Your Newsletter for Civic Tech, Legal Tech, and Justice For All 

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Can my school legally require me to get a drug test?

🏈 In 2002, the Supreme Court affirmed the legality of administering random drug tests to students who engage in "competitive" extracurricular activities, including athletics, glee club, and cheerleading.The Court stated that as students volunteer to participate in these activities, they are also volunteering to be subjected to drug screenings. 

📚 For the rest of the student body, however, the law is more vague. In general, in order for a school to be permitted to perform a drug test on a student, there must be a reasonable suspicion that that specific individual is using drugs.

⚖️ If you are being subjected to a drug test by your school, you have a right to challenge the legitimacy of the suspicion under the Fourth Amendment. 

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Meet Indya Moore

Indya Moore is an activist and television actress in California. They are known for the role of Angel on Pose but have been empowering and educating others through Instagram, interviews, and public appearances. In 2019 Indya was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People. Her personal work and advocacy focuses on transgender rights, specifically black transgender women as they are disproportionately victims of hate crimes and violence. She is also an advocate for self love and empowerment, once saying that she didn't want to give the power of how she is perceived to others but rather wanted that power for herself. 

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In the News

• Appeals court affirms North Carolina's 20-week abortion ban is unconstitutional (The Hill)
• Chris Nikic, first person with Down syndrome to complete Ironman triathlon, to receive Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at ESPYS (ESPN)
• Kataluna Enriquez dreamed of seeing a transgender Miss USA contestant. ‘I never thought that it would be me.’ (Washington Post)
• Progressive groups unite to oppose Texas GOP's voting restrictions (NBC News)
• Biden administration removes Rodney Scott as head of U.S. Border Patrol (Washington Post)

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A new evidence management tool aims to help public defenders process video and audio

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