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Conspiracy against rights is a federal offense in the United States of America under 18 U.S.C. § 241: . If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person [...] in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same;...
A crime of conspiracy against rights invokes Section 241 of Title 18 of US Code, among criminal codes that came from the Enforcement Acts, also known as the Ku Klux Klan Acts.
Justice Douglas reversed for a 5-3 majority. He held that the provisions of 207(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 making the remedies provided in Title II of the Act the exclusive means of enforcing rights based on such part do not preclude a criminal prosecution of the defendants under 18 USC 241, since the exclusive-remedy provision applies only to enforcement of substantive rights to ...
But unlike the New York criminal case against Trump, ... conspiracy to defraud the United States under 18 USC 371 and conspiracy to deprive Americans of their voting rights under 18 USC 241.
This chapter deals with offenses involving civil rights. § 241. Conspiracy against rights § 242. Deprivation of rights under color of law § 243. Exclusion of jurors on account of race or color § 244. Discrimination against person wearing uniform of armed forces § 245. Federally protected activities § 246. Deprivation of relief benefits
In a narrow 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court determined that 18 USC §§ 241 was instituted by the federal courts to prohibit only officers of the federal government from violating constitutional rights. It was determined that the statute did not cover state officers who violate the state rights of citizens.
Four former law enforcement and military officers are accused of conducting a sham raid on a California businessman’s home in 2019 and forcing him to sign away rights to his business worth tens ...
Conspiracy against the United States, or conspiracy to defraud the United States, [1] is a federal offense in the United States of America under 18 U.S.C. § 371.The statute originated under a federal law enacted in 1867 that was codified in the Revised Statutes of the United States in 1874, [2] in a subsequent codification of federal penal statutes in 1909, [3] and ultimately in the United ...