4th Amendment Jorge Gonzalez

What is the 4th Amendment Guarantees freedom from unreasonable search and seizure. Law enforcement needs probable cause or a warran Exclusionary rule

New Jersey v. T.L.O., 1985 Female student was searched at school. They found cigarettes, rolling papers, marijuana, and pipes. They searched her after they found her smoking in the bathroom. The issue was if this warrant less search violate the 4th amendment.

Supreme Court Decision They said that schools need the keep a safe environment. So teachers do not need a warrant, only have reasonable suspicion to search student. Which is lower than than probable cause.

“Schoolchildren have legitimate expectations of privacy… “Schoolchildren have legitimate expectations of privacy…. But striking the balance between schoolchildren's legitimate expectations of privacy and the school's equally legitimate need to maintain an environment in which learning can take place requires some easing of the restrictions to which searches by public authorities are ordinarily subject.” by author of opinion, Justice Byron White.