School have authority over students and have the power to search them for a reasonable reason. The school can search if the administrator believe that the student may be carrying something that violates school policy such as weapons or drugs. Or it can be as simple as a students personal property being stolen in school which leads to classes being searched. Most school go as far as to going through the bookbag and the student 's pockets. But Safford Unified school took it too far when they conducted a strip search on a student that they believed might have pills on her. The strip search violated her fourth amendment rights which the safford unified school district disagrees.
Safford Unified School District vs Redding was a controversial case …show more content…
The strip search was unjustified because there weren 't enough good reasons to go and conduct the strip search. The school officials were doing this on the words of Marissa who said Savana had given the pills to her. Marissa words were not good enough to go and strip search Savana because she wasn’t specific enough.All she had said was that Savana gave the pills to her. It could be that Marissa was lying about it because she only mentioned that Savana gave the pill to her. Principal Wilson as well failed to ask Marissa more important questions. Such as when , where , and how did she get the pill from Marissa? It’s unclear but Marissa could’ve said Savana gave the pill to her to shift the trouble onto Savana. Strip searching Savana allowed the observation of her private parts to school officials. That’s why the case was controversial because Savana Redding was strip searched and her fourth amendment rights violated. Marissa having ibuprofen pills on her violated school policy. This lead to the school official such as the vice principal searching her because it posed a health risk to the students. The vice principal searching Savana can be also looked as an means to make the school a safe drug free zone. If Savana was indeed distributing the ibuprofen and pills to the students then searching her can help the school. This is …show more content…
The fourth amendment protects Savana and every other American citizens against unreasonable searches. The strip search was indeed unreasonable because there was no proof that Savana indeed was the one who gave the pills to Marissa. Neither did Marissa tell vice principal WIlson how she received the pill from wilson. This makes Savana really a victim in this case because she can’t be linked to those pills. Although the school administrators may think they were reasonable as to why they strip searched her. Well they’re wrong because Savana didn’t have pills when they searched her book bag and strip searching was as if she wasn’t being treated as an student but more as a prisoner. This case is important for Americans to know because we must know that our fourth amendment protects us from unreasonable searches. It is important because we can now be more educated as to how far school can go in searching
Safford Unified School District vs Redding was a controversial case …show more content…
The strip search was unjustified because there weren 't enough good reasons to go and conduct the strip search. The school officials were doing this on the words of Marissa who said Savana had given the pills to her. Marissa words were not good enough to go and strip search Savana because she wasn’t specific enough.All she had said was that Savana gave the pills to her. It could be that Marissa was lying about it because she only mentioned that Savana gave the pill to her. Principal Wilson as well failed to ask Marissa more important questions. Such as when , where , and how did she get the pill from Marissa? It’s unclear but Marissa could’ve said Savana gave the pill to her to shift the trouble onto Savana. Strip searching Savana allowed the observation of her private parts to school officials. That’s why the case was controversial because Savana Redding was strip searched and her fourth amendment rights violated. Marissa having ibuprofen pills on her violated school policy. This lead to the school official such as the vice principal searching her because it posed a health risk to the students. The vice principal searching Savana can be also looked as an means to make the school a safe drug free zone. If Savana was indeed distributing the ibuprofen and pills to the students then searching her can help the school. This is …show more content…
The fourth amendment protects Savana and every other American citizens against unreasonable searches. The strip search was indeed unreasonable because there was no proof that Savana indeed was the one who gave the pills to Marissa. Neither did Marissa tell vice principal WIlson how she received the pill from wilson. This makes Savana really a victim in this case because she can’t be linked to those pills. Although the school administrators may think they were reasonable as to why they strip searched her. Well they’re wrong because Savana didn’t have pills when they searched her book bag and strip searching was as if she wasn’t being treated as an student but more as a prisoner. This case is important for Americans to know because we must know that our fourth amendment protects us from unreasonable searches. It is important because we can now be more educated as to how far school can go in searching