Supreme Court to hear school strip-search case

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	Supreme Court to hear school strip-search case

JeannieGrrl

1-16-2009 10:38 PM

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JeannieGrrl says:

This is a bit more on the case I posted earlier. Its basically the same story, we won't hear anymore until it hits the court room but there are a few more details inside.

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