Urine trouble! Extending constitutionality to mandatory suspicionless drug testing of students in extracurricular activities

From: Vanderbilt Law Review | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION

The United States makes clear its reverence for education by demanding that its children attend school.1 What is less clear, however, is the nation's dedication to each student's constitutional rights. From the earliest days of the common law, public school students have lacked fundamental rights, even the right of liberty in its narrowest sense.2 Although public students retain certain constitutional rights,3 the public school system maintains an elevated power over its students.4 This power is like that of a parent,5 including the duty to "inculcate the habits and manners ...

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