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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From various articles:

A DHS spokesperson claimed the Georgetown student had “close connections” to a senior adviser to Hamas, which Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined “rendered him deportable” under the Immigration and Nationality Act on March 15.[/quote]

Yet to be confirmed. But regardless, guilt by association is not a thing in America. [/quote]

Certainly is. You ever hear of RICO?

Moreover, we informally judge people based on associations all the time. Trump and the Proud Boys, for example.

Devil is in the details.[/quote]

You cannot be prosecuted under RICO because your father in law is in the mob.  Are you actually this dumb?[/quote]

Obviously. But if you engage in predicate acts, you can be charged with racketeering if those acts are connected to an enterprise.

It’s a form of guilt by association.

Likewise, (in many states) a person can be held responsible for the acts of a co-conspirator even if s/he did not plan, agree to, or even directly participate in those acts.

In other words, yes, guilt by association is a “thing” in multiple areas of the law.

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How can you be a co-conspirator without being involved in some degree in planning or agreeing to such acts? It's kinda the definition:

This is from the website of a law firm that does white collar federal defense:
The [b]agreement[/b] by two or more persons is the essence of the crime.[b] If there is no agreement, there can be no conspiracy.[/b]
The co-conspirators must agree to commit a federal crime or to defraud the United States or any federal agency in any manner and for any purpose.
At least one co-conspirator must take an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.

By your reasoning the owner of a gas station where someone involved in a crime fills their tank could be a co-conspirator if the vehicle was being used in furtherance of a conspiracy. [/quote]

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