Global Alliance for Rapid DNA Testing, Amicus Curiae
Theodore B. Olson, Counsel of Record
The Global Alliance for Rapid DNA Testing is an association of business organizations that want to promote the development and utilization of DNA technology for identification purposes in criminal investigations. Theodore B. Olson is a partner with the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he is co-chair of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law Group. He was solicitor general of the United States from 2001 to 2004. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 2, 2013. For nearly a century, it has been well established…