Cell Phones in School

**Sapere_Aud33** · 02-23-2009, 01:48 PM

My question involves civil rights in the State of: New York

O.K. So my school has a new policy whereby when they take your cell phone because you were using it in class or what ever their justification they search it, they refuse to say exactly what they are looking for but one can assume they are reading sent/received text messages and looking at your contacts. Since the school is a instrument of the government are they not held to 4th Amendment rules, the initial seizure would then be justified but any prolonged seizure (holding) or search would be a violation without a warrant, correct or why not? Thanks for any responses.
Sapere Aude

**seniorjudge** · 02-23-2009, 01:57 PM

This has been answered thousands of times on this forum.

**Sapere_Aud33** · 02-23-2009, 02:08 PM

Can you link please, I looked through pages of search results but couldn't find any questions that deal with this (searching of the content of the phone) specifically, thanks

**LawResearcherMissy** · 02-23-2009, 04:18 PM

Scroll to the very bottom of this page.

**Sapere_Aud33** · 02-23-2009, 06:31 PM

I have read all those, before I posted, maybe I am not wording it right, I am asking about the legality of searching the content of the phone, after they take it. Reading your text messages, and copying/reading the contacts. I know from the other posts that they can take the phone, that is not what I was asking.

**Sapere_Aud33** · 02-25-2009, 02:57 PM

Did you guys even read my question? I have scourged both your site and other sites and could not find one that answers my question, I know it sounds like other questions which have indeed been answered many times, that's why I was so specific about not asking the other questions, going so far as to specifically state the answer to the other question in my first post. You people are so cocky that you don't even read question then get pissed and say it was already asked, I am not an imbecile, I searched before I posted. You people seriously need to get off your podium and come down with the rest of us, you think that just because you are a senior member you know all and that anyone with posts not in the quadruple digits is stupid. Now that I know that I regret posting the question in the first place. Good Bye and Good Riddance. Feel free to flame me now, I won't be back.