04.21.09
Watch the Supremes
If you hadn’t noticed, the Supreme Court has been awfully quiet. There have been no media-circus rulings or other major developments. That’s about to change:
It’s the final argument cycle of the current term, stocked with cases that could define the Roberts Court anew, on issues ranging from search and seizure to Iraqi immunity, affirmative action to voting rights. Parties include a swashbuckling CBS newsman, a middle school student accused of possessing ibuprofen, and a group of white New Haven, Conn., firefighters.
For now, everyone seems to be buzzing about a case to be argued tomorrow called Safford Unified School District #1 v. Redding. At issue: whether officials at an Arizona middle school acted within the bounds of the Fourth Amendment when they strip-searched a female student after suspecting she was hiding prescription-strength Ibuprofen in her underpants. (The suspicion was based largely on a “tip” from a fellow student.)
The upcoming session has it all: sex, race, drugs. We won’t even have time to watch the NBA and NHL playoffs.
