[Kryptonite]

Good news!

[RCW2001]

more...

"We find that testing students who participate in extracurricular activities is a reasonably effective means of addressing the school district's legitimate concerns in preventing, deterring and detecting drug use," Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for himself, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy and Stephen Breyer.

The court stopped short of allowing random tests for any student, whether or not involved in extracurricular activities, but several justices have indicated they are interested in answering that question at some point.

The court ruled against a former Oklahoma high school honor student who competed on an academic quiz team and sang in the choir. Lindsay Earls, a self-described "goodie two-shoes," tested negative but sued over what she called a humiliating and accusatory policy.

The Pottawatomie County school system had considered testing all students. Instead, it settled for testing only those involved in extracurricular activities on the theory that by voluntarily representing the school, those students had a lower expectation of privacy than did students at large.

[FreeTally]

Another crazy decision.

ruling that schools' interest in ridding their campuses of drugs outweighs an individual's right to privacy.

Its not "privacy", its an illegal search. A person's urine is their property.

Congress rejected drugs tests as a condition of their employment. I think ridding Congress of drugs outweighs their privacy too.

[Wolfie]

No surpises here. The only time the SC has ever rejected drug testing was when it was to be applied to judges and legislators. Go figure.

[anniegetyourgun]

Works for me. There are many ways in which we treat minors differently.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

The destruction of the concept of privacy is the last stop before the end of freedom.

See you in the camps.

[strela]

Although I support the suppression of illegal drug use and enforcement of the nation's drug laws in most respects, this decision is stupid, wrong, and wrong-headed. There is not much of an intellectual leap from randomly testing school students (who are REQUIRED by the law to be in school) to randomly testing Joe Nosepicker in his double-wide. The slippery slope is wide, yawning, and especially slimy on this one.

[PhiKapMom]

YES!

That school district is just East of where I live -- this is great news! It was widely distributed by their school district so the girl and her parents that filed this had ample warning. Tired of these whining liberals!

[Kryptonite]

Pretty humorous how the druggies showed up here. :)

[finnman69]

They also approved VOUCHERS!

[RnMomof7]

This is VERY scary..just one more step on the path to totalitarian
government.

[philman_36]

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the...
Hey you! Shut up and piss in the cup!

Something is veeeeery wrong with us. /"Stripes"

No outrage?
Nope.
Figures.

[OXENinFLA]

And since we must make sure kids don't carry any drugs on their person FULL BODY CAVITY searches must now be performed on kids entering schools on a daily basis due to them leaving the gov't oversight at the end of each school day.

[joyce11111]

Great...another victory.

[B Knotts]

There are other countries with policies like this:

China Executes 64 on Anti-Drug Day

But, the good news is that vouchers are constitutional, so people can finally start getting their kids out of the gov't indoctrination centers.

[Lexington Green]

Hitler is smiling

[goodieD]

just when I was happy about the voucher thing, they do something like this. I'm sure the WOD people are peeing their pants in joy over this. "To hell with the kids..they don't have any rights" and "isn't getting rid of drugs more important than ANYTHING?" (just ask that poor kid they shot in the back about that one).

[maestro]

GREAT!!!!........Its about time they start 'testing' the NEA's pubic school teachers and administrators!!!!

[Lent]

Pathetic. This kind of zeal and obsession regarding drugs was bound to whittle away fundamental rights. This should be a good lesson for our kids. Raise them to live in fear and paranoia about big-brother bringing the axe down on them.

[Don Myers]

If kids are taking drugs, they should be found and the problem fixed. Adults are still supposed to be protecting and guiding the kids, not vice versa. Unfortunately, adults have largely given up both their rights and responsibilities in this nation. The result is quite obvious.