The Supreme Court has decided that school officials did in fact violate the privacy of Savana Redding when they strip searched the 13-year-old at her public school over suspicion that she had ibuprofen pills, reports Reuters.

An 8-1 vote upheld the ruling that the school had violated the right to protection against unreasonable search and seizure. Only good old Clarence Thomas didn’t see the incident as a violation of privacy.

The incident in question took place back in 2003. After word had spread that students were bringing drugs to school, an assistant principal ordered a school nurse to make Redding remove her clothes to see if she was hiding the hard stuff… ibuprofen pills.

Some defended the actions, claiming strip searches are necessary for “student safety, school order and combating a growing drug problem.” However, if that’s their point, perhaps they should have picked a more compelling test case. Ibuprofen, really?

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