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Top court rules strip search of teen was illegal

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I think this is fantastic news!

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a school's strip search of an Arizona teenage girl accused of having prescription-strength ibuprofen was illegal.

The court ruled that school officials violated the law with their search of Savana Redding, who lives in Safford in rural eastern Arizona.

Redding was 13 when officials at Safford Middle School in 2003 ordered her to remove her clothes and shake out her underwear because they were looking for pills. The district bans prescription and over-the-counter drugs and the school was acting on a tip from another student.

Justices: Strip search of teen was illegal - White House- msnbc.com

I hope the lower court holds the school liable. I really do.
 
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I think this is fantastic news!



I hope the lower court holds the school liable. I really do.

Score one for the good guys.
 
I was curious how the ruling went. 8-1 with Thomas dissenting.
 
The district bans prescription and over-the-counter drugs and the school was acting on a tip from another student.

How can they ban a prescription drug?
 
No tolerance rules.

Technically speaking, if it is prescribed to the student by a licensed physician, they are not allowed to ban it.

The student's medical treatment trumps that tard rule from a tard school.

With this most excellent ruling from the supreme court I would be willing to bet that the school district is going to pay out the ass for what the did to that child.
 
Technically speaking, if it is prescribed to the student by a licensed physician, they are not allowed to ban it.

The student's medical treatment trumps that tard rule from a tard school.

With this most excellent ruling from the supreme court I would be willing to bet that the school district is going to pay out the ass for what the did to that child.

You haven't been involved in the public school system in a while have you?

Because, their medical conditions do not trump the school. Their medications have to in most cases be given to the school nurse to "hold onto", and are administered / given to the student by the nurse.. in accordance with their "permission" from the administration of the school.
 
I think this is fantastic news!



I hope the lower court holds the school liable. I really do.

SCOTUS was just upset there were no pics or video.
 
You haven't been involved in the public school system in a while have you?

Because, their medical conditions do not trump the school. Their medications have to in most cases be given to the school nurse to "hold onto", and are administered / given to the student by the nurse.. in accordance with their "permission" from the administration of the school.

I second this. There have been plenty of cases where children have brought their own prescription medication to school, didn't declare it, and other students ended up obtaining it. In my high school there was a guy caught selling his ritalin to another student.

Medications go into the school's hands just as they would the supervisory role of a parent.
 
Would all those who think this is a wonderful ruling feel the same way if they'd found a gun instead of a bottle of Ibuprofin?
 
Would all those who think this is a wonderful ruling feel the same way if they'd found a gun instead of a bottle of Ibuprofin?

You are talking apples and oranges here.
 
Would all those who think this is a wonderful ruling feel the same way if they'd found a gun instead of a bottle of Ibuprofin?

afaik, they never found any ibuprofen on the girl.

Combined with the fact that they had unsubstantiated claims from another student implicating her...

Along with the fact that she'd never been in trouble and was an honors student... yet they strip searched her.

To be honest, this wouldn't have made it to the supreme court if that was my child.. they'd be prosecuting me for murder instead.
 
What was Thomas's opinion? Why dissent on this?
 
afaik, they never found any ibuprofen on the girl.

Combined with the fact that they had unsubstantiated claims from another student implicating her...

Along with the fact that she'd never been in trouble and was an honors student... yet they strip searched her.

To be honest, this wouldn't have made it to the supreme court if that was my child.. they'd be prosecuting me for murder instead.

Ok, let me rephrase the question: Had they been searching for a gun, would most feel it's an illegal search?

And, BTW, I don't think I would've wasted anyone, but I would definitely whipped someone's ass over the incident. On this we can agree.
 
Ok, let me rephrase the question: Had they been searching for a gun, would most feel it's an illegal search?

And, BTW, I don't think I would've wasted anyone, but I would definitely whipped someone's ass over the incident. On this we can agree.

I don't think you need to strip search to find a gun.
 
I don't think you need to strip search to find a gun.

Ya don't, huh? Might wanna think again. There are compact autos out there that are just easy to conceal as a bottle of pills.
 
I was curious how the ruling went. 8-1 with Thomas dissenting.

Proving once again what an idiot Thomas is. The only thing shocking here is that he actually broke from Scalia.
 
You haven't been involved in the public school system in a while have you?

Because, their medical conditions do not trump the school. Their medications have to in most cases be given to the school nurse to "hold onto", and are administered / given to the student by the nurse.. in accordance with their "permission" from the administration of the school.

True, though with a doctor's note, a student is allowed (at least here) to carry certain meds on their person, such as asthma inhalers.
 
I would have suggested simply not cooperating with the school officials. The punishment for disobeying authority is likely better than getting strip searched.

Good to see that the court did the right thing in the end. Thomas may be correct in that kids can get away with hiding things, but that is an acceptable price to pay.
 
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