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"Supreme Court Says Child's Rights Violated by Strip Search"

"Supreme Court Says Child's Rights Violated by Strip Search": Adam Liptak had this article yesterday in The New York Times. The newspaper also contained an editorial entitled "An Unreasonable Search."

Yesterday in The Washington Post, Robert Barnes had an article headlined "Student Strip Search Illegal; School Violated Teen Girl's Rights, Supreme Court Rules." The newspaper also contained an editorial entitled "Strip Searches and the Law: A smart compromise balances the rights of students with the needs of school administrators."

Yesterday in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage had an article headlined "Supreme Court declares strip-search of student unconstitutional; The 8-1 decision says Arizona school officials lacked justification for such an invasive search of a 13-year-old girl, who was suspected of hiding ibuprofen pills." And today's newspaper contains an editorial entitled "A common-sense ruling on strip searches: A Supreme Court decision lays down a bright line for school officials."

In yesterday's edition of USA Today, Joan Biskupic reported that "Strip search at school violated girl's rights, high court rules; Souter says there must be 'reasonable suspicion of danger.'" The newspaper also contained an editorial entitled "Strip-search case ends in victory for common sense: Justices' ruling exposes folly of ham-handed 'zero-tolerance' policies," while Francisco M. Negron had an op-ed entitled "Ruling missed opportunity: Justices didn't clarify boundaries for schools on 'personal searches.'"

Yesterday in The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin reported that "Court Faults Strip-Search of Student."

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor had an article headlined "Supreme Court: Strip-search of 13-year-old girl was illegal; The decision sets the standard for how far school officials can go in conducting searches of students' property."

law.com's Tony Mauro reported that "Supreme Court rules student strip search unconstitutional."

And yesterday in The Arizona Daily Star, Howard Fischer had an article headlined "US high court: Strip search unjustified."

Full post as published by How Appealing on June 27, 2009 (boomark / email).