Thursday, June 25, 2009

News Alert: Supreme Court Rules Strip-Search of Girl Was Unconstitutional

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Thursday, June 25, 2009 -- 11:18 AM ET
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Supreme Court Rules Strip-Search of Girl Was Unconstitutional

Upholding a lower court decision, the Supreme Court ruled
that officials at an Arizona public school violated a
13-year-old student's constitutional rights when they
subjected her to a search of her bra and underpants for
prescription and over-the-counter drugs that were forbidden
by school rules. But the court said that the officials should
be immune from liability in the case and that lower courts
should decide whether the school district could be held
liable.

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