NJ. v. T.L.O. student searches

1. TLO v. NJ

2. Importance of N.J. v T.L.O.
1.
2. Types of searches
3. Conclusion of the case

3. NEW JERSEY v. T.L.O.

4. T.L.O was a fourteen year old
accused of smoking in the girls
bathroom of her high school

5. A principle at the school
questioned hear and searched
her purse

6. She found a bag of marijuana
and other drug paraphernalia.

7. Why is this case important to you????

8. It protects students rights!!!!

9. WHY????

10. The Supreme Court ruled that the Fourth
Amendment prohibited unreasonable searches and
seizures in public schools.

13. NO,
Because the search was
REASONABLE….search DID NOT
violate the Constitution

14. The presence of rolling papers
in the purse gave rise to a
reasonable suspicion in the
principle’s mind that T.L.O may
have been carrying drugs.