"We find that testing students who participate in extracurricular activities is a reasonably effective means of addressing the school district's legitimate concerns in preventing, deterring and detecting drug use," Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for himself, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy and Stephen Breyer. The court stopped short of allowing random tests for any student, whether or not involved in extracurricular activities, but several justices have indicated they are interested in answering that question at some point. " I just don't get it. If you can test a subset of the student body based on this reasoning, then you can test the whole student body. If you can test the whole student body, then you can test the whole town. If you can test the whole town for drugs, you can search the whole town for other criminal behaviour as well. There is no fourth amendment any more. The consitution was just declared unconsitutional. CNN.com - High court approves random drug tests in public schools - June 27, 2002 |