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This Editorial in the Washington Times begins:

There are two kinds of people in the world: the kind who think it’s perfectly reasonable to strip search a 13-year-old girl suspected of bringing ibuprofen to school, and the kind who think those people should be kept as far away from children as possible

The first group includes officials at Safford Middle School in Safford, Ariz., who in 2003 forced eighth-grader Savana Redding to prove she was not concealing Advil in her crotch or cleavage

Advil? Seriously?

Yes, in fact, not only did the school strip search the poor girl, but a three-judge panel the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (the liberal wacko circuit, if you’re at the Washington Times) recently held that it was just fine for them to do so!

Apparently this enraged (or at least intrigued) enough justices for the en banc (full) court to hear the case, and the Times reports that they just heard oral argument. I just hope that the en banc circuit reverses, and that the US Supreme Court doesn’t put their hands on this.

The ACLU has joined as co-counsel for the girl in the en banc appeal.