Today we discussed a Supreme Court case involving the Fourth Amendment, which can be found on pages 164-165 of your book.
Vocabulary and concepts:
warrant--permission to search a person or premises
en loco parentis-Latin for "in place of the parents." Please note that "loco" is the Latin root word for "place" or "location" and does not indicate insanity. This phrase means that school personnel are required to act in the place of parents in supervising students and keeping them safe.
Conservative interpretation of the Constitution--this means that whatever is written in the Constitution (or law) is what it means. This is not open to interpretation. If the Founding Fathers or Congress wanted to say something else, they'd have said it. A Constitutional conservative believes it is the job of Congress to make the laws, and we must follow and apply them as written exactly. The Constitution is to be taken literally.
Liberal interpretation of the Constitution--the Constitution must be interpreted using the intention of those who created the laws and the information available. It can be interpreted using information that was not available at the time.
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