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School Strip-Search Case Before Supreme Court
By: Diana Tung
Posted: Jun 25 09
Witnessed: 1060 times
Regions: United States
Issues: Children's rights
Tags: ACLU, privacy, Savana Redding, U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard the Savana Redding case today. When Savana was 13 years old, she was strip-searched for allegedly possessing prescription-strength ibuprofen. School officials violated Savana's rights and called into question basic constitutional protections for all students in schools across America.
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