“The Strip Search case” will expose us
Usually only right wing Republicans make future Supreme Court nominees a deciding factor for a presidential candidate; but if the Supreme Court does not make a common sense decision in “The Strip Search Case,” then most Democrats and a whole lot of Independents are going to make it the major factor in the next presidential election.
If the court fails in this case, the need for the next president to ensure that a more sensible court is populated will be magnified.
The right to everyday strip searching by school officials on the flimsiest of evidence without any legal protections for the rights of children will create a vivid image that will be easy to rekindle, and Michael Moore or someone like him will remind us how dangerously close to tyranny some of our schools may easily slip into at any time without legal protections. Just remember the Bush years and the torture issues now finally being exposed.
For details of this case see the NPR morning report which includes an interview with Savana Redding, the victim of the strip search who is now in college, and the News Hour report which summarized arguments presented in the court during the day.
