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Old 06-25-2009, 07:42 PM   #46
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Amazing. Clarence Thomas did not follow Scalia's lead. He finds nothing wrong with student strip searches without due cause? Even Scalia found that unacceptable.
I'm sure Justice Thomas spent a great deal of time reenacting the case in his mind. A young female student forced to strip in front of an authority figure....

After he cleaned himself off, he then voted that this was acceptable.
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Old 06-26-2009, 09:27 AM   #47
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I don't think school administrators should be strip searching kids even with due cause. If anyone is strip searching children, it should be cops with due cause and warrants.
Well said.
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Old 06-26-2009, 09:30 AM   #48
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2nded or seconded - however you state that.
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Old 07-02-2009, 09:45 PM   #49
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I'm sure Justice Thomas spent a great deal of time reenacting the case in his mind. A young female student forced to strip in front of an authority figure....

After he cleaned himself off, he then voted that this was acceptable.
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