Congressional Digest

Excerpt

The United States filed an amicus brief in this case because of the constitutional and law enforcement issues involved. Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., was nominated to be solicitor general by President Obama on January 26, 2011, and was sworn in on June 9, 2011. Prior to that, he was deputy counsel to the President. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 2, 2013.   The Fourth Amendment permits the government to obtain a DNA sample from a person who has been arrested but has not yet been…