[ConservativeWarriors]

While I’m against Planned Parenthood, I don’t see how they could be prosecuted under RICO. That wouldn’t apply.

[Colonel_Flagg]

"The specific goal of RICO is to punish the use of an enterprise to engage in certain criminal activities. A person who uses an enterprise to engage in a pattern of racketeering may be convicted under the RICO criminal statute (18 U.S.C.A. § 1963). An enterprise is defined as "any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, and any union or group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity." A pattern is defined as "at least two acts of racketeering activity, one of which occurred after the effective date of [RICO's passage] and the last of which occurred within 10 years … after commission of a prior act of racketeering activity."

"Racketeering activity under federal law includes a number of criminal offenses, including: ... monetary transactions in property derived from unlawful activities;"

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Racketeering

Let's get to work.

[Colonel_Flagg]

I can see where "enterprise" might be open for discussion, but the Supreme Court has held in Boyle v United States that the term "enterprise" as it relates to Planned Parenthood can refer to either illegitimate or legitimate endeavors.

If running illegal operations in baby organs doesn't qualify, I guess I'd have a hard time imagining what might.