Thursday, June 25, 2009

Schools kids get back bit of civil liberties



The Supreme Court has found unconstitutional a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-strip-search-ruling26-2009jun26,0,3586153.story"the strip search of an Arizona girl/a who had been believed to have “illicit” ibuprofen on her person.br /br /That’s problem No. 1 — the portion of the inane “War on Drugs” that plays out on school campuses, so inane that Advil and generic equivalents are an “illicit drug.” And, a fellow student ratting her out?br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MAGWF9UEuxd1QJy6F24aY_w0TVTlL_kScG_JbFMN0bM8U8QGgJMFjKenHXYYqEGzV8WQ94gb1D5XEQZcQWrWTJmUsvUmqo8vWpuu-5TLzENwpufFGeLMztf5YTWPH_H2oH0K-SGg3I-D/s1600-h/ThomasQuoteClipping.gif"img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MAGWF9UEuxd1QJy6F24aY_w0TVTlL_kScG_JbFMN0bM8U8QGgJMFjKenHXYYqEGzV8WQ94gb1D5XEQZcQWrWTJmUsvUmqo8vWpuu-5TLzENwpufFGeLMztf5YTWPH_H2oH0K-SGg3I-D/s400/ThomasQuoteClipping.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351289604616197282" //aAnd, shock me that Clarence Thomas would be the only person to dissent from the 8-1 ruling. I think he’s let his own mom be strip-searched for driving while black.br /br /Tha said, Justices Stevens and Ginsburg did want the principal of the school in question to be held liable to suit, which the rest of the court rejected; only the district can now be sued.div class="blogger-post-footer"There is no god and I am his prophet.img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7532871-7729261576292513884?l=socraticgadfly.blogspot.com'//div

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