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Editor's Note

Aug. 1, 2013

Editor's Note

It's not everyday that Justice Antonin Scalia sides with Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor. But as Maryland v. King illustrated just two months ago, when it comes to the Fourth Amendment, the traditional alliances that define liberals and conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court do not apply.

In King the question was whether police could legally take a DNA sample from a criminal suspect without a warrant. Writing for the majo...

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