In the United States, the 4th amendment bill prohibits unreasonable seizures and searches from the citizens. In this case, a person can only be searched after the searching police issue him or her with a search warrant (Wetterer 2). The application of the 4th amendment when it comes to school bullying has been an issue. Under the New Jersey v. T.L.O, for example, the school heads are not supposed to strictly adhere to this rule. In this case, the teachers are not supposed to acquire a warrant so that they can search their students. Instead of subjecting the school administrators to search their students only after acquiring the search warrant, the supreme court set a new standard where a search is reasonable if it’s justified at its inception and its reasonable at its scope (Goodno 23). The intent of this paper is to examine how the 4thamendment relates to cyber bullying in the United States. Schoolyard bullying has been in existence for many years. According to Willard (9), school bullying has resulted in adverse effects on children that include physical, emotional and psychological. Unlike in the past where bullies used to conduct face …show more content…
Des Moines (1969), the Supreme Court argued that student does not leave their 1st amendment after leaving school. In cases where the bullying occurred in the school compound, the school’s authorities have a right to trump over the student’s constitutional rights. Many people ask what the cause of action is when the bullying occurs outside the school gate. Using the first amendment, teachers have no say if the students bully others outside school. In these cases, the school administrators seem to have a limited say. In J.C. v. Beverley Hills Unified School District case, the court argued that the school administrators had ability and a duty to regulate a posted video even when posted outside school. In this case, the court argued that off-campus activities have a chance of affecting happenings within the