USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In a juvenile court, T.L.O. argued that her Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures had been violated. The court sided with the school, and T.L.O. took her case to the New Jersey Supreme Court, which later found that the search was unreasonable and the evidence could not be used.

Detailed explanation-2: -In addition, the Court exempted public school searches by school officials from the warrant requirement and the probable cause standard. As a result of the Court’s holding in New Jersey v. T.L.O., high school students are only partially protected from illegal searches and seizures.

Detailed explanation-3: -T.L.O., holding that public school administrators can search a student’s belongings if they have a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. The case originated in Piscataway, New Jersey, where, in 1980, a teacher at the local public high school stumbled upon two girls smoking in a bathroom.

Detailed explanation-4: -T.L.O., 469 U.S. 325 (1985) Although the Fourth Amendment applies to searches in public schools, the more lenient standard of reasonable suspicion replaces the ordinary standard of probable cause.