<p>Nobody is suggesting that these students are not allowed to challenge that this was an illegal search. That is for a court to decide. But if you are going to accuse someone or, as in this case, an institution, the judge ruled that you must be identified and not just be named by initials.</p>
<p>If, as you state Haha, they are “suing out of a patriotic duty to uphold the us ( sic) constitution,” why would they not want to be identified? </p>
<p>Apparently, as was stated in the article, no one was referred to police for prosecution, </p>
<p>So this is my take on this situation. The University found a reason to suspect some illegal behavior. The did a search and indeed did find illegal substances. But no student was referred to police for prosecution. Yet students and parents are still angry about the search and are suing the school. But they do not want to be identified.</p>
<p>Really? This comes across as how much money can I get from the school to keep quiet and not have my kid’s name out there as …you fill in the blank.</p>
<p>(Suggestions…"a felon, a drug dealer, an addict, an occasional user)</p>