Petition of the day
By Maureen Johnston
on Apr 12, 2014
The petition of the day is:
13-841
Issue: (1) Whether a state may, consistent with the Fourth Amendment, condition government employment on an employee or job applicant’s consent to suspicionless drug testing; and (2) whether suspicionless drug testing of all government employees and job applicants is reasonable under the “special needs” exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant and probable cause requirements.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: Scott v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 79
Recommended Citation:
Maureen Johnston,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Apr. 12, 2014, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/petition-of-the-day-588/