With June here, the Supreme Court is beginning to release their opinions on this term’s cases. One of the first announced this morning is the case of Maryland v. King (I wrote about the case earlier). At stake is whether or not police have the authority to take DNA for individuals arrested, but not yet convicted, of a crime. The Supreme Court, with Anthony Kennedy writing in the majority, ruled 5-4 in favor of granting police this authority, calling it “a legitimate police booking procedure.”
I will have more on this later as my body returns to East Coast time. In the meantime, follow Scotus Blog’s coverage here.
