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Right to privacy...?

So, do I have a right to privacy in school, as in a teacher can't look through my binder without my consent? I was just curious because one of my friends left his binder at school yesterday and he draws a lot of violent stuff; black humor, mostly, like Cyanide & Happiness. That and dicks. I never really got what was so great about drawing them. Laugh Anyway, I'd really hate to see what my homeroom teacher would do if she found them; a hardcore Christian is what I'd describe her as. So, would he be valid in saying that she violated his rights?
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Re: Right to privacy...?

SUCK MY DICK AHAHA LOOOL
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psychopath Wrote:SUCK MY DICK AHAHA LOOOL
lolwut


Anyway, does this answer your question?

Quote:The Supreme Court ruled in 1985 in New Jersey v. T.L.O. that school officials, unlike police, may search students without a warrant when they have "reasonable grounds for suspecting that the search will turn up evidence that the student has violated... either the law or rules of the school." But school officials may not search you unless they have a good reason to believe that you in particular -- not just "someone" -- broke a law or a school rule. So, if a teacher thinks she saw you selling drugs to another student, she can ask you to empty your pockets and can search your backpack. But just because they think some students have drugs doesn't give them the authority to search all students.

And no matter what, the search must be conducted in a "reasonable" way, based on your age and what they're looking for. Strip searching is illegal in many states, and where it is allowed, there has to be a solid reason to suspect a particular student of having committed a really serious crime.

In some states, courts have ruled that a student's locker is school property, so the school can search it. But in other states, school officials must have "reasonable suspicion" that you are hiding something illegal before they can search your locker. Your local ACLU can fill you in on your state laws. But here's a word to the wise: don't keep anything in your locker that you wouldn't want other people to see.

http://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liber...ht-privacy

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Absentinsomniac Wrote:
psychopath Wrote:SUCK MY DICK AHAHA LOOOL
lolwut


Anyway, does this answer your question?

Quote:The Supreme Court ruled in 1985 in New Jersey v. T.L.O. that school officials, unlike police, may search students without a warrant when they have "reasonable grounds for suspecting that the search will turn up evidence that the student has violated... either the law or rules of the school." But school officials may not search you unless they have a good reason to believe that you in particular -- not just "someone" -- broke a law or a school rule. So, if a teacher thinks she saw you selling drugs to another student, she can ask you to empty your pockets and can search your backpack. But just because they think some students have drugs doesn't give them the authority to search all students.

And no matter what, the search must be conducted in a "reasonable" way, based on your age and what they're looking for. Strip searching is illegal in many states, and where it is allowed, there has to be a solid reason to suspect a particular student of having committed a really serious crime.

In some states, courts have ruled that a student's locker is school property, so the school can search it. But in other states, school officials must have "reasonable suspicion" that you are hiding something illegal before they can search your locker. Your local ACLU can fill you in on your state laws. But here's a word to the wise: don't keep anything in your locker that you wouldn't want other people to see.

http://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liber...ht-privacy


Yeah, it does. Thanks.

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Teachers will be control freaks because they are given authority. Its really stupid. I called my teacher a bitch and she said I was being agressive (oh god words please don't hurt me!). Not to mention they can give detentions (or suspensions) for NO REASON!!!! Nono
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