Saturday, February 19, 2011

Mark Brown: Warrant needed before taking children Tell that to New Hampshire DCYF. Not that it will matter. They still won't follow the rules!

Mark Brown: Warrant needed before taking children | The Columbus Dispatch

Sandra Day O'Connor wrote 10 years ago that the 'interest of parents in the care, custody, and control of their children is perhaps the oldest of the fundamental liberty interests.' But how fundamental? Does this interest shelter families from the prying eyes of social workers? Can investigators take young children without parental consent in order to perform tests and ask questions? Does the Fourth Amendment protect families?

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