Stripped Of Her Rights
I hate watching the news on tv, but I happened to catch about 30 seconds of it last night. The Supreme Court is now hearing a very peculiar case.
The case is over whether a public school has the right to conduct a strip search on one of its students [in this case, a 13 year old girl]. As I watched this story on the news, I asked my self aloud “what possible compelling interest can there be to justify strip searching a 13 year old girl at her school?”
Well, the girl was accused of hiding something very dangerous–a few ibuprofen pills.
Seriously.
The school decided to search the girl–an honor student with no history of being in trouble–because another student was caught with the pills and falsely said that the pills came from this girl.
After searching her belongings, the school subjected her to a strip search, searching her bra and panties. For a couple of Advil.
The fact that this case has made it all the way to the Supreme Court boggles my mind. For one, this girl obviously has a right to privacy. She also has a 4th Amendment right to protection against unreasonable search and seizure. And she was searched because of suspicion that she had a legal, over the counter drug which has been approved for use in people of her age.
I dont know why the school decided to search this girl at all, especially a strip search, and especially without the permission of her parents… For a couple of Advil.
I hope that the Supreme Court does the right thing and dismisses the case. And I hope that afterwords, the parents sue the school for a lot of money.
Oh, and by the way–no Advil was found during the search.
Americanly Yours,
Phred Barnet
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