School strip searches struck down!!!

I was waiting on the edge of my seat for months to see how the Supreme Court would handle this case. Now, at long last, the Big Nine has finally come to its senses!

In a smashing 8-to-1 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled today that an Arizona school violated the constitutionally guaranteed privacy rights of a student when it strip-searched her for ibuprofen. The search yielded no ibuprofen or other contraband.

The Supremes did not hold the perverts who conducted the search personally liable, because protections against such illegal searches had already been gutted so much by the time the search took place. But the court did rule against the school system on the much more far-reaching issue of whether strip searches violate students' rights.

Even most of the court's conservative wing realized they couldn't find an excuse for the school's evil ways. Only conservative Justice Clarence Thomas sided with the school. Thomas's stance isn't much of a surprise, because his earlier writings show that he views students as wards of the government who possess no rights.

The next step should be criminal prosecution and stiff prison time for the school officials involved in the search. And we should pass new laws mandating life in prison for such officials in the future.

I doubt that will happen though. I've been amazed myself at some of the things school officials get away with. To them, schools are their own personal fiefdoms where no real laws apply.

(Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE55O48120090625)