Tag Archives: Maryland v King

Privacy is a societal issue, not a personal one

The recent SCOTUS decision in the Maryland v. King case has produced a lot of interesting follow-up commentaries. A sampling of a few of them are linked below: Panopticon, keep your eyes on the word (Ronald Collins, SCOTUSBlog) DNA Fingerprinting … Continue reading

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Maryland v. King: Another step towards a DNA age

I am not a legal expert. What follows is in no way intended to be a legal exegesis of the arguments at stake in the recently decided Maryland v King supreme court case. However, I do know something about genomics … Continue reading

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Breaking: Supreme court rules against DNA privacy

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 … Continue reading

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DNA is not “the 21st century fingerprint”

SCOTUSblog has a great recap of oral arguments this week at the Supreme Court in the case of Maryland v King (docket 12-207). At issue is whether or not the state, in this case the Maryland police, have the right … Continue reading

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