Maryland v. King and Fourth Amendment Doctrine

In Maryland v. King , 1 / the Supreme Court upheld the practice of routine DNA sampling soon after arrest for certain crimes. The impact of...

Buza Reloaded: California Supreme Court Grants Review

Yesterday the California Supreme Court granted review in People v. Buza , No. A125542 (Cal. Ct. App., 1st Dist., Dec. 3, 2014), and ordered ...

Buza Reloaded: California Balancing

This is the fourth installment on Buza II , the opinion of the California court of appeal that invalidates the state's DNA-on-arrest law...

Buza Reloaded: Fourth Amendment Balancing

This is the third installment on Buza II , the opinion of the California court of appeal that invalidates the state's DNA-on-arrest law....

Buza Reloaded: The Fourth Amendment Framework

This is the second installment of remarks on Buza II , the opinion of the California court of appeal that invalidates the state's DNA-on...

Buza Reloaded: Court Shifts Ground But Again Invalidates California’s DNA-on-arrest Law

Buza I For the reasons we have set forth, we conclude that the DNA Act ... unreasonably intrudes on such arrestees' expectation of pri...

The Supreme Sound of Silence: Same-Sex Marriage and DNA Databases

The big news among Supreme Court watchers is the big dog that did not bark in the night — the Court’s denial of petitions for certiorari in ...

The Constitutionality of DNA Collection Before Conviction: An Updated Scorecard

Note : This posting updates previous ones. It is current as of July 17, 2014. Seventeen years ago, Louisiana adopted a law mandating that ...