Florida Law on Drug Testing for Welfare Is Struck Down

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42. U.S. House to Consider Again Drug Testing Itself

The House drug task force that introduced the Barton-Solomon bill also commissioned a report, by attorney Mark deBernardo, which concluded that mandatory drug testing of Representatives is unconstitutional.

The report, Legal Issues Regarding Drug Testing of House Members and Staff, says "If mandatory , suspicionless drug testing of Members of Congress is the inevitable policy of the House, some very good lawyering and very creative legal thinking would be necessary to create even a 20 percent chance of prevailing in court."

The report found that the same constitutional problems would make testing of all Congressional staff difficult, but testing employees in positions that require high security would be more feasible (Francesca Contiguglia, "House Moves Closer to Drug Tests," Roll Call, April 9, 1998, p. 1).

http://www.ndsn.org/mayjun98/capitol2.html

Mandatory drug testing of all members of the U.S. House of Representatives and their staff. "unconstitutional." WTF!