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| Political Cartoon on The Fourth Amendment |
Constitution Connection
Fourth Amendment to the Constitution:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Connection Explanation
The Fourth Amendment was made to uncomplicated peoples right to have privacy, police and other officials aren't allowed to search citizens homes or other private possessions. It is unconstitutional to violate those rights, even if they're children.
In the article I chose California had a dispute over whether it is right or not to test teens for drugs in school. The Supreme Court ruled that teenagers could be forced to take random urine test for illegal drugs in their high schools. Justice Antonin Scalia said that children do not have the same rights as adults. So in other words their constitutional rights don't count. Attorney for the National School Boards Assn., Gwendolyn Gregory's opinion was that this idea wasn't fool proof. What happens when someone refuses to cooperate, do you refuse to let them learn in school. That would lead to violation more and more rights of free people with rights, even if you don;t think of children that way.
I don't agree with the Supreme Courts rule to allow drug testing. Their goal to eliminate drugs from schools is good but if you violate a right in the process then you aren't doing it in the right way. I wouldn't like it one bit if ,y school made it mandatory to get tested for drugs. I find it a hassle to have to get a new physical every few years. What's the point of the Constitution if it can be ignore whenever people want to.
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