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“Suspicious activity” is broadly defined in TLO training as behavior that could lead to terrorism: taking photos of no apparent aesthetic value, making measurements or notes, espousing extremist beliefs or conversing in code.

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So far, that is the only limitation (other than the restrictions on searches and on corporal punishment that were recognized in TLO and Ingraham) that the Court has imposed on the school’s traditional power to discipline students for any reason or no reason atall.

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The committees established by the TLO are resolving local conflicts that, left unaddressed, would provide openings for the Taliban to gain support.

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The official opinion in this case cites and relies on Supreme Court precedent, specifically, New Jersey v. TLO, in its conclusion that school officials are permitted to conduct searches when they have reasonable suspicion to believe a student has violated the law or the rules of the school.

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Standard from TLO is “justified at inception” and “reasonablyt related inscope.”

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These “TLO” officers have the authority to interpret YOUR activities and decide if they are “suspicious”.

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But TLO v. New Jersey was a really low point for public ed.

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In cases like Bell, TLO, Griffin, Skinner, and Vernonia, the Supreme Court has distinguished between searches where the purpose is to further law enforcement versus searches where the purpose is to further other “special needs”.

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In addition to Plessy v. Ferguson, additional cases easy for the layperson to look up include the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision, Mapp v. Ohio, New Jersey v. TLO, etc.

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The committees established by the TLO are resolving local conflicts that, left unaddressed, would provide openings for the Taliban to gain support.

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TLO refers to a data tool owned by the credit bureau TransUnion, but the term TLO has become synonymous with lookup tools in the digital underground more broadly.

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