School strip search ruled unconstitutional

Last year, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals inexplicably ruled that schools can strip-search students. This followed an incident in 2003 in Arizona in which a middle school student was strip-searched following hearsay accusations that she had taken an over-the-counter drug to school. (The search turned up no contraband.)

But now the 9th Circuit has finally come to its senses by reversing its own ruling. The court has now ruled 6 to 5 that the school did indeed violate the student's constitutional rights when they searched her.

Maybe now Geoff Davis will think twice the next time he wants to pass a bill requiring schools to conduct strip searches.

(Source: http://fornits.com/smf/index.php?topic=25524)