There’s already been a lot of commentary around the Internet on SCOTUS’s ruling in Maryland v. King on warrantless DNA collection. But if you haven’t seen this, read this analysis by Hanni Fakhoury and Jennifer Lynch of EFF: You lost some important Fourth Amendment protection when the Supreme Courtruled yesterday in Maryland v. King that the police can take a…
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Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Collection Of DNA
Mark Memmott reports: By a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Maryland law that allows police to collect DNA, without first getting a warrant, from persons who are arrested. “When officers make an arrest supported by probable cause to hold for a serious offense and bring the suspect to the station to…
Maine cellphone-privacy law is America’s first
Tom Bell reports: Maine’s Legislature is poised to become the first in the nation to enact a law requiring police to obtain warrants to get the location history for people’s cellphones. The House voted 113-28 on Wednesday to pass the measure, following its passage in the Senate last week by a margin of five votes….
No Fourteenth Amendment protection against schools talking to parents about student’s sexual activity – Fifth Circuit
Via Howard Bashman: “We hold that there is no clearly established law holding that a student in a public secondary school has a privacy right under the Fourteenth Amendment that precludes school officials from discussing with a parent * * * matters relating to sexual activity of the student.” So holds the majority on a divided…