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[JURIST] The US military on Monday released the identities [MNF-Iraq press conference transcript] of five Army soldiers charged [JURIST report] in connection with the rape and murder of an Iraqi woman and the murders of several of her relatives in March at Mahmudiya [JURIST news archive], 20 miles south of Baghdad. The soldiers and the charges against them are:
[JURIST] A three-judge panel of the California Court of Appeals [official website] heard oral arguments Monday in six cases [court materials; press release] focusing on same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive] - the first time a California appeals court has considered the issue. The state Attorney General's Office [official website] argued that California should be allowed to maintain its traditional definition of marriage as the union of a man and a woman, approved by the Legislature in 1977 [text] and by voters in 2000 [text], and that most benefits afforded to spouses under state law are also available to same-sex couples through domestic partnership registration. Attorneys representing same-sex couples and the City of San Francisco, meanwhile, asserted that the registration system falls short because it denies gays and lesbians the social recognition of marriage. One of the judges hearing the case, Justice J. Anthony Kline [official profile], described the registration scheme is "second-class marriage" and noted that the California Supreme Court had rejected a traditional definition of marriage in 1948 by allowing interracial couples to wed.The state is appealing a trial court's 2005 ruling [opinion, PDF; JURIST report] that those laws are unconstitutional because they discriminate on the basis of sex and deny gays and lesbians the fundamental right of marriage. That ruling followed lawsuits challenging San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's decision to issue marriage licenses to 4,000 same-sex couples. The California Supreme Court, without addressing the merits of same-sex marriage, ruled that the mayor had exceeded his authority. A ruling from the Court of Appeals is expected by October. Whatever the result, both sides expect the issue to end up before the California Supreme Court. Bloomberg News has more. The San Francisco Chronicle has local coverage.
[JURIST] US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) [official website] told reporters Monday that floor action on legislation governing procedures for military commissions [JURIST news archive] at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] is unlikely until after Labor Day. Frist said that Senate Republicans are busy discussing the legislation with Democrats and the White House and that several Senate committees with jurisdiction over the issue are trying to coordinate their work. The Senate adjourns for a recess on Aug. 7 [legislative schedule] and does not reconvene until Sept. 5. In the meantime, two Senate committees have scheduled hearings [JURIST report] on draft legislation - the Judiciary Committee on Tuesday and the Armed Services Committee on Thursday. The legislation is necessary because of the US Supreme Court's decision last month in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld [text], which held that President Bush's military commissions as constituted lack proper legal authorization [JURIST report]. Bush has said he would work with congressional leaders [JURIST report] on legislation that would allow military trials to go forward while addressing the concerns of the court. AP has more.Meanwhile White House press secretary Tony Snow said at the regular press briefing [transcript] Monday that the administration has no plans to shift the detainees to the US or try them in the US federal courts:
...we are not going to move them into places on American soil and to the civil justice system. These are people who were picked up off a battlefield. And many of you have been down there. You see the extraordinary measures that are taken not only to deal with their physical needs, but also their spiritual needs. And this is a facility at which there is extreme care taken to try not only to bring them to justice, but also to treat them humanely. So, no, there are no plans at this point to move them into another facility except to the extent to which we are able to repatriate those who might, in fact, be tried and cared for elsewhere.
[JURIST] AP is reporting that a federal judge has ruled that an FBI raid [JURIST report] on the congressional office of US Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) [official website] was legal and has denied Jefferson's request that documents seized during the raid be returned to him. 4:45 PM ET - After the FBI raided his congressional office as part of an investigation connected to a bribery scheme involving a Kentucky telecommunications firm that was granted contracts in Nigeria, Jefferson filed a motion in federal court requesting that documents seized be returned [amicus memorandum from US House general counsel]. Jefferson argued that the documents were protected under the Speech or Debate Clause [text] of the US Constitution, and that the search violated the separation of powers principle and his Fourth Amendment rights. In his opinion [PDF text], Chief Judge Thomas Hogan disagreed:
The facts and questions of law presented here are indeed unprecedented. It is well-established, however, that a Member of Congress is generally bound to the operation of the criminal laws as are ordinary persons. The Speech or Debate Clause does not "make Members of Congress super-citizens, immune from criminal responsibility." Brewster, 408 U.S. at 516. Members of Congress are not "exempt[] . . . from liability or process in criminal cases." Gravel, 408 U.S. at 626.The existing broad protections of the Speech or Debate Clause - absolute immunity from prosecution or suit for legislative acts and freedom from being "questioned" about those acts (including privilege from the testimonial act of producing documents in response to a subpoena) - satisfy the fundamental purpose of the Clause to protect the independence of the legislature. The Court declines to extend those protections further, holding that the Speech or Debate Clause does not shield Members of Congress from the execution of valid search warrants. Congressman Jefferson's interpretation of the Speech or Debate privilege would have the effect of converting every congressional office into a taxpayer-subsidized sanctuary for crime. Such a result is not supported by the Constitution or judicial precedent and will not be adopted here. See Williamson v. United States, 28 S. Ct. at 167 ("[T]he laws of this country allow no place or employment as a sanctuary for crime.") (quotation omitted).For the foregoing reasons, the Court has found that the search executed on Congressman Jefferson's congressional office was constitutional, as it did not trigger the Speech or Debate Clause privilege, did not offend the principle of the separation of powers, and was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. Accordingly, the Court will deny the motion for return of property.
[JURIST] The parliament of Egypt [JURIST news archive] passed a new press law on Monday but removed a particularly controversial provision that would have allowed journalists to be imprisoned for reporting on alleged financial impropriety by public officials. Still, journalists and rights groups fear that other provisions threaten the freedom of the press. Although the law abolishes jail sentences for offenses such as libel, for example, it increases the maximum fines that can be imposed. For other offenses, the law allows judges to determine whether imprisonment is appropriate rather than abolishing jail sentences completely. President Hosny Mubarak [official profile, English version] promised two years ago to abolish all jail sentences for journalists [JURIST report].Twenty-five independent and opposition newspapers in Egypt refrained from publishing on Sunday [JURIST report] to protest the lack of legal protection afforded to journalists as reflected in the press law. It was denounced by the Federation of Arab Journalists [JURIST report] and the opposition Muslim Brotherhood [party website]. Aljazeera has more.
[JURIST] A lawyer for the US Justice Department (DOJ) argued in federal court again [JURIST report] Monday that a lawsuit challenging the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic surveillance program [JURIST news archive] must be dismissed because defending it in court would jeopardize national security. In the hearing in US District Court in Detroit, DOJ special litigation counsel Anthony J. Coppolino said that requiring the government to obtain warrants before intercepting the telephone conversations would hinder the fight against al Qaeda. Investigations could be "destroyed" if warrants tip off suspects to the surveillance, he said. A lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which is representing the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, countered [ACLU press release] that President Bush "does not have the authority to decide which laws he will or will not follow." The ACLU lawyer, Ann Beeson, said last month's US Supreme Court decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld [JURIST report] shows that the war on terrorism does not give the president "a blank check to trash the rule of law and the fundamental rights that are the cornerstones of our democracy." Beeson conceded, however, that the NSA could use some warrantless electronic surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) [official materials]. The plaintiffs, who are journalists, scholars and lawyers, argue that the program violates their rights to privacy and free speech [complaint, PDF; ACLU materials], and that enough information has been made public about the program for the court to determine whether it is legal. The NSA has acknowledged warrantless eavesdropping on international phone calls made from within the US, but the Bush administration contends the program is legal under Bush's inherent powers as commander-in-chief and under a 2001 congressional resolution [PDF text] authorizing the use of force against al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. US District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor last month denied a government motion [JURIST report] to stay consideration of the ACLU's motion for partial summary judgment on state secrecy grounds. Beeson said she expects a ruling on the motion to dismiss soon. Reuters has more. The Detroit News has local coverage.
[JURIST] Prosecutors working for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal [official task force website; timeline] began formal investigation Monday of criminal acts allegedly committed by surviving leaders of the communist Khmer Rouge [JURIST news archive] regime, which ruled Cambodia from 1975-1978 and was responsible for the deaths of at least 1.5 million Cambodians by execution, forced hardships, or starvation in the so-called "Killing Fields." Led by Canadian prosecutor Robert Petit [Globalpolicy.org profile] and Cambodian prosecutor Chea Leang, the investigation will collect and review evidence that could be used at trial. Petit has warned, however, that it could take months for prosecutors to return indictments [JURIST report] due the complexity of the cases and the novel structure of the court. Twenty-seven of the UN assisted court's thirty judges and prosecutors [official list] were sworn in [JURIST report] at a ceremony in Phnom Penh last week. AFP has more.
[JURIST] The government of Iraq [JURIST news archive] plans to ask the UN Security Council [official website] to lift Coalition troops' immunity from Iraqi law, Human Rights Minister Wijdan Michael said Monday. She indicated that a committee formed last week is preparing reports for the Iraqi Cabinet, adding that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki [BBC profile] could present Iraq's request to the Security Council by next month. Michael blamed lax enforcement of US military law for alleged crimes by American forces against Iraqi civilians, including the rape and murders in Mahmudiya [JURIST report] that have led to charges against five current and former US soldiers. Last week, because of those allegations, al-Maliki called for the US military's immunity to be reviewed [JURIST report]. Michael said that if the Security Council denies the request to end the immunity, Iraq will ask for "an effective role in the investigations that are going on." Among other alleged offenses under investigation are the killings of 24 Iraqis in Haditha [JURIST news archive] last November. A decree [PDF text] issued by the US-run Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) [official website] provided that "the MNF [Multi-National Force], the CPA, Foreign Liaison Missions, their Personnel, property, funds and assets, and all International Consultants shall be immune from Iraqi legal process," including "any arrest, detention or legal proceedings in Iraqi courts or other Iraqi bodies, whether criminal, civil, or administrative." When the Coalition Provisional Authority was replaced by Iraq's interim government in June 2004, the immunity language was annexed to the UN Security Council resolution [PDF text] authorizing the US-led occupation. Reuters has more.This not the first time that Iraqi government officials have called for the lifting of the military immunity provision; in September 2005 then-Iraqi Justice Minister Abdul Hussein Shandal criticized the US military for arresting and detaining Iraqi citizens and journalists without bringing charges against them and called for either the amendment or discontinuation [JURIST report] of Resolution 1546 immunity.
[JURIST] Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe [BBC profile] said on Monday that Japan is considering whether launching a pre-emptive strike on North Korean missile bases would violate its constitution if there is no other option to prevent an attack from North Korea [JURIST news archive]. Though Article 9 [Wikipedia backgrounder] of the post-World War II Japanese constitution [text] bars the use of military force in international disputes and prohibits the country from maintaining its military for the purpose of warfare, the statement indicates that Japan could choose to take stronger action against North Korea if the UN Security Council [official website] rejects a resolution circulated by Japan [JURIST report] Friday that would direct states under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter to take whatever steps necessary to prevent North Korea from obtaining materials that could be used in their missile program. Japan circulated the draft with the support of the United States, Britain and France before the Security Council began consideration of a milder draft resolution [JURIST report] it had previously proposed to block UN member states from providing North Korea with money, materials or technology that contribute to a nuclear program.China and Russia have both openly voiced opposition to Japan's tougher draft resolution, which also retains the option of sanctions against North Korea if it continues to launch test missiles [VOA report]. Russia has opposed sanctions, advocating instead a strongly-worded condemnation of last week's missile tests, and China has yet to say whether it would vote against a resolution or abstain from a vote on the drafts. Still awaiting a UN vote on the Japan resolution, Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Sunday that Russia could abstain from voting, leaving China as the sole country to potentially veto the Japan resolution. Insisting it is within its legal rights [JURIST report], North Korea has said it will continue missile launches, and has threatened to use force if the international community tries to stop its tests. AP has more.6:25 PM ET - US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton said Monday that the Security Council's vote on a resolution responding to the North Korean missile launches has been delayed in order to allow more time for diplomacy to proceed. AP has more.
[JURIST] Prisoners at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] have been subjected to "systematic physical, psychological, sexual, medical and religious abuse," according to a report [PDF full text; synopsis] released Monday by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) [advocacy website]. CCR describes the 51-page "Report on Torture and Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment of Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba," as the most comprehensive primary-source account of abuse at the facility. The report cites declassified statements from detainees still at Guantanamo and from their lawyers. According to the report, Guantanamo detainees have been:
held in solitary confinement for periods exceeding a year;deprived of sleep for days and weeks and, in at least one case, months;exposed to prolonged temperature extremes;beaten;threatened with transfer to a foreign country, for torture;tortured in foreign countries or at U.S. military bases abroad before transfer to Guantanamo;sexually harassed and raped or threatened with rape;deprived of medical treatment for serious conditions, or allowed treatment only on the condition that they "cooperate" with interrogators; androutinely "short-shackled" (wrists and ankles bound together and to the floor) for hours and even days during interrogations.
[JURIST] The government of Sri Lanka [JURIST news archive] said Monday that it will propose constitutional reform in a series of meetings beginning Tuesday in a bid to end a two decade old civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels [faction website; MIPT backgrounder], who want a separate ethnic homeland in the north and east of the country. The Tamil Tigers have indicated that they may settle for regional autonomy instead of a separate state, but insist that the Sri Lankan government at least consider full independence before ruling the option out. This week's meetings will include representatives from the southern majority Sinhalese [Wikipedia backgrounder], Muslim and anti-Tiger Tamil parties, and a 15-person panel of experts with four Tamils on it. Though both the Tamil Tigers and the government have said they want peace, diplomats say that neither side has as yet laid the necessary groundwork. Reuters has more. From Sri Lanka, the Colombo Page has local coverage.
[JURIST] Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker [official website] on Monday filed an emergency appeal with the Georgia Supreme Court [official website] on behalf of Governor Sonny Perdue [official website], asking the court to overturn a lower court judge's Friday decision to issue a temporary restraining order [JURIST report] blocking the implementation of a law requiring Georgia voters to produce photo identification cards. In a ruling issued just before Georgia's July 18 primary elections, Judge Melvin K. Westmoreland of the Fulton County Superior Court [official website] held that the law [SB 84 materials] violates the state constitution [text] by placing an undue burden on the fundamental right to vote and that it would require a state constitutional amendment to legally take effect.Westmoreland blocked the Republican-backed voter ID law [JURIST news archive], which was approved by the US Department of Justice [JURIST report] in April, based on a legal challenge filed by former Democratic Gov. Roy E. Barnes and civil rights groups. Barnes alleges that the law makes voting more difficult for minorities, the elderly and the poor. In a statement [text] responding to Westmoreland's ruling Friday, Perdue said:
I am disappointed that Superior Court Judge Melvin Westmoreland today temporarily stopped implementation of Georgia's Voter ID law. Democracy only works because people have trust in the integrity of the ballot box. I respectfully disagree with Judge Westmoreland, and believe that Georgias law is not only constitutional, but a common sense, prudent protection of the election process. ... Even the commission headed by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James A. Baker III recommended free, easily available, tamper-proof national photo IDs for all voters to prevent fraud and increase citizen confidence in the electoral system. While 24 states have some form of identification requirement for voting, the state of Indiana's photo ID requirement, which is much like Georgias law, has been upheld by federal court and on appeal.
[JURIST] The British government is sending Home Office minister Baroness Scotland [official profile] to the US on Thursday to push for US ratification of the treaty [text, PDF; Statewatch backgrounder] aligning extradition requests between the two nations, which the UK has already ratified. Under the UK Extradition Act 2003 [text] which enshrines the treaty in British law, three British bankers wanted in the US in connection with the Enron scandal [JURIST news archive] are to be extradited to the US [JURIST report] under a fast-track process, but the UK will not have a reciprocal agreement until the US ratifies the treaty. The lack of reciprocity has created something of a political embarrassment for the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair, already accused by opposition politicians of being too complicit with the United States in other areas of policy. Blair defended the treaty last week, saying that the UK and the US use the same evidentiary burden when evaluating extradition requests, though the language differs. BBC News has more.
[JURIST] Mexican leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador [campaign website, in Spanish; Wikipedia profile] has asked Mexico's Federal Electoral Court [official website, in Spanish] to order a manual recount [JURIST report] of returns from the July 2 presidential election, which conservative Felipe Calderon [campaign website, in Spanish; Wikipedia profile] won by just 0.6 percent. Lopez Obrador turned over to the court nine boxes of evidence of alleged fraud and dirty campaign practices relating to the election, claiming that some polling stations counted more votes than registered voters, the ruling party helped finance Calderon's campaign, and that a software program skewed initial vote-count reports. The court must declare a winner by September 6. On Sunday, Lopez Obrador told reporters that he lost the election due to voter fraud, and announced plans to contest the election [JURIST reports] in court. Mexican election laws [PDF text, in Spanish] permit a manual recount only if the ballot packages have been unsealed or if the initial tallies are faulty. Last week, the Federal Electoral Institute [official website, in Spanish] validated Calderon's victory. AP has more.
[JURIST] Saddam Hussein, along with several co-defendants and defense lawyers, boycotted trial proceedings [JURIST news archive] Monday at the Iraq High Tribunal as the defense was scheduled to begin closing arguments. The court did hear from a lawyer for defendant Ali Dayih Ali, but Hussein sent a letter to the court saying "the tribunal is lacking in all procedures established by international and Iraqi law." Other defense lawyers, including lead defense lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi, said they would boycott proceedings until the court provides "adequate protection to the Iraqi lawyers and their families." A third lawyer from the defense team was murdered [JURIST report] last month, just days after the prosecution presented closing arguments, calling for the death penalty [JURIST reports] for Hussein and three other defendants. The defense also requested that proceedings be adjourned to allow time to recover from the disruption caused by the latest murder, but chief Judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman [BBC profile] denied the request. Lawyers will present closing arguments for each of the eight defendants and then the court will hear statements from each defendant as well.In the case currently being heard by the court, Hussein and his seven co-defendants are accused of crimes against humanity [JURIST report] for killing, torturing and illegally detaining Dujail residents, including executing 148 Shiites [JURIST report], and for committing other inhumane acts in response to an alleged 1982 assassination attempt on Hussein's life. If he is sentenced to death, Hussein's execution could be suspended until he completes several other trials relating to his former regime. A second trial, relating to the so-called "Anfal" operation [HRW backgrounder] that killed 100,000 Kurds in northern Iraq in the 1980s, will begin on August 21 [JURIST report]. AP has more. BBC News has additional coverage.
[JURIST] Cyrus Kar [BBC backgrounder], the Los Angeles-based filmmaker of Iranian descent and US Navy veteran detained by US forces in Iraq for 55 days, has sued Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld [official profile] and other top military officials in the US District Court for the Central District of California [official website]. Kar argues that his detention in Iraq, which occurred when US forces stopped a taxi cab with Kar in it and found timing devices in the trunk, violated his civil rights, the law of nations and the Geneva Conventions [ICRC materials]. The lawsuit seeks damages for Kar and changes in the government's detention polices, criticizing prolonged detentions without charge, denial of access to counsel, and the inability of detainees to challenge their detention in court. Kar, who had traveled to Iraq to film a documentary about Cyrus the Great, was detained in May 2005 even though his taxi driver told military authorities that Kar and his cameraman had no knowledge of the devices found in the trunk of the taxi cab. Kar also took a polygraph test and allowed the FBI to search his Los Angeles apartment, but he was not released [JURIST report] until shortly after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] sued for his release last July [JURIST report]. Though Kar said he spent much of his detention in solitary confinement, he said that he had not been maltreated [JURIST report]. Henry Weinstein of the Los Angeles Times has more.
[JURIST] The trial of six men accused of war crimes in Kosovo in 1999, including former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic [BBC profile], began at the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Monday. Milutinovic and his five co-defendants - former Serbian Prime Minister Nikola Sainovic [BBC profile], former Yugoslav army chiefs of staff Dragoljub Ojdanic [BBC profile] and Nebojsa Pavkovic, and generals Vladimir Lazarevic and Sreten Lukic - face charges [indictment, PDF; case backgrounder] of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the deportation of 800,000 Kosovo Albanian civilians and the forcible transfer, murder and persecution of Kosovo Albanians at the hands of Serb troops. All six have pleaded not guilty.Milutinovic took over as president in 1997 after Slobodan Milosevic [JURIST news archive] ended his presidency, but Milutinovic reportedly continued to stay in close contact with Milosevic and carry out Milosevic's policies. The prosecution will use much of the same evidence that was presented in the Milosevic trial, which ended earlier this year when Milosevic passed away in prison [JURIST report]. The ICTY granted a provisional release [JURIST report] to Milutinovic, Sainovic, Ojdanic and Lazarevic in 2005 until their trial because they were not considered dangerous or a flight risk. Reuters has more. AFP has additional coverage.
[JURIST] AP is reporting that the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts [official website] has ruled that a proposed state constitutional amendment [DOC text] that would ban same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive] can be placed on the ballot for voter approval, if the amendment is approved by the state legislature. Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage [JURIST report] in 2003, when the Supreme Judicial Court ruled [text] that same-sex couples have a right to marry under the current Massachusetts Constitution [text].Monday's ruling [PDF text] comes in a lawsuit [JURIST report] challenging Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly's decision [DOC text] to allow a ballot initiative banning same-sex marriage to proceed. The plaintiffs, represented by Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) [advocacy website], argued that under the state constitution, ballot initiatives cannot overturn a previous court decision, a power delegated exclusively to the state legislature. The court rejected the plaintiff's arguments, saying "Neither the plain meaning of the words 'reversal of a judicial decision' nor their intended meaning as understood in the context of the Debates of the Constitutional Convention of 1917-1918, from which they emerged, supports the broad interpretation of the exclusion pressed by the plaintiff." Before the amendment can be presented to voters, the state legislature must approve the measure in two consecutive sessions. AP has more.
[JURIST] The first federal trial relating to insurance coverage for property damage caused by Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] begins Monday in Gulfport, Mississippi. In the lawsuit [complaint, PDF] against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company [corporate website], a Mississippi homeowner is disputing the insurance company's decision not to cover his property damage claim. Nationwide denied the claim because it contends the damage was caused by water; the homeowners assert that Katrina's wind caused the damage.Though the case will not be binding in other lawsuits, it will set the stage for future cases against insurance companies in the wake of Katrina. Richard "Dickie" Scruggs [PBS profile], the attorney representing the homeowners in the present case, said that if the plaintiffs win this case and several similar lawsuits, insurance companies will likely begin to settle the thousands of pending cases. Scruggs represents about 3,000 families throughout Mississippi's Gulf Coast in their Katrina-related lawsuits. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood [official website] has also filed a class-action [press release, PDF] lawsuit in Mississippi state court. Hood has asked the court:
to declare that certain insurance contract provisions are void and unenforceable as the same are contrary to public policy, are unconscionable, and are ambiguous. The provisions at issue attempt to exclude from coverage loss or damage caused directly or indirectly by water, whether or not driven by wind.
[JURIST] US Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) [official website], chairman of the House Intelligence Committee [official website], said that the Bush administration may have violated the law by failing to brief the committee on intelligence activities, in a May 18 letter [PDF text] to President Bush that was first disclosed in the New York Times Saturday. In his letter to President Bush, Hoekstra wrote:
Finally, Mr. President, but perhaps most importantly, I want to reemphasize that the Administration has the legal responsibility to "fully and currently" inform the House and Senate Intelligence Committees of its intelligence and intelligence-related activities. Although the law give you and the committees flexibility on how we accomplish that (I have been fully supportive of your concerns in this respect), it is clear that we, the Congress, are to be provided all information about such activities. I have learned of some alleged Intelligence Community activities about which our committee has not been briefed. In the next few days I will be formally requesting information on these activities. If these allegations are true, they may represent a breach of responsibility by the Administration, a violation of law, and just as importantly, a direct affront to me and the Members of this committee who have so ardently supported efforts to collect information on our enemies. I strongly encourage you to direct all elements of the Intelligence Community to fulfill their legal responsibility to keep the Intelligence Committees fully briefed on their activities. The U.S. Congress simply should not have to play 'Twenty Questions' to get the information that it deserves under our Constitution.
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What? The only options on XB1 are Disc/BlueRay or Local Storage (Currently not Supported) what else are you expecting to play video off? |
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Well uninstalling Java and reinstalling the latest isn't really going to do much. Do as recommended Nuke the whole minecraft folder. It sounds like its become corrupted. |
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@leigero that isn't what is being asked here. They are asking How long is a day in GTAV in real time? not How long is a day in GTA Online in real time? These are two completely different questions. |
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I noticed when I downloaded the DLC that for Borderlands 2 you need o site on the download screen whilst it is downloading. Not sure why but when I closed the window like I normally do and it continues it doesn't do that in borderlands it cancels the download. Sit and watch it download and once it has reached 100% and told you it has downloaded then close the window. |
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Backhoes arent lined up to dig the first trench, but the Carlsborg sewer project is inching closer to laying pipes.
Clallam County must have a completed plan to provide Carlsborg with sewer services, otherwise the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board will not lift the label of invalidity it put on the areas zoning in April. While the growth area is labeled invalid, the county is limited in its ability to allow certain types of land uses in the zone.
To get the project moving, the Clallam County commissioners signed an agreement with the Clallam County Public Utility District June 24, earlier than initially expected. PUD commissioners Hugh Haffner, Will Purser and Ted Simpson signed their end of the agreement during their regularly scheduled meeting on June 30.
The agencies hired a consultant in 2006 to complete a feasibility study for the sewer project, laying much of the framework for the next steps, which include identifying population projections, likely zoning, the layout and design of the hardware and how to pay for it.
The feasibility study identified many alternatives for the sewer to determine if the project was possible. Now the county and PUD are likely to hire a consultant to nail down those ideas into a draft Sewer Facility Plan, a document required in state code for construction and by agencies with available grants.
All of these steps are needed to qualify for grants, whether through a public works trust fund or through the Puget Sound Partnership, this sewer project meets a lot of qualifiers of restoring the sound, County Commissioner Steve Tharinger said. It will better deal with sewage, water quality, include a reuse system and will help manage and increase flows in the Dungeness River and will be a huge factor in economic development.
Presently, Carlsborg homes and commercial structures depend on septic systems, many of which have been found to be failing.
The county commissioners could abandon the urban growth area label on Carlsborg and define the semi-developed area as rural county. But the three county leaders unanimously backed the need to facilitate and maintain the growth area and its associated sewer.
The projects new push is part of phase two. The second phase is being funded jointly by the county, with a $45,500 grant from a state Department of Community Trade and Economic Development, and the PUD, with $74,497 in state Department of Ecology grant dollars.
Funding for the sewer itself, rather than its plan, is still to be determined. There is likely to be a mixture of contributing revenues including grants, loans and assessments to benefiting landowners.
The county- and PUD-hired consultant will create a benefit study to determine how much each parcel of land will benefit from the start-up sewer line. It is likely to be the basis of how the PUD will charge customers in a yet-to-be-defined local utility district. Preliminary estimates put the price of completing a sewer system at $13 million.
Then, with assessments identified, grants and loans lined up and with population and zoning projections in place, the consultant will create a document to carry the plan into phase three. Phase three finalizes details of the project and sets up the mechanisms for the sewers installation.
While the county has until Oct. 13 to make Carlsborg compliant with the growth boards order, the sewer plan likely will not be finished. But, planning staff indicated if the county is taking significant steps toward completion, the board may award more time.
The projects construction could start as early as next year if the facility plan is completed in time, which would mean service could start as early as 2011. However, to get the label of invalidity lifted, the county only will need a finalized plan and not a pipe in the ground.
For future Clallam County Commissioner agendas and meeting dates, visit www.clallam.net. To find out more about the Clallam County Public Utility District Commission, visit its Web site at www.clallampud.net.
The next steps needed for a finalized Carlsborg sewer plan include:
• Clallam County Public Utility Districts approval of the county agreement
• Comprehensive Plan, with land use and population projections
• General Sewer Plan, with projected flows, treatment and disposal
• Conceptual Special Benefit Study, evaluates property benefit for assessment
• Hydrogeological Study, environmental review and water right acquisition
• Funding Program, with benefit assessments, grants and loans
• Zoning what development will be allowed after installation
• Local Utility District formation to assess benefiting properties
• Facilities Plan, finalized plan incorporating all other facets into recommendation
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Against an injury-ravaged team like the Atlanta Hawks on Friday, the San Antonio Spurs could afford to still win a game comfortably minus three of their current injured players (Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, and Tiago Splitter). On Sunday in Miami against the Heat, the Spurs would feel what the Hawks felt Friday as San Antonio was blown out within three quarters, as the Heat lead reached its peak at 29 points, before the Spurs' bench would trim Miami's overall score to 113-101.
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Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is mild, some malts and corn. Taste is crisp but without a lot of flavor. Some notes of malts and corn. Feels light in the mouth and has good drinkability. Overall this beer is not bad considering it's low price tag.
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Pours beautifully. Straw colored golden with a fat white head that fell fast and left splotchy lacing. Brilliant clarity . You could read through it. Lots of bubbles streaming up to the top./ Nose is faint light grain and a touch of cooked corn. A bit of hop herbal and perfectly clean. No fruity esters whatsoever. Just lovely. Taste is crisp with some firm carbonation. Light sweet grain, cooked corn that is sweet and delicious. There is a touch of mineral or metallic on the palate but it's from the water. This finishes dry and with a nice little bitter to tease you into more and more. Light smooth mouthfeel and you could drink this beer all day. Nothing wrong with it at all but it is thin and develops a watery quality as it warms. It also gains a bit of sour taste from the combined grains as ti warms.
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Genesee beer is beer you drink when you are in a special mood. This Brew comes to us from New York State. This is a your everyday american style beer. No bad but not good. This beer has a little bit of a bite to it. This beer is low priced. The smell is that of your american style beer. A nice amber color. I drink this beer when there is nothing else to drink or I wan't to change it up.
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This is THE beer that I grew up on being from upstate NY. My late father always had Genesee on hand and probably knew that his boy was perhaps sneaking a beer or two. I consider this to be my "baseline" adjunct lager.
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At ceremonies held during the 2013 Oregon Veterinary Conference in Corvallis, the OVMA honored the following for their service to the veterinary profession and animals.
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Dr. Robert Franklin, DACVIM
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Nominated by: OVMA
The Meritorious Service Award is the Association's highest honor and is presented to a veterinarian who provided exemplary servant leadership to the organization, the veterinary profession and the community.
Dr. Franklin's contributions to the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association are far reaching. He served five years on the Executive Board, with one term as President in 1998. He has served on our educational committee for over 20 years and developed the Animal Welfare educational track for the Oregon Veterinary Conference, which helps to educate veterinarians and the healthcare team on welfare issues, including animal abuse and cruelty. He has helped the OVMA develop guidelines for Veterinary Hospice Care, and he currently chairs our Issues Advisory Task Force.
Dr. Franklin's most notable contributions to the OVMA and his community have been in the arena of animal welfare. Under his leadership, the OVMA helped to change Oregon law on the issue of dogs chasing, injuring and killing livestock. At the time, offending dogs were automatically sentenced to death, but with support from a broad-based coalition, today's law is much more flexible and can offer "Man's Best Friend" a second chance.
Dr. Franklin also helped to sharpen the OVMA's attention and focus on legislation against animal abuse and neglect. This included working for the law that established a Class C felony for an individual who seriously harms or kills an animal.
As president of the OVMA, Dr. Franklin initiated discussion and a national call for an "independent" examination of the health and welfare of Keiko – the Orca who was housed at the Oregon Coast Aquarium and unfortunately entangled in a dispute between the whale's primary veterinarian and aquarium officials. The issue brought international attention to the issue and to the OVMA for stepping forward on Keiko's behalf.
Dr. Franklin is tireless in his dedication to animal welfare and organized veterinary medicine. And these attributes have extended well beyond his involvement with the OVMA. He has previously served four years on the board of directors for the Portland Veterinary Medical Association, six years on the board of directors for the Oregon Humane Society, and more recently nine years on the Delta Society (now Pet Partners) board of trustees.
Dr. Franklin's service has also included the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) Committee for Canine Vaccine Guidelines. In 1995, he was awarded AAHA's Outstanding Service Award for the Northwest Region. In 2003, the OVMA presented him with our Animal Welfare Award. Later this year, Dr. Franklin will also receive the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
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Nominated by: Dr. Kris Otteman, Oregon Humane Society
The Veterinary Service Award recognizes an individual, group or organization that has promoted the veterinary profession and/or the well-being of animals.
Ms. Britta Bavaresco is a lifelong advocate for improving the lives of pets in the Portland metropolitan area and a strong voice for those who cannot speak for themselves.
Her formal involvement in animal welfare began in 2001 as a volunteer with Cat Adoption Team in Sherwood. Within two years she was hired as the nonprofit's executive director, where she helped to increase adoptions at the shelter from 700 per year to more than 2,500 per year in just four years.
Ms. Bavaresco was honored primarily for her role as a founding partner of the Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland.
ASAP is a working coalition of local animal shelters, county animal services, and professional veterinary associations in the Portland metro area that was created to end the euthanasia of social, healthy and treatable cats and dogs. In the past 6 years, ASAP has reduced euthanasia in Portland area member shelters by 65%.
Britta dedicated much of her volunteer time to ASAP in a leadership role during its important formative years. In fact, she is the "unofficial" executive director of ASAP and continues as a servant leader in her all volunteer capacity.
ASAP has worked on two strategic initiatives:
- To formalize the way each of the individual sheltering entities collects animal intake and disposition data into a nationally-recognized and consistent format. Britta was at the forefront of helping to streamline the data collection, enabling the coalition to more accurately identify the various problems that led to euthanasia of animals so that solutions could be developed to address the concerns.
- Cat overpopulation. Britta's oversight and leadership led to the Spay & Save program, which is designed to help low income families as well as feral cat caretakers with the costs of spay or neuter surgery – resulting in healthier family pets and fewer unwanted litters of kittens. Now in its fourth year, the program has altered more than 28,000 cats, resulting in a 25% decrease in the intake of cats by ASAP members within the past two years. Britta contributed to the original design of the program as well as the marketing and branding.
Britta Bavaresco not only collects, manages and presents all of the coalition's data, but she has also taken a leadership role in working with Maddie's Fund, PetSmart Charities and other supporters securing grants, awards and funding for spay and neuter projects and various other projects. In large part because of Britta and her unrelenting commitment and passion to ASAP's cause, the coalition has been able to make a significant difference for the animals in the Portland community.
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Nominated by: Dr. Randall Haveman (Sunnyside Veterinary Hospital) and Dr. Tina Tran (PCC)
This award recognizes a veterinary technician and/or veterinary staff in clinical practice who has risen above and beyond the expected responsibilities of the practice to provide outstanding client and patient service, with community service also considered.
Dolores Galindo graduated from the Portland Community College's Veterinary Technology program in 1990. She spent several years in private practice before returning to her alma mater as the lead technician for the program.
It is an understatement to say that Dolores is the lifeblood of the Vet Tech program. During her almost 20 years at PCC, she has been an integral part of the continuous refinement of the curricula and animal care.
In her role, she has instructed and mentored hundreds of successful veterinary technician students. In addition to her duties as instructor, Dolores is an adviser for the Veterinary Technology Club, assists in labs taught by other instructors, coordinates the dog behavior training sessions, and oversees the student-run Pet Adoption Committee.
In 2012, Dolores received a Woman of Distinction award from PCC – having been nominated by her students.
one year she participated in our coloring contest!
Aside from her tireless work at PCC, Dolores also works most weekends at Sunnyside Veterinary Hospital in Happy Valley. Alongside her former instructor, Dr. Randall Haveman, she continues to keep her technical skills fresh and to pursue life-long learning. Her private practice experiences bring an added dimension to her course instruction at PCC. She is able to help the students bridge the gap between academia and the real world.
When Dolores is not working at PCC and Sunnyside Veterinary Hospital, she also makes time to give back to the veterinary community. She currently serves as President-Elect for the Oregon Veterinary Technician and Assistant Association, and she also served on the Oregon Veterinary Medical Examining Board from 2003 to 2011. In fact, she was the first Certified Veterinary Technician to serve on the board of the veterinary licensing agency, including one year as Chair of the Board.
Ms. Galindo inspires others to reach their potential and keep animal welfare at the forefront. In short, she is the Gold Standard for Certified Veterinary Technicians.
2013 Industry Representative of the Year
Jay Donkers, Pfizer Animal Health (now Zoetis)
Nominated by: Dr. Laird Goodman, Murrayhill Veterinary Hospital
This award recognizes an individual who has exhibited outstanding service to the OVMA and the profession.
After 30-plus years of service to the veterinary profession in Oregon, Jay recently retired from his most recent position with Pfizer (now Zoetis).
Jay represented Pfizer Animal Health for 26 years: 21 years as a Therapeutic Specialist, and an additional 5 years as a Strategic Account Manager. Among his many qualities, he demonstrated an uncanny knack for making the complicated become comprehensible, when educating our veterinary teams.
Throughout his partnership with veterinary practices in Oregon, Jay proved to be an exemplary representative. He has helped so many of us elevate our practices, always looking beyond the mere products for ways to help our businesses succeed. He introduced us to tools for measuring the efficiency of our practices; he brought in specialists to further educate us; and he conducted surveys on our behalf to improve our services and enhance our bottom lines.
Mr. Donkers has also given back to the community in other ways. Many years ago, Jay befriended Kermit Washington, the former Portland Trailblazer and founder of Project Contact Africa (PCT). This nonprofit brings medical relief teams into the schools within the slums of Kenya, and Jay has contributed his valuable time – at his own expense – to participate in the program and operate the pharmacy for PCT.
2013 President's Award
with Dr. Sheri Morris
Salem Friends of Felines
Presented by: Dr. Sheri Morris
The President's Award is given at the discretion of the president to an individual who has made an exceptional contribution to the OVMA.
The association's outgoing president, Dr. Sheri Morris of Willamette Valley Animal Hospital, presented this award to Salem Friends of Felines.
Following is an excerpt from Dr. Morris's remarks at the ceremony held on Saturday, March 9, 2013 during the Oregon Veterinary Conference on the OSU campus:
"Since 2004, Salem Friends of Felines, a non-profit no-kill feline shelter in Salem, has adopted out over 6,700 cats. In 2012, they adopted out 1,296 cats. SFOF is a volunteer rescue organization that has embraced the welfare of the cat in the Salem area, and has come to the rescue of so many felines with no hope. They provide shelter and foster homes, as well as significant spay/neuter assistance to the local community. They have also been involved in Salem locally with PetSmart Charities in Trap/Neuter/Return projects in several areas with feral cat problems. I am proud to work with these tireless volunteers as they benefit our local pets as well as the human community they serve.
"They have graciously allowed College of Veterinary Medicine - Oregon State University students to have experiential learning opportunities through the shelter medicine club at OSU, as well as allowed us to mentor senior preceptor students in dentistry, soft tissue surgeries, medical cases, and spay and neuter at our practice. This hands-on patient experience is invaluable to vet students, and to my clinic's vision of contributing to the welfare of the people, pets, and the community at large that we serve. To SFOF and all rescue groups in our state – thank you, THANK YOU for what you do, thank you for tireless efforts, thank you from every pet you have rescued and given new hope and a new home."
Past Award Winners
Centennial Award
1963 Dr. Vic Oliver
Honorary Membership
1952 S.L. Brown, Charles Evans, T. Sims
1954 E.L. Peterson
1972 Walter Leth, James Short
1989 Morrie Craig
1993 Nan Dewey
2000 Kelvin Koong
Award of Merit
1961 Dr. Herb Muth
1966 Dr. E. Derflinger, Dr. Ralph Plamondon
1970 Dr. Gary Bryan
1973 Dr. Dallen Jones
1976 Dr. Ed Wedman
1983 Dr. Linda Blythe, Dr. Daryl Leu
1985 Dr. Elwyn Coon, Dr. Norm Hutton, Dr. Charles Seagraves
1989 Dr. Jack Hardesty, Dr. Fay Rankin, Dr. Ron Schmidtke
1991 Dr. Gordon Cunningham, Dr. Richard Hillmer, Dr. DuWayne Penfold
1995 Dr. Andrew Mach, Dr. Ed Wedman, Dr. Robert Whittaker
Meritorious Service
Presented to a veterinarian who has generously contributed time and energy for the advancement of the profession and community.
1996 Dr. Richard Werner
1997 Dr. Billy Kuhl
1998 Dr. Dick Reid
1999 Dr. Roy Peterson
2000 Dr. Richard Coon
2001 Dr. Don Bailey
2002 Dr. Stan Blinkhorn
2003 Dr. Leo van Dijk
2004 Dr. DuWayne Penfold
2005 Dr. Marty DeWees
2006 Dr. Jerry Boggs
2009 Dr. Scott Hendy
2010 Dr. Susan Loomis
2011 Dr. Steve Brown
2013 Dr. Robert Franklin
Outstanding Industry Representative
Recognizes an individual who has exhibited outstanding service to the OVMA and the profession.
1996 Terrie Corcoran, Burns Veterinary Supply
1997 Leroy Ostrem, The Butler Company
1998 Rick Casey, Hoechst Roussel Vet
1999 Jim Houts, Summit Medical Equipment
2000 Linda Melton, IDEXX Veterinary Services
2001 Loren Heryford, The Butler Company
2003 Marge Strother, Merial
2004 Bruce Mackey, Hill's Pet Nutrition
2005 John Herkner, Pfizer Animal Health
2011 Vern Mason, Butler Schein Animal Health
2013 Jay Donkers, Pfizer Animal Health (now Zoetis)
President's Award
Given at the discretion of the president to an individual who has made an exceptional contribution to the OVMA.
1996 Dr. Martha DeWees, Dr. Scott Hendy
1997 Dr. Jerry Boggs
1998 Dr. Merry Crimi
1999 Mr. Glenn Kolb
2000 Dr. Doug McInnis
2001 Mr. Dave Barrows
2002 Dr. Kurt Schrader
2003 Dr. Steven Brown
2004 Ms. Marcia Keith
2005 Dr. Gordon Cunningham
2006 Spouses and Partners of Veterinarians
2007 Dr. Rich Holdren
2008 Ms. Marge Strother, Lilly Companion Pet
2009 Dr. Matthew Fricke
2010 Ms. Lara Smith
2011 Dr. Cyril Clarke, OSU CVM Dean
2012 Dr. Donald McCoy & Dr. Larry Anderson
2013 Salem Friends of Felines
Veterinarian of the Year
Awarded to a veterinarian who has made outstanding contributions to the profession through service to local, state and/or national organizations.
1969 Dr. E.R. Derflinger
1996 Dr. DuWayne Penfold
1997 Dr. Doug Corey
1998 Dr. Don McCoy
1999 Dr. Andrew Clark
2000 Dr. Marty DeWees
2001 Dr. Scott Hendy
2002 Dr. Brad Frank
2003 Dr. Heidi Buehner-McKenzie
2004 Dr. Leon Pielstick
2006 Dr. Paul Jones
2007 Dr. Jon Betts
2011 Dr. Gregg Takashima
Animal Welfare Award
Recognizes a veterinarian who has demonstrated outstanding compassion and/or developed programs that have been for the welfare of animals.
1998 Dr. Doug Evans
1999 Dr. Laird Goodman
2000 Dr. Bob Franklin
2002 Dr. Brad Pope
2004 Dr. Ken Fletcher
2009 Dr. Doug McInnis
2010 Dr. Doug Evans
2011 Dr. Scott Hansen
2012 Dr. Barbara Kahl
Veterinary Service Award
Recognizes an individual, group or organization that has promoted the veterinary profession and/or the well being of animals. Emphasis for this award is placed on educating the public, research, or the practice of veterinary medicine.
1998 Kim Singer, KPTV-12
1999 Feral Cat Coalition
2000 Deborah Wood, The Oregonian
2001 Dr. Barclay Slocum
2002 The Halo Group
2003 Evan Kalik, Cat Adoption Team
2005 Dr. Howard Wagner
2006 Oregon Humane Society
2008 Dr. Matthew Maberry
2009 Dr. Jerry Boggs
2010 Larry Chusid, The Pongo Fund
2011 Dr. Bill McCulloch, Delta Society co-founder
2012 Susan Faria, Senior Dog Rescue of Oregon
2013 Britta Bavaresco
Practice/Office Manager of the Year
Recognizes the role of the practice/office manager in clinical practice and salutes an individual who has exhibited exceptional professionalism in leading the practice.
2006 Linda Parisotto
2007 Lee Barg
2008 Debee Brown
2011 Jessie Merritt CVPM
2012 Diane Fowler CVT
Technician/Staff of the Year
Recognizes a veterinary technicians and/or veterinary staff in clinical practice who has risen above and beyond the expected responsibilities of the practice to provide outstanding client and patient service, with community service also considered.
2006 Leah Kennon CVT
2007 Gillian Cook CVT
2008 Kathy Charpilloz
2010 Kimberly McKay
2011 Carey Blake CVT
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The justices differed strikingly on how big a step that was.
''Taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee DNA is, like fingerprinting and photographing, a legitimate police booking procedure that is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment,'' Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the court's five-justice majority. The ruling backed a Maryland law allowing DNA swabbing of people arrested for serious crimes.
But the four dissenting justices said the court was allowing a major change in police powers, with conservative Justice Antonin Scalia predicting the limitation to ''serious'' crimes would not last.
''Make no mistake about it: Because of today's decision, your DNA can be taken and entered into a national database if you are ever arrested, rightly or wrongly, and for whatever reason,'' Scalia said in a sharp dissent which he read aloud in the courtroom. ''This will solve some extra crimes, to be sure. But so would taking your DNA when you fly on an airplane — surely the TSA must know the 'identity' of the flying public. For that matter, so would taking your children's DNA when they start public school.''
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler agreed that there's nothing stopping his state from expanding DNA collection from those arrested for serious crimes to those arrested for lesser ones like shoplifting.
''I don't advocate expanding the crimes for which you take DNA, but the legal analysis would be the same,'' Gansler said. ''The reason why Maryland chooses to only take DNA of violent criminals is that you're more likely to get a hit on a previous case. Shoplifters don't leave DNA behind, rapists do, and so you're much more likely to get the hit in a rape case.''
Twenty-eight states and the federal government now take DNA swabs after arrests. But a Maryland court said it was illegal for that state to take Alonzo King's DNA without approval from a judge, ruling that King had ''a sufficiently weighty and reasonable expectation of privacy against warrantless, suspicionless searches'' under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.
The high court's decision reverses that ruling and reinstates King's rape conviction, which came after police took his DNA during an unrelated arrest.
Kennedy, who is often considered the court's swing vote, wrote the decision along with conservative-leaning Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas. They were joined by liberal-leaning Justice Stephen Breyer, while the dissenters were the conservative-leaning Scalia and liberal Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
Kennedy called collecting DNA useful for police in identifying individuals.
''The use of DNA for identification is no different than matching an arrestee's face to a wanted poster of a previously unidentified suspect, or matching tattoos to known gang symbols to reveal a criminal affiliation, or matching the arrestee's fingerprints to those recovered from a crime scene,'' Kennedy said. ''DNA is another metric of identification used to connect the arrestee with his or her public persona, as reflected in records of his or her actions that are available to police.''
But the American Civil Liberties Union said the court's ruling created ''a gaping new exception to the Fourth Amendment.''
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Maryland's DNA collection law only allows police to take DNA from those arrested for serious offenses such as murder, rape, assault, burglary and other crimes of violence. In his ruling, Kennedy did not say whether the court's decision was limited to those crimes, but he did note that other states' DNA collection laws differ from Maryland's.
Scalia saw that as a crucial flaw. ''If you believe that a DNA search will identify someone arrested for bank robbery, you must believe that it will identify someone arrested for running a red light,'' he said.Continued...


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