DRUG TESTING INVADES PRIVACY

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it is all right for schools to
randomly drug-test students, stating that winning the war on drugs
outweighs the students' right to privacy.

Baseless, widespread testing of students not only seems unconstitutional,
it also teaches young people that the government has an inherent right to
invade people's privacy without probable cause.

Let's take this reasoning one step further. We also have a war on terror.
In the interest of winning that war, should we not expect the Supreme Court
to allow police to randomly search people's homes?

Are we willing to give up the right to be secure in our homes? Apparently
we already have given up the right to be secure in our person. Maybe we
should reread the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.

TIM HAYES

Rockledge