Reply #62: It was an analogy.

[Lyric]

DNA, urine, blood, hair, whatever--it's still a part or product of your body. The person I was responding to seemed to think that the government requiring a "search" of your body for drugs as part of their "eligibility requirements" for a government program would be okay. I was simply pointing out that the standard that keeps the government from demanding DNA for one government program is the same standard that keeps them from demanding urine for another--at least not without a public safety reason or probable cause to suspect a crime.

Poverty and the need for welfare are neither a public safety issue nor probable cause to suspect a crime. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has already ruled that drug testing for welfare is a violation of the 4th Amendment rights of welfare recipients. At this point, the argument is entirely theoretical.