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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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Savana Redding - 13 year old was strip searched
What a sad day it is that the Supreme Court will be hearing a case today involving a 13 year old who was strip searched in school. Administrators were looking for drugs on this honor student -- ibuprofen no less. This is the comment I made at the GMA website:
"NEVER should a school be allowed to do a strip search! The administrators should have been fired and arrested! Authorities should have been called and a search warrant obtained (which probably never would have been issued under these ridiculous circumstances). Consider this scenario ...your 13-year-old daughter invites a classmate into your home. You suspect she has drugs on her. You do a strip search. Hmmm...wouldn't you be arrested? How is that scenario any different than this? Just because it was done in a school? Those administrators played judge, jury and executioner and unfortunately have scarred Savana for a very, very long time. "
Savana, my heart goes out to you.
Parents every where should be very concerned about the outcome of this case.
"NEVER should a school be allowed to do a strip search! The administrators should have been fired and arrested! Authorities should have been called and a search warrant obtained (which probably never would have been issued under these ridiculous circumstances). Consider this scenario ...your 13-year-old daughter invites a classmate into your home. You suspect she has drugs on her. You do a strip search. Hmmm...wouldn't you be arrested? How is that scenario any different than this? Just because it was done in a school? Those administrators played judge, jury and executioner and unfortunately have scarred Savana for a very, very long time. "
Savana, my heart goes out to you.
Parents every where should be very concerned about the outcome of this case.
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