Can the police come into a school and conduct a suspicionless search of everyone's backpacks with drug sniffing dogs?

Do you know whether the police that conducted the search were "school security officers," "school resource officers," or, instead, were actual...

Do you have to be a state official in order to violate someone's constitutional rights?

Perhaps you could clarify the facts and circumstances of this matter. I am surmising that your daughter was taken from you, by government...

Im a freshman in high school can they make me take off my rosary

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Neither students nor teachers surrender their constitutional rights when they pass through the schoolhouse gates. That is the teaching of the...

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If a law enforcement officer violates your constitutional rights, or assaults you without cause, can you defend yourself?

Candidly, you have asked a question that has two correct answers. Yes and No. Yes, there are necessity and justification defenses that one may...

Does walking around a school dorm, talking about a student interest group/club, constitute the act of solicitation?

A bit more information. The text of the policy prohibiting solicitation. The status of the "solicitor" (student, faculty, guest). The...

WHAT IS THE LAW AND GUIDLINES FOR HOME SCHOOLING

I have linked a resource below that summarizes Texas law on home schooling. If you have questions after reviewing it, you can add them as a...

Banned from the Newport Beach police website after expressing my concern of police abuse

I am intrigued by your question, and have twenty-six years of First Amendment litigation experience. I'd like to provide you with a more detailed...

What can I do

I do NOT think you are helpless in this situation. If your financial circumstances allow it, contact a Nevada attorney to assist you. If, on...

There is a kid with Asperger's syndrome in my math class. He is very annoying. How do I get him moved to special education class

Perhaps you should consider the easier move. Identify yourself to your teacher and administrator as a person that opposes mainstreaming of...