▁Rh ode ▁Island ▁ ▁South ▁Carolina ▁ ▁South ▁Dak ota ▁ ▁Tennessee ▁ ▁Texas ▁ ▁Ut ah ▁ ▁Virginia ▁ ▁Verm ont ▁ ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁a ired ▁on ▁America ' s ▁Most ▁W anted , ▁President ▁Ob ama ▁expressed ▁his ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁legisl ation , ▁saying ▁that ▁" it ▁is ▁the ▁right ▁thing ▁to ▁do ," ▁and ▁that ▁" this ▁is ▁where ▁the ▁national ▁registry ▁becomes ▁so ▁important , ▁because ▁what ▁you ▁have ▁is ▁individual ▁states ▁— ▁they ▁may ▁have ▁a ▁database , ▁but ▁if ▁they ' re ▁not ▁sharing ▁it ▁with ▁the ▁state ▁next ▁door , ▁you ' ve ▁got ▁a ▁gu y ▁from ▁Illinois ▁driving ▁over ▁into ▁Indiana , ▁and ▁they ' re ▁not ▁talking ▁to ▁each ▁other ." ▁ ▁Crit ic ism ▁Some ▁oppon ents ▁argue ▁that ▁this ▁policy ▁is ▁an ▁invasion ▁of ▁priv acy ▁or ▁a ▁viol ation ▁of ▁civil ▁rights . ▁ ▁O thers ▁comment ▁that ▁since ▁DNA ▁contains ▁sensitive ▁gen etic ▁information ▁it ▁is ▁quite ▁different ▁from ▁finger print s . ▁ ▁A ▁federal ▁district ▁court , ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁v . ▁Pool , ▁u ph eld ▁that ▁the ▁federal ▁stat ute ▁allowing ▁collection ▁of ▁DNA ▁samples ▁prior ▁to ▁conv iction ▁for ▁inclusion ▁in ▁the ▁national ▁DNA ▁database ▁does ▁not ▁represent ▁a ▁viol ation ▁of ▁constitution al ▁rights . ▁In ▁issu ing ▁its ▁r uling , ▁the ▁court ▁specifically ▁held ▁that ▁the ▁collection ▁does ▁not ▁represent ▁a ▁viol ation ▁of ▁Four th ▁Am end ment ▁rights . ▁The ▁court ▁also ▁dismiss ed ▁claims ▁of