Safford Unified v Redding

[ICantSpellDawg]

You don't think it was a hard case? I do. Anytime the law has to get that specific, to try to define "reasonable cause", it runs the risk of people working to 'play' the law: do things that go right up to the borderline, but not over, into violation territory.

I think the case is difficult for people who confuse justice with semantics. Clearly it is unjust to strip search a girl over ibuprofen, especially if you are a teacher, especially if you have way less than probable cause, especially if you don't find the ibuprofen. Luckily, the law, logic and justice were aligned in all minds except for those of the school district.

It says something when you get a unanimous panel of justices who rarely agree on the color of the sky.