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4th Amendment In Schools Cases In Los Angeles
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The Fourth Amendment applies to searches conducted by public school officials because “school officials act as representatives of the State, not merely as surrogates for the parents.” 350 However, “the school setting requires some easing of the restrictions to which searches by public authorities are ordinarily subject ...
The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution guarantees the right of everyone “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” This means that if the government (and government institutions like public schools) wants to search your belongings, or take them away from ...
The Fourth Amendment does not protect someone who is under suspicion of a Federal felony. Also, the Amendment would not protect someone who voluntarily agrees to a search without a warrant.
Qualified immunity is based on the principle that public officials, including teachers, should be able to perform their duties without the constant threat of lawsuits, as long as they act reasonably and in good faith.
The broad authority of school administrators over student behavior, school safety, and the learning environment requires that school officials have the power to stop a minor student in order to ask questions or conduct an investigation, even in the absence of reasonable suspicion, so long as such authority is not ...
Brendlin v. California | United States Courts.
—In New Jersey v. T. L. O., 349 the Court set forth the principles governing searches by public school authorities.
Further, warrantless seizure of abandoned property, or of properties on an open field do not violate Fourth Amendment, because it is considered that having expectation of privacy right to an abandoned property or to properties on an open field is not reasonable.
Generally, a person has no reasonable expectation of privacy for property and personal effects they hold open to the public. The Fourth Amendment does not protect things that are visible or in "plain view" for a person of ordinary and unenhanced vision.
The amendment applies to governmental searches and seizures, but not those done by private citizens or organizations who are not acting on behalf of a government.