High School Strip Search Case goes to Supreme Court

[richlevy]

I think that taking a 13-year-old honor student and destroying her faith in how the system is supposed to work is a heavy price to pay for supposed safety. If you read the second article, you will note that schools now have more powers than the police. Students in schools, which they are forced to go to by law, seem to have about the same rights prison inmates.

We used to have civics classes in school to instill respect for law and a regard for the Consitution. Now we are getting our students used to the idea that they must give up their rights to remain safe.

We are not talking about subduing a violent student. We are not talking even about a weapons search, or even a search for a 'controlled substance'. We are talking about a strip search for prescription strength ibuprofin based on hearsay.

By that standard, any citizen could be searched at any time just by having someone point to them and say 'I think he is holding drugs'.

Now if someone wants to cordon off a slice of country and make a reservation where people who wish to sign away most of their constitutional rights and those of their children in exchange for 'safety' can go, then do so. Until then please do not try to water down my constitution in exchange for a false sense of security.

BTW, just out of curiosity, what would they have done if the girl refused to be strip searched?