The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the clearly states, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated” (“Fourth Amendment”). Its laws also apply to searches done by public school officials. Public school officials, such as vice principal Theodore Choplick, are not exempt from the Amendment’s dictates by virtue of the special nature of their authority over schoolchildren. On the other hand, school officials represent the State itself in carrying out searches such as this one and cannot claim the parents’ immunity from the Fourth Amendment. Vice principal Choplick not only violated T.L.O.’s Fourth Amendment rights, but also her Fifth Amendment rights. The Fifth Amendment is distinctly written as, “no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due processes of law” (“Fifth Amendment”). T.L.O.’s constitutional rights were violated in the search conducted, and because of this breaching, she should win this
The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the clearly states, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated” (“Fourth Amendment”). Its laws also apply to searches done by public school officials. Public school officials, such as vice principal Theodore Choplick, are not exempt from the Amendment’s dictates by virtue of the special nature of their authority over schoolchildren. On the other hand, school officials represent the State itself in carrying out searches such as this one and cannot claim the parents’ immunity from the Fourth Amendment. Vice principal Choplick not only violated T.L.O.’s Fourth Amendment rights, but also her Fifth Amendment rights. The Fifth Amendment is distinctly written as, “no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due processes of law” (“Fifth Amendment”). T.L.O.’s constitutional rights were violated in the search conducted, and because of this breaching, she should win this