my Child searched, Call me and I will do it in private! It is a sad, sad world that our Children arent safe in their own Schools. And now add in the School officials molesting Our Children(On School grounds and Durring School hours), strictly on here say and WITHOUT parental notification and presence!
OH HELL NO!!!