Supreme Court won’t hear Missouri college drug-testing case

(AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a Missouri
technical college’s challenge of a ruling that its mandatory drug testing policy
is unconstitutional when applied to all students.The nation’s high court refused without comment Monday to intervene in the
matter involving 1,200-student State Technical College of Missouri in Linn.

Under a previous court ruling, the 56-year-old college can test students
enrolled in programs with public safety concerns, including coursework involving
heavy machinery and aviation maintenance.

The school has insisted that fostering a drug-free environment amounted to a
“special need” justifying departure from the usual warrant and probable-cause
requirements. But the American Civil Liberties Union countered that such
universal drug testing was unconstitutionally invasive.

Messages left Monday with the college’s president and spokesman weren’t
immediately returned.

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