The Supreme Court, that bastion of corruption and anti-liberty rulings, has once again ruled against natural and constitutional law.
In an unusual split decision that is anything but partisan, the Supreme Court ruled that police can take DNA samples from anyone arrested for a serious crime. I do realize that 28 states and the feds already allow this procedure, but this ruling at the federal level sets the stage for DNA samples to be taken from anyone in this country for virtually any crime. This could also be the stepping stone (slippery slope) to all encompassing DNA samples from all citizens being made mandatory in the future.
When these DNA samples are taken at the time of arrest, before any innocence or guilt is decided, it will remain forever in a national database. That is a very dangerous prospect, and defies any assumed innocence or right to privacy.
Anthony Kennedy wrote the decision in favor, and was joined by Roberts, Alito, Thomas and Breyer. The dissenters were Scalia, Bader Ginsburg, Sotomayor and Kagan. How will the idiotic liberals and conservatives be able to sort this out?
This is of course another assault against liberty, and completely undermines any notion whatsoever that one is innocent until proven guilty. I know that we are almost past that in this country already given the very corrupt nature of the “justice” system, but every new attempt to lessen our rights harms all of us greatly.
This can only lead to more abuse, and eventually to the inevitable “legal” tracking of every single individual in America!