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Student
Drug
Testing:
An
old
and
nearly
forgotten
phrase
is
uttered
by
a
New
Jersey
judge...
Probable
cause
8/29/97
Judge Sybil R. Moses of New Jersey's Superior Court has ordered that
random drug testing of student-athletes in a Bergen County school district
be postponed for at least a month. Judge Moses said that the policy may
violate students' right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure as
the Ridgefield Park Board of Education presented no evidence of a drug
problem among its athletes.
A hearing on the temporary restraining order will take place on September
29 in the Superior Court in Bergen County. David Rocoh of the New Jersey
ACLU told The Week Online that he's "reasonably optimistic" that
the blanket drug testing of student athletes will be found to violate the
NJ constitution. "The New Jersey Supreme Court has repeatedly acted
independently of the U.S. Supreme Court, especially in recognizing Fourth
Amendment protections for its citizens."
You can find the ACLU web site at http://www.aclu.org.
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Issue #9, 8/29/97
International News: US Claims Progress, Fog Lifting in UK Drug Policy, March in Germany, Mexico Blood Bath | Drug War Corruption: Employees at points of entry find that crime pays better than baggage handling | Medical Marijuana: California Attorney General adds a surprising voice to calls for research | Student Drug Testing: An old and nearly forgotten phrase is uttered by a New Jersey judge... Probable cause | Media Alert: The Wall Street Journal hits the nail on the head with regard to the Drug War's destruction of Colombia's society | Justice and Human Rights: Criminal justice systems out of control in the US and China | Link of the Week: Shedding light on the impact of America's overused criminal justice system | Quote of the Week: Drug Czar McCaffrey has figured out one of the problems | Editorial: Needle exchange is still illegal in New Jersey... but that doesn't make it wrong
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