Planned Parenthood Abuses the Law to Stop Dissent
This use of RICO could backfire, for multiple reasons.
Last year, a number of academics penned a letter to the Obama administration demanding a criminal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) investigation into those who disagree with man-made global warming, following the lead of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.
As we wrote at the time, this would be an abuse of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law—a law designed to go after organized crime, such as drug cartels and the Mafia.
Well, as the late, great New York Yankee Yogi Berra once quipped, “it’s déjà vu all over again.”
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