National Treasury Employees Unionv.Von Raab

1. What type of employees were being drug tested in Von Raab?
2. On what basis were the plaintiffs challenging this testing?
3. Was a drug test a "search" in this case?
4. How did the District Court and Appellate Court rule in the matter?
5. What was the ruling at the Supreme Court and by what margin?
6. Why did Justice Scalia dissent in this case (opposing drug testing), versus joining the majority in Skinner which favored drug testing?
7. Take a look at Lanier v. City of Woodburn, 518 F. 3d 1147 (9th Cir. 2008) and discuss how the ruling in this case relates to the two cases above.