Have you ever been at dinner, in a really nice place, sort of formal, when some unknown person lets loose a really stinky one?
You cough, you hold your breath, you feel embarassed, you look away, you hope the stench will dissapate quickly...
That is exactly how the TX SC reacted to the CPS “we need the DNA” argument.
We may be hearing more about this. What legal justification did CPS have for taking DNA samples from all these children, given that they had insufficient legal justification for having the children in custody at all?
The answer would appear to be "none". There is nothing to stop law enforcement from obtaining the DNA of anybody at the ranch given a proper warrant to do so. The next legal step of the lawyers for the children may be to demand that the privacy of the children be protected by the surrender or the destruction of all DNA taken without justification.
I certainly wouldn't expect to have to give up DNA samples of my children without a warrant.