Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington v. District of Columbia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS OF GREATER WASHINGTON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 16-1778 (JEB) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION The Fourth Amendment’s requirement of individualized suspicion stands as a bulwark against impermissible intrusions upon our citizens’ persons, places, and effects. In a “closely guarded category” of contexts, however, Chandler v. Miller,

520 U.S. 305, 309

(1997), the government may be permitted to circumvent this constraint where its needs outweigh individuals’…