In Other Surpeme Court News

The Supreme Court, following its trend of moving further and further to the right, ruled against NOW late last month in Scheidler vs. National Organization for Women, Inc., denying NOW damages awarded by a lower court and stating that threats or acts of physical violence against abortion clinics fell outside of the interpretation of the Hobb's Act, the act that brought about RICO(Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)-which states that extortion or physical violence for the purpose of extortion are illegal.So in other words, abortion protestors who are affiliated with organizations and who commit acts of violence or who threaten acts of violence against abortion clinics,their staff,or their patients, cannot be held accountable for denying abortion clinics to conduct business. Oh what a message.