Comments on: Wednesday Roundup: Phoning It In

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:15:03 +0000

I was at a private university here in Dallas in 1989 when my dorm was “seized” by the DEA and DPD/UPPD. No one could leave, everyone that approached was searched, with no consent requested. Operation Stoned Pony. Ah, memories.

Unfortunately, our conservative Supreme Court jurists throw out the 4th Amt any time they hear the word “drugs.”

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:21:34 +0000

I had my dorm room searched by fellow civilians. “Suspicious odor.” Wasn’t even me and I wasn’t holding. (So far as they knew; I had like a quarter inside my pillow. Turned out to be a smart place to keep it.)

So civilian university employees looked — nay, rifled — through my personal effects, ostensibly on the mere misguided tip of another civilian. This was at a public university. The year was 1989.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:18:36 +0000

Students who write for high school and college newspapers don’t have the same First Amendment rights as boneheaded columnists from Sunnyvale who write for mediocre Metro sections.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:55:41 +0000

You’re familiar with college speech codes, right? And iirc many colleges require that dorm residents consent to entry by the university. I think 1st and 4th amendments are already gutted in many colleges.