American Civil Liberties Union
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 13: U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) speaks as (L-R) Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Laura Murphy of ACLU, Bruce Fein, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) and Matt Hawes of Campaign For Liberty, listen during a news conference June 13, 2013 at the Capitol Hill Club on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Senator Paul was joined by lawmakers and other groups to discuss the National Security Agency's surveillance program.
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The U.S. Supreme Court today unanimously invalidated patents on two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation ... on behalf of researchers, genetic counselors, patients, breast cancer and women's health groups, and medical professional associations representing 150,000 geneticists, pathologists, and laboratory professionals.
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