New Jersey V. T.L.O. (1985)

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New Jersey V. T.L.O. (1985)
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Introduction

• High school student is caught smoking and
  searched.
• Student felt that her fourth amendment protection
  against an unreasonable search and seizure was
  violated.

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The Case

• Who Student T.L.O. was caught smoking in the
  restroom at school.
• Where Piscataway High School in Piscataway, N.J
  
• What Student was told to hand over purse, which
  was then searched and other drugs were found.
• When 1980
• Why TLO felt that the evidence in her purse
  should not be used against her because the search
  violated her fourth amendment rights against
  unreasonable searches and seizures.

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Supreme Court Verdict

• Decision The Supreme Court ruled that the
  search and seizure by school officials without a
  warrant was constitutional.
• Why Student searches may occur at school
  without warrants as long as they are considered
  reasonable.

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What it means to the future.

• Schools may search students and their belongings
  as long as there is a reasonable cause in order
  to enforce school rules and maintain discipline.
  Students need to realize that their fourth
  amendment rights do not completely apply in
  schools.

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Summary

• New Jersey v. T.L.O. dealt with the question of
  whether a persons fourth amendment rights
  against unreasonable searches and seizures
  protects students in schools.
• The Supreme Court decided that the fourth
  amendment does not completely apply to students
  in schools.