http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/02/sports/baseball/02chass.html
Constitutional Connection: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Analysis of Connection:
U.S citizens have the right to be secure in their person, home, papers and effects and it shall not be violated without reasonable cause, its in the constitution, but sports agents do not look at it in that manner. Major league baseball players and other professional athletes are tested for steroids frequently without reasonable reasoning. Everyone has begun to believe that it is probably written in their contract to be tested, or that it comes with the job, but it is not. It is a violation of their privacy.
"A 1997 Supreme Court case, Chandler v. Miller, found that a Georgia law requiring candidates for state office to submit to drug testing was unconstitutional. The court ruled, 8-1, that the candidates would most likely not be performing the kind of high-risk duties, nor was it establishing a good enough reason, to justify the invasion of privacy."
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