Law and Society Presentation

After having watched the presentations, I found it very interesting how much our rights vary when it comes to different situations. Of course, we are always entitled to the rights that our given to us in the Constitution, but after hearing the presentations, it seems as though the extent of those rights can vary depending on times, places, and events. For the cases that involved the school especially, it came off to me that the school is able to become almost the parents of the kids. They seem to have the right to do things that wouldn't be allowed to be done in many other environments. In the case of Vernonia vs. Acton for example, the school had the right to drug test kids who may not even be doing drugs on campus. Having a certain lifestyle at home or outside of school should, in my opinion, be separate from the lifestyle at school. I of course agree that kids should not be on drugs during school, during sports, or on campus. But, as an athlete, to be generalized as a drug user because other kids are drug tested positive is not fair. To put limits on our rights is not right, but I think that overall they are necessary in order to keep the US safe.