AtomicCEO Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 (edited) This is about the Supreme Court decision that school officials can't force a student out of their underwear for suspicion of carrying a few tylenol. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...sc=fb&cc=fp In a dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas found the search legal and said the court previously had given school officials "considerable leeway" under the Fourth Amendment in school settings. Officials had searched the girl's backpack and found nothing, Thomas said. "It was eminently reasonable to conclude the backpack was empty because Redding was secreting the pills in a place she thought no one would look," Thomas said. Thomas warned that the majority's decision could backfire. "Redding would not have been the first person to conceal pills in her undergarments," he said. "Nor will she be the last after today's decision, which announces the safest place to secrete contraband in school." First of all... if a student is carrying a quantity of drugs that represents a danger to the school in their underwear... you're probably going to detect it on a pat down. Second... it's "reasonable" to assume that if you don't find drugs in a backpack, then they must be in the underwear?? Did you just shoot the founding fathers in the face? Clearly... this is not "reasonable", because after the strip search, they STILL didn't find any Advil on her. This guy is on the Supreme Court with reasoning ability like that? Third... why is Clarence Thomas breaking out on his own to put opinions about undergarments on the record. He's not helping his reputation. Edited June 25, 2009 by AtomicCEO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 :shakeshead: At Clarence. Clearly an affirmative action appointment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 "Clarence Thomas". 'Nuff said. If ever there was a tokenist appointment, he's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Is this reasoning based on his habit of storing coke cans in his tightie whities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Is this reasoning based on his habit of storing coke cans in his tightie whities? No, just the fact he's so wildly out of his depth at SC level. Everybody knows it and nobody says it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 No, just the fact he's so wildly out of his depth at SC level. Everybody knows it and nobody says it. I meant his assumption that everybody stores stuff in their drawers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I meant his assumption that everybody stores stuff in their drawers. I store my junk down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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