Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Have there been any famous court cases against school searches or other security searches?

I know there have been a lot of cases arguing FOR searches, but what about cases against searches? If the answers is NO, then I may use that as a point for searches.Have there been any famous court cases against school searches or other security searches?
Nope. I can't think of anything offhand that limits the searches that schools do. The landmark case in this area of law is New Jersey v. TLO 469 U.S. 325 (1985). I would start with that case, and work from there.Have there been any famous court cases against school searches or other security searches?
The courts have ruled that school searches are legal as it is school property and subject to search.
Schools act en loco parentis. They are allowed to conduct warrantless searches on school property. They do not need probably cause. There are several cases to this effect. the only cases, that I know of, that limit searches, are in the area of drug testing. But even there, the schools have wide lattitude.

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