ACLU challenges Chicago Housing Authority's mandatory drug testing policy

[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois (ACLU-IL) [advocacy website] has filed a class-action lawsuit [complaint, PDF] on Thursday against the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) [official website] challenging its policy requiring drug testing of residents in mixed-income developments. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [official website], asserts that the "suspicionless" drug testing is a violation of residents' Fourth Amendment [text] rights against unreasonable search and seizure. Two years ago, the CHA...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/08/aclu-challenges-chicago-housing-authoritys-mandatory-drug-testing-policy.php

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