The Fourth Amendment protects the “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” The understanding of these words seems to shift as new technologies emerge. As law enforcement’s arsenal of surveillance techniques has grown to include GPS tracking, cell phones, and cell site location information (CSLI), the Supreme Court has applied Fourth Amendment protections to these modern tools. Law enforcement continues to use one pervasive surveillance technique without limitations: the routine collection of DNA. In 2013, the Supreme Court in Maryland v. King held that law enforcement may routinely collect DNA upon arrest for a serious crime. This Note discusses the routine...
This report examines compulsory DNA collection by law enforcement and its implications in regards to...
This Note discusses the resolution of that constitutional battle, Maryland v. King, where the U.S. S...
With the advent of DNA testing, numerous issues have arisen with regard to obtaining and using evide...
The Fourth Amendment protects the “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers...
This Article considers the advent of genetic genealogy, used by law enforcement in capturing the Gol...
On July 25, 2011, in United States v. Mitchell, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held...
Pursuant to federal statutes and to laws in all fifty states, the United States government has assem...
As consumer DNA testing gains widespread popularity, so has law enforcement’s interest in leveraging...
An increasing number of states are enacting laws authorizing the forcible taking and analysis of DNA...
“Smart” devices radiate data, detailing a continuous, intimate, and revealing pattern of daily life....
Imagine you are sitting at your home watching a television program with your family one average week...
This Note examines current developments in state DNA databank laws and the controversy surrounding t...
In Maryland v. King, 133 S. Ct. 1958 (2013), the Supreme Court narrowly upheld the constitutionality...
Routine DNA sampling following a custodial arrest process is now the norm in many jurisdictions, but...
This article addresses whether the Fourth Amendment is implicated when police surreptitiously collec...
This report examines compulsory DNA collection by law enforcement and its implications in regards to...
This Note discusses the resolution of that constitutional battle, Maryland v. King, where the U.S. S...
With the advent of DNA testing, numerous issues have arisen with regard to obtaining and using evide...
The Fourth Amendment protects the “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers...
This Article considers the advent of genetic genealogy, used by law enforcement in capturing the Gol...
On July 25, 2011, in United States v. Mitchell, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held...
Pursuant to federal statutes and to laws in all fifty states, the United States government has assem...
As consumer DNA testing gains widespread popularity, so has law enforcement’s interest in leveraging...
An increasing number of states are enacting laws authorizing the forcible taking and analysis of DNA...
“Smart” devices radiate data, detailing a continuous, intimate, and revealing pattern of daily life....
Imagine you are sitting at your home watching a television program with your family one average week...
This Note examines current developments in state DNA databank laws and the controversy surrounding t...
In Maryland v. King, 133 S. Ct. 1958 (2013), the Supreme Court narrowly upheld the constitutionality...
Routine DNA sampling following a custodial arrest process is now the norm in many jurisdictions, but...
This article addresses whether the Fourth Amendment is implicated when police surreptitiously collec...
This report examines compulsory DNA collection by law enforcement and its implications in regards to...
This Note discusses the resolution of that constitutional battle, Maryland v. King, where the U.S. S...
With the advent of DNA testing, numerous issues have arisen with regard to obtaining and using evide...