Re: Never been invoked... - dslreports.com

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NormanS Premium,MVM join:2001-02-14 San Jose, CA ·Pacific Bell - SBC	reply to pnh102 Re: Never been invoked... said by pnh102 : NARAL wasn't criticizing Verizon. No, but NARAL did try to use RICO to stifle their opposition... -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
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Greg Ohio @bridgenetworks.net	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
Greg Ohio @bridgenetworks.net	to forum · permalink · 2007-10-03 15:28:20 ·


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