To: Colonel_Flagg
While I’m against Planned Parenthood, I don’t see how they could be prosecuted under RICO. That wouldn’t apply.
To: ConservativeWarriors
"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.
36 posted on
07/22/2015 6:14:14 AM PDT by
Colonel_Flagg
("No social transformation without representation." - Justice Antonin Scalia)
To: ConservativeWarriors
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.
37 posted on
07/22/2015 6:20:11 AM PDT by
Colonel_Flagg
("No social transformation without representation." - Justice Antonin Scalia)
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