New+Jersey+v.+T.L.O.

=New Jersey v. T.L.O. = =Cedric Davis & Haley Williams = DIVIDE INTO SECTIONS TO MAKE IT CLEARER The court case was heard by the Supreme Court on January 15, 1985.(1/1)

On March 7, 1980, 14-year-old freshman from Piscataway High School also known as T.L.O. was caught smoking with another student in a lavatory. AKA BATHROOM This was a violation of school rules. Following this event COMMA the two girls were escorted to the principle's SPELLING - PRINCIPAL by the teacher who caught them. T.L.O.'s companion admitted to the violation after being questioned by Mr. Choplick( the schools assistant vice principleSPELL), while T.L.O. denied any involvement with smoking. Soon after Mr. Choplick demanded to search T.L.O.'s purse. Inside he found a pack of cigerattes, rolling papers, a pipe, plastic bags, money, marihuana, and a list of students who owed her money. After these items were found Mr. choplick called her mother, and T.L.O. was sent the police headquarters. There she admitted to what she had been doing. T.L.O. was charged but contended the charge by saying Mr. Choplick's search violated the 4th amendment, which is unreasonable searches and seizures. DID SHE KNOW THAT? OR DID HER LAWYERS KNOW THAT? 4.5/5

CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE 4/5

The court ruled in favor of New Jersey with a vote of 6-3. WHICH SIDE IS NEW JERSEY? Justice Byron White wrote the majority opinion for this case COMMA stating that “The school setting requires some modification of the level of suspicion of illicit activity needed to justify a search.” PARAPHRASE - DON'T QUOTE The Supreme Court recognized that students in public schools have a right to privacy under the 4th Amendment of The Constitution and that officials of schools are bound by constitutional restrictions. Still, the Supreme Court also said that the rights of children are not the same as those of adult and that school officials have a responsibility to maintain the discipline necessary for education. The rights of students must be balanced against the needs of the school setting. In a school, a search could be reasonable under the 4th Amendment without probable cause, so long as it was supported by reasonable suspicion or reasonable cause. The assistant vice-principal's search was considered reasonable under this definition. 5/5

This court case is extremely significant. It set new precedents governing searches by public school officials. Further rulings were that school officials did not need to get a warrant before searching a student under their authority and that school officials do not need to follow the search requirement of probable cause to presume that a student is violating, has violated, or will violate the law. Whether a student search is legal depends on the reasonableness of the search in accordance with the circumstances surrounding the search. In the 1990s, the T.L.O. decision was used a number of times in Supreme Court cases to allow the use of metal detectors and protective searches in school. The Court has likened such searches to airport scanning and highway checkpoints for drunk drivers. GOOD 5/5  (2009). New Jersey v. T.L.O.. //Law library//. Retrieved (2009, November 18) from http://law.jrank.org/pages/13283/New-Jersey-v-T-L-O.html (2005). //New jersey// //v. t.l.o//. Retrieved from [] White, B., Brennan, W.J., Marshall, T., & Stevens, J.P. (n.d.). //New jersey// //v. t.l.o//.Retrieved from[]

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23/25 = 92% (B+)

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