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...lifers: "If you want to avoid a RICO prosecution, just don't commit a criminal...
...unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that abortion clinics may use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to sue pro-life activists. The clinics have brought several cases against antiabortion groups, hoping to recoup funds for damage done by protesters...
...Court's RICO decision may foil tactics of antiabortion leader...
...last week. Writing for his colleagues in the case National Organization for Women, Inc., et al. v. Scheidler, et al., Chief Justice William Rehnquist held that even though antiabortion activists do not seek financial gain, they may still be hit with suits under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) law, an extremely effective ) prosecutor's tool forged in 1970. He pointed out that it was money lost by victims rather than money gained by the perpetrators that informed his decision. The blockades have indeed been costly (see chart...
...that might take a bite out of not only antiabortion foot soldiers but also their leaders, whom they were already calling Mob-tainted epithets such as "kingpins." When the Supreme Court last year rejected one such suggestion, an 1871 law aimed at the Ku Klux Klan, NOW turned to RICO...