The Central Fourth Amendment Question in the Case of Board

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Multiple Choice

The central Fourth Amendment question in the case of Board of Education of Independent School District No.92 of Pottawatomie County v.Earls,which involved drug testing of student athletes,was answered as follows:

• A) individualized suspicion is a consideration in determining whether a search is reasonable and the searches at issue were,therefore,unconstitutional.
• B) the searches were unconstitutional because of the nature of privacy.
• C) the searches were constitutional because minors were involved and individual suspicion was present.
• D) individualized suspicion is not always required and the searches in the case were constitutional.

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