Clarence Thomas Cool With Strip Searches Of 13 Year Old Girls The Other 8 - Not So Much
Strip Search of Student Was Illegal, Top Court Says (Update1)
June 25 (Bloomberg)—The U.S. Supreme Court, bolstering constitutional protections for students, said a 13-year-old girl’s rights were violated when school officials strip searched her in an effort to find pain relievers.The justices, voting 8-1, said officials at an Arizona middle school acted unreasonably when they ordered Savana Redding to partially disrobe and then shake out her bra and underwear in front of two female staff members. Another student had reported that Savana was distributing prescription-strength ibuprofen.
“The content of the suspicion failed to match the degree of intrusion,” Justice David Souterwrote for the court. Justice Clarence Thomas was the lone dissenter from that part of the court’s decision.
