I saw a post earlier about Extreme Court ruling on protesters

Bandit

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Wed Mar-01-06 12:37 PM
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I saw a post earlier about Extreme Court ruling on protesters

at Family Planning Clinics. I can't seem to locate the post now but it was something about abortion protesters now able to block access to Clinics legally or something along those lines. If this is a new ruling and one that overturns a previous ruling does that mean that there can no longer be "Free Speech Zones"? Bush* came up with the "Free Speech Zones" based upon the ruling that protesters at clinics had to maintain a certain buffer. Does anyone know if that ruling has indeed been overturned?

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rinsd

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Wed Mar-01-06 12:40 PM
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1. It was an incredibily misleading post....

Edited on Wed Mar-01-06 12:41 PM by rinsd

...and was likely erased.

The ruling was that NOW cannot use the RICO act to sue Operation Rescue and other anti-abortion protesters because the element of finacial gain is not there. The case has gone back and forth for quite a few years now.

Nothing has changed the buffer zones.

On Edit: I want to add that several activist groups and the AFL-CIO support this ruling because the precendent set if it went the other way could be used as a sledgehammer against protesters.

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Bandit

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Wed Mar-01-06 12:44 PM
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3. Thank you for your response

From the way I remember the original post it was indeed misleading.

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Webster Green

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Wed Mar-01-06 12:41 PM
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2. I don't think the ruling addressed any of the issues you mentioned

I believe the ruling prevents protestors from being prosecuted under the RICO (organized crime)statutes.

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rinsd

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Wed Mar-01-06 12:44 PM
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4. Not prosecuted but sued.

RICO has provisions for allowing civil suit to redress grievances.

Info from NOW

http://www.nowfoundation.org/issues/reproductive/scheidler.html

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Webster Green

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Wed Mar-01-06 12:48 PM
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5. Thanks! n/t

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