Judge: School Drug Test Unconstitutional
A U.S. District Court judge in Lubbock ruled that a school district’s policy of compulsory drug testing is unconstitutional.
Judge Sam Cummings handed down the ruling against the district of Lockney, which started screening all middle- and high school students for drugs last year.
“We were pretty confident in our case. I’m not surprised that we won,” said Larry Tannahill, the Lockney resident who sued the district in March. He had argued that the testing violated the right of his son, Brady, to be free from unreasonable search and seizure as set out in the 4th and 14th amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
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