Number: RL32911
Title: Federally Mandated Random Drug Testing in Professional Athletics: Constitutional Issues
Authors: Charles V. Dale, American Law Division 
Abstract: Congressionally mandated drug-testing requirements for both public employees and workers in private industry subject to federal regulation have a fairly long and well established legal history. Nonetheless, as described in this report, the federal courts have recognized limits, largely anchored in constitutional privacy interests of affected workers, that circumscribe governmental authority to impose suspicionless random testing requirements in the public or private sectors. This report examines relevant judicial precedents for their applicability to the issue of random testing for performance-enhancing substances in professional athletics.
Pages: 7
Date: June 27, 2005