21.   Over recent years, the Supreme Court has substantially weakened the protections of the Fourth Amendment and the scope of the exclusionary rule.

22.   Ovulation, during which an egg detaches from the ovary, causes damage to DNA that may weaken protection from cancer, the researchers said.

23.   Pharmaceutical companies objected to provisions that might weaken patent protection for drugs.

24.   That proposal, which the company disputes, is being written because state lawmakers fear Pacific Lumber will try to weaken environmental protections.

25.   The bill, critics say, weakens anti-discrimination protections in the workplace for legal immigrants.

26.   The change delighted the supplement industry but came as a shock to some consumer advocates, who fear it may weaken protections for patients.

27.   The groups have vowed to hold those senators responsible on Election Day next year if there are any changes in the rent laws that weaken tenant protections.

28.   The move enraged and startled consumer advocates, who said it would weaken patient protections.

29.   The White House has also threatened to veto that legislation because it includes many provisions weakening environmental protections on public lands.

30.   There are also those who want to weaken the protections and cut back on the gains made in the aftermath of the Hill-Thomas hearing, Greenberger said.