Argumentative about Klump vs Nazareth Area School District Court Case

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Just like every person in the United States, students have a right to enjoy rights and privileges accorded to them by the Constitution. In the case, Klump v. Nazareth Area School District, Christopher Klump filed a case against Margaret Grube and Shawn Kimberley Kocher after the two teachers searched his confiscated phone (United States District Court, E.D). Grube and Kocher legally confiscated the phone as Klump displayed it during school hours, but he was protesting Grube and Kocher’s decision to search his phone. Notably, students are entitled to rights under the Fourth Amendment and the teachers should not conduct an unreasonable search on students’ effects.
From the analysis of the case, Grube and Kocher violated Klump’s Fourth Amendment rights as they subjected him to an unreasonable search. While the school officials were justified in confiscation of Klump’s phone, Grube and Kocher did not have a reason for going through his messages. The Fourth Amendment provides that every person should be secure in his or her effects unless there is a probable cause. In this case, Klump had a right to expect that his phone would not be subjected to search, as there was no probable indication that he had committed a crime. Thus, the official’s decision to search Klump’s phone was a violation of his Fourth Amendment rights.
Adopting the cell phone policy that is detailed in the memo was insufficient to defend school officials against the alleged counts. Christopher Klump had filed claims that the school officials violated his Fourth Amendment rights by subjecting him to an unreasonable search. The cell phone policy allows school officials to confiscate the phone but does not provide a basis for illegal search (Roy 1). While the school officials would have claimed that evidence of drug activity was in line with the set rule in the memo, it does not apply as the evidence was colle...