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Cranks just like bringing up RICO because it is so broad. But the government only uses RICO for the things it wants to, not the random stuff that cranks want th
by mountainb 5y ago
Cranks just like bringing up RICO because it is so broad. But the government only uses RICO for the things it wants to, not the random stuff that cranks want the government to do. Most people think that the government is basically like Batman and just sits around waiting to get a call from someone who has found a crime. In reality, society is awash with (think of a random big number) multiples of what the government has the capacity to address, and it picks and chooses the targets that it wants to enforce against.
- jcranmer 5y agoRICO isn't broad. The predicate acts of RICO are an explicitly enumerated list (see https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1961 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1961 for the full list). Then there's the tricky part that the defendant has to be doing that on behalf of a particular enterprise. (See https://www.popehat.com/2016/06/14/lawsplainer-its-not-rico-dammit/ https://www.popehat.com/2016/06/14/lawsplainer-its-not-rico-... for a fuller description). Most internet peanut gallery shouts of "RICO!" are not, in fact, RICO.