Re: Never been invoked... in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19182681 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:31:20 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:31:20 EDT Re: Never been invoked... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19190048 anon : Sorry, they tried to use RICO to sue protesters who blockaded the clinics illegally. There was never any attempt to apply RICO to otherwise legal behavior. The Supreme Court did rule that RICO doesn't apply because anti-abortion groups are not mobsters. They did not rule that their actions are legal.

"There is no dispute that [the protesters] interfered with, disrupted, and in some instances completely deprived [women and clinic workers] of their property rights," writes Chief Justice William Rehnquist for the majority. "[The protesters'] counsel readily acknowledged at oral argument that aspects of his clients' conduct were criminal."

»www.csmonitor.com/2003/0227/p03s01-usju.html]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19190048 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:28:20 EDT Re: Never been invoked... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19184168 NormanS :
said by pnh102 See Profile :

NARAL wasn't criticizing Verizon.
No, but NARAL did try to use RICO to stifle their opposition...
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said by kcblack See Profile :

...Never been invoked....

I bet the NARAL people could tell a different story...
How? NARAL wasn't criticizing Verizon.
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I bet the NARAL people could tell a different story...at least until the press got ahold of the story :)

Kevin]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19182661 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:46:34 EDT