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OCR: 19 Sedima, 473 U.S at 519 Marshall joined by Brer nan, Blackmun, and Powell, JJ., dissenting (second cmphasis added) Hence Congress targeted crimes which "the racketeer engaged crininal acts order accomplish commercial goai "The broader goal was tc remove the profit from organized crime separating the racke eer from his dishonest gains, Russelo 464 (emphasis RICC statutory weapon crafted remedy the acquisition economic power by neans serious crim- inal behavior (the predicate acts} To use RICO the entirely different context of social protest be likc using front to poam garden Where as here, the protest activities 10 the RICO ap fendants have no mcreenary purpose use of RICO repre- sents abusc of RICQ The statutvry tanguage The text of RICO represcnts an elaborate -ard delib- erate statutor ...