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Peer reviewedLincoln, Eugene A. – Urban Education, 1986
In New Jersey vs. T.L.O. (1985) the Supreme Court clarified and limited the student's Fourth Amendment rights against "unreasonable searches and seizures." When school officials act alone and on their own authority, they need not obtain a warrant but may conduct a search based on the lesser standard of "reasonableness." (LHW)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedLincoln, Eugene A. – Journal of Law and Education, 1989
In 1985 the United States Supreme Court concluded that the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures does apply to public school officials. Offers some hypothetical examples for public school officials to consider regarding mandatory urine testing and the reasonable suspicion standard. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Drug Use
Download full textLincoln, Eugene A. – 1995
In "New Jersey v. T.L.O." the U.S. Supreme Court held that the prohibitions of the Fourth Amendment regarding unreasonable searches and seizures apply to student searches and seizures conducted by public school officials. However, the Court said the legality of a search should depend upon "reasonableness, under the…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Due Process
