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Court: School Strip Search Illegal

ORG XMIT: NY118 FILE - This April 21, 2009, file photo shows Savana Redding  standing outside the Supreme Court in Washington, after the court heard the  case of Redding who was strip searched when she was 13 years old by school officials looking for prescription-strength ibuprofen pills . The court ruled Thursday, June 25, 2009, that the school's strip search  was illegal. In an 8-1 ruling, the justices said school officials violated the law with their search of  Redding in the rural eastern Arizona town of Safford.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file) (Evan Vucci / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: NY118 FILE - This April 21, 2009, file photo shows Savana Redding standing outside the Supreme Court in Washington, after the court heard the case of Redding who was strip searched when she was 13 years old by school officials looking for prescription-strength ibuprofen pills . The court ruled Thursday, June 25, 2009, that the school's strip search was illegal. In an 8-1 ruling, the justices said school officials violated the law with their search of Redding in the rural eastern Arizona town of Safford. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file) (Evan Vucci / The Spokesman-Review)

This April 21 file photo shows Savana Redding standing outside the Supreme Court in Washington, after the court heard the case of Redding who was strip searched when she was 13 years old by school officials looking for prescription-strength ibuprofen pills . The court ruled today that the school's strip search was illegal. In an 8-1 ruling, the justices said school officials violated the law with their search of Redding in the rural eastern Arizona town of Safford. Story here. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file)

Question: Can you think of any situation in which a strip search by school officials would be justified?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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