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Public School Drug Searches: Toward Redefining Fourth Amendment "Reasonableness" To Include Individualized Suspicion, Jill I. Braverman
Public School Drug Searches: Toward Redefining Fourth Amendment "Reasonableness" To Include Individualized Suspicion, Jill I. Braverman
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Incidents of illegal drug use' and violent crime plague public school authorities across the nation. As narcotics and weapons appear on school campuses, school officials seek to conduct searches of students' lockers, property, and persons for contraband or prohibited weapons. Public school authorities justify their actions by stating that since the state requires children to attend school, the state retains a compelling interest, if not an affirmative duty, in ensuring that the school environment remain free of illegal substances which might present safety hazards to teachers or fellow students. The fourth amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted to …