Constitutional Analysis of Suspicionless Drug Testing Requirements for the Receipt of Governmental Benefits

Carpenter, David H.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Drug testing;    Drug abuse;    Labor;   

RP-ID  :  R42326
RP-ID  :  R42326_2015Mar06

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report provides an overview of the Fourth Amendment in order to effectively evaluate the constitutionality of laws requiring suspicionless drug tests to receive governmental benefits. It then reviews five Supreme Court decisions that have evaluated these programs. The report concludes with a synthesis of the various factors that likely will be important to a future court's assessment of the constitutionality of these laws.