When Can a School Search a Student's Bag?

Last week the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a school's intrusive search of an unattended bag did not violate a student's 4th Amendment right to be free from illegal search and seizures because the examination of the bag was a continuation of an earlier search. The Ohio Supreme Court reversed the Tenth District Court of Appeal's decision that held that the second search was unreasonable and the evidence discovered in the second search was suppressed.