CALL TO ORDERHave you or someone you’ve known ever been searched by the police, legally or illegally?What do you know about the rules that police have to search you by?If this hasn’t happened to you, what do you imagine the police must do in order to search your belongings?

The Fourth Amendment

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Listen as I sing about the fourth amendment. See if you can find the place in my song

99 Problems where I talk about the search and seizure

(the fourth amendment).Underline this in the text.

New Jersey v. TLO

• Student “T.L.O” was caught by her Principal, smoking the bathroom.

• Her bag was searched, and illegal substances were found.

New Jersey v. TLO

• T.L.O thought that her fourth amendment right to privacy had been violated by the school.

• The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the school, saying that students give up some of their rights when they enter the school building, because the school needs to maintain the safety of all students.

New Jersey v. TLO

1. What did a teacher observe a student doing in the bathroom?

New Jersey v. TLO

2. Look at the second box. What did the student tell the vice principal?

3. After the student lied to vice principal, he reached for her purse. Why did he think it was okay for him to search through it?

4. Did the student want the vice principal to look through her purse? (yes or no)

New Jersey v. TLO

5. Look at the third box. What did the vice principal find in the students purse?

6. Why does the student

think that looking through her purse is illegal? (Hint: What law does it violate?)

New Jersey v. TLO7. Look at the last box. The

guy on the left is saying that school officials act in “loco parentis” – in place of parents – and should have the right to search through students’ belongings in school. The guy on the right thinks that students should not give up their rights at school. Whom do you agree with? Why?