in lieu of radio ...

a somewhat random collection of pages and thoughts started sept 16 2001. now that i'm not on the radio 6 hours every day, blogger allows all of us to harangue...

Friday, October 03, 2003

A court finally defends the Fouth Amendment and this is all the Times has to say about it???

"CALIFORNIA: COURT RULES AGAINST DNA DATABASE The federal government cannot insist that parolees provide a sample of their blood for a national DNA database maintained by the F.B.I., the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, ruled. The court said the requirement, in a 2000 law, is a violation of the Fourth Amendment prohibition against illegal searches. A dissenting judge said parolees had diminished privacy rights.    Adam Liptak (NYT)"

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