An alert reader takes time out of his busy schedule to point out that Judge Young of D. MA has held that it violates the 4th amendment for the government to involuntary suck blood from the veins of non-violent probationers for a great big DNA bank that will save America from child molesters or something, that didn’t agree to the drinking sucking of blood, regardless of the statute. This guy stole 30 grand from social security, so this is a much different situation than sex offenders or violent felons.
The case is U.S. v. Stewart, and it is likely headed to a First Circuit near you. The opinion contains a lot of nice historical imagery, about how this country was founded on the notion that it was a bad idea to issue writs of assistance.
See also U.S. v. Kincade (9th Cir.). Also, you can watch a public domain vampire movie here.
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