According to an article by Robert Barnes, reprinted in the Union Leader, the Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that Arizona school officials violated the constitutional rights of Savana Redding, then 13, when they strip searched her because they suspected she was hiding ibuprofen in her underwear. Again I'll just say, "what the heck were they thinking!!!"
Congratulations, Savana and thank you. Thank you for bringing this to the Supreme Court to help school children from having to go through this in the future.
Justice Clarence Thomas' comment is a HUGE disappointment: "Judges are not qualified to second-guess the best manner for maintaining quiet and order in the school environment". If a judge feels he is not qualified to figure out that school officials should not be making children take off their clothes, there is something seriously wrong with our justice system.
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