A federal judge has cleared the path for two victims of a school’s “zero tolerance” program to sue officials over alleged violations of their constitutional rights.
The ruling comes from U.S. District Court Judge George L. Russell III, who turned back a request from the Board of Education in Talbot County, Maryland, to dismiss the case.
“This is a rare victory of reason and fairness over the kind of hysterical, irrational exercise of authority that teaches children to fear those in power – what I would call a draconian zero-tolerance policy run amok,” said John W. Whitehead, president of the Rutherford Institute, which is working on behalf of students Graham Dennis and Casey Edsall.
The arguments are based on the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment and Maryland’s declaration of rights.
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So, here we are, going from over-the-top zero tolerance to plain lack of discretion with a stiff dose of stupid.
ReplyDeleteI hope the lawsuit prevails over the school as well as Law Enforcement that hamfisted this crap! And big time!
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