New Jersey Vs. T.L.O.
Title: New Jersey Vs. T.L.O.
Category: /Business & Economy
Details: Words: 453 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
New Jersey Vs. T.L.O.
Category: /Business & Economy
Details: Words: 453 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
<Tab/>In 1980 two girls were caught smoking in the school laboratory at Piscataway High School, New Jersey, by a teacher. Smoking was prohibited by school rules, so the students, T.L.O and a friend, were taken to the principal's office. There, the assistant principal demanded to see T.L.O.'s purse. Cigarettes, Cigarette rolling paper, marijuana, a pipe, plastic bags, money, lists of names, and two letters that made
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the right to search their bags to look for unsafe or prohibited items. A different set of rules apply in school as oppose to the outside world.
The decision of this case takes away one of my rights but for a good reason. If a student was suspected of having a gun in his locker, the school would be able to search him and take away the gun. This decision makes schools a safer place.