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Clarence Thomas Scoots Right -- Again
Finally, the Supreme Court has made a good decision on civil liberties.
The justices ruled when she was 13, Savana Redding had her rights violated when school officials insisted that she be strip-searched for the possession of—hold on here!—ibuprofen.
She had to strip to her underwear, then pull her bra and panties out and expose her privates. School officials found no drugs.
Savana called it “the most humiliating experience I’ve ever had.”
Ruling 8-1, the Justices concluded that Safford Middle School went too far.
That’s a welcome departure for the court, which has steadily increased the authority of school districts to intrude on the rights of students, with random drug testing of athletes and anyone in extracurricular activities. The court also has invited excessive monitoring of school newspapers.
For once, the court, almost unanimously, made a course correction.
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