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...Philadelphia clinic's "success" has invigorated others who feel they have been slighted by the so-called "pro-life" movement's efforts. The town of Brookline, Mass--branded as unpatriotically liberal during the last presidential campaign--is invoking the wrath of RICO against Operation Rescue. Brookline is home to several abortion clinics and has therefore been the target of repeated protests. The town wants money for police overtime and injuries incurred by officers in the line of duty...
True liberals should be revulsed by the threat RICO poses to free speech and open political debate. But the breed of liberals that are more concerned with doing what's politically correct than with preserving people's rights also have a reason to be worried...
...Hampshire officials have already floated the idea of charging the anti-Seabrook Clamshell Alliance for the costs incurred by their civil disobedience. Just imagine what a RICO-like law would have done to the NAACP and other civil rights groups in the 1960s...
...store owners and political protesters, RICO's bottom-line result is and will be self-censorship. The Supreme Court once recognized this evil, writing that the First Amendment needs "breathing room...
Congress should take action before RICO smothers what so many have worked so hard to protect...