Because the student in New Jersey v. T.L.O. was caught smoking, the Supreme Court ruled that

The Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment applies to searches by public school officials, but schools can use a reasonableness standard rather than the stricter standard used by police. Because the assistant principal had grounds to suspect T.L.O. was smoking and the purse search was related to that suspicion, the Court ruled the search reasonable. The correct choice is “the search of her purse was reasonable.”

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