Though it probably garnered less attention that it deserves, the Supreme Court’s recent decision to allow “suspicionless searches” should be considered part of the larger narrative. As Justice Scalia warned in his dissent, “your DNA can be taken and entered into a national DNA database if you are ever arrested, rightly or wrongly, and for whatever reason.” So it seems we have arrived at a place where the government is now collecting information — phone calls and DNA and…who knows? — that will be stored in some database to be used or abused at a later date, if necessary. This information may be collected without any sort of probable cause. And the interesting thing is, it’s all entirely legal. There apparently are no unreasonable searches. It has gone through the proper channels. This may be the most remarkable part of the story. Nothing to see here. Move along. Read more: dailycaller/2013/06/10/fourth-amendment-remedies-and-the-rise-of-suspicionless-searches/#ixzz2VrKjWTST
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:31:40 +0000