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Supreme Court: Strip Search of Arizona Teen Illegal

HeadlineJun 26, 2009

The Supreme Court has ruled a strip search of an Arizona teenager was illegal. Savana Redding was thirteen years old when officials at her school strip-searched her for prescription drugs. In an eight-to-one ruling, the Supreme Court said her school violated her constitutional rights.

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