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Should schools be permitted to strip search students?

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Remember what it was like to be 13? Awkward. Gawky. Embarrassed by your changing body. Worried about social pressure, fitting in, and being bullied by "mean girls."

Now imagine being strip searched in front of adults who are practically strangers. At school.

The US Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a public school in Arizona violated the privacy rights of one of its students in 2003, when officials forced her to undergo a strip search after accusing her of bringing over-the-counter medication to school.

Savana Redding was 13 at the time, an honors student who had never been in trouble. According to Reuters, the assistant principal ordered a school nurse to search her after another student said Redding had provided her with over-the-counter ibuprofen pills.

Obama invites you to sign Sotomayor's cast

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Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who had to carefully maneuver through meetings with Senators this week -- not because of her unconfirmed position on abortion or her much-discussed comment that a "wise Latina" would make better decisions than a white male because of her life…

Sonia Sotomayor: President Obama's Supreme Court nominee

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President Barack Obama has named his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, and, as suspected, she is a woman, who also would be the first Hispanic member of the Supreme Court. It's good news, since Sotomayor would only be the second woman on the current court if her nomination is approved, and the…

California overturns gay marriage ban and Ellen DeGeneres is getting married!

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Finally a celebrity wedding we can get behind! Awesome fact number one: Yesterday the California Supreme Court overturned the ban on gay marriage. Awesome fact number two: Ellen DeGeneres announced on her talk show (taped yesterday, airing today) that she and girlfriend Portia de Rossi are very excited to now be able to make their relationship legal. The couple has been dating since 2004 and we couldn’t be happier for them. Be sure and check your local listing and tune in today for Ellen’s tear-inducing live announcement!