The Supreme Court ruled in early June of this year that the police "are justified in taking DNA samples from anyone who's arrested". The court rules that DNA is no different from taking fingerprints and photographs of those arrested. These forms of search are considered reasonable under the 4th amendment to the US Constitution. The decision was a 5 to 4 ruling with Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan writing the minority opinion. More research will be needed on this issue.
(Source: "Court approves DNA swabs" in The Week from June 14, 2013)
(Source: "Court approves DNA swabs" in The Week from June 14, 2013)
Interesting court division.... especially the minority.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reply...I will try to get the minority opinion.
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