In New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985) What was the first question the Supreme Court considered in this decision? How did it answer that question? Whose...

The first question that the Court considered in this
decision was whether the 4th Amendment applies to school officials.  In other words,
does a school official need to obey that amendment when considering whether to search
your purse?  The Court said officials do need to abide by the 4th
Amendment.

However, the Court said that schools have way
more latitude to search students' property than police would outside the school.  This
is because the school has to maintain a good learning environment.  The school would
only need to have a reasonable cause to conduct a search (as opposed to probable cause,
which police need outside schools).