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Tag Archives: Justice Stotomayor
A Horrible Decision
On Monday, the Court said it was constitutionally okay to take a sample of “skin cells”. They might just as well take an arm or a leg, your heart, your brain, or your medical records. Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Justice, Fairness, Issues, Privacy
Tagged DNA, Fourth Amendment, Justice Ginsburg, Justice Kagan, Justice Scalia, Justice Stotomayor, Maryland v. King
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Same Results; Different Reasoning
Last November, I wrote a blog about how the Fourth Amendment is losing its meaning. One of the examples I had used was the case of United States v. Jones. The facts of the case are as follows: Antoine Jones … Continue reading