“Sorry, but you don’t know what you’re talking about.”
So I take it your a LIB, or at least a sheep...
Unbeknownst to you, we have rights in this country. If you boarded a train and they took your cell phone what would you say? “That’s OK?” PROBABLY...
What about your gun? (you probably don’t have one)
16 yo’s have rights too...
Suppose the train had clearly posted a rule: No cell phones on this train. And suppose there was a very good reason for this rule, perhaps the cell phone interfered with the train's electrical systems.
Now suppose a number of teenagers were on the train with cellphones. You are the conductor. Would you have the engineer bring the train to a full stop each and every time a kid used a cell phone, then toss the kid from the train?
No, I know what the law is, you don’t. The law is not what we wish it to be. It is what it is, and this student has not had any of his rights violated by having his toy taken away.