"So it's hardly a slam dunk to say that the statute covers Twitter or Facebook".
Indeed, the statute covers any "endeavor" to obstruct, meaning that the defendant need not be successful to commit the crime.
Moreover, the Congressional findings and declaration of purpose section of the FDCPA refers to "abusive debt collection practices," and the statute covers unfair practices in debt collection.
The measure would strengthen the federal anti-bribery law that was considerably narrowed by a 2010 Supreme Court decision saying the statute covers only cases of outright kickback schemes, requiring proof of quid pro quo corruption.
"In 1935 Congress added the more encompassing phrase 'money or other property of the United States.' On its face the statute covers the crime for which petitioner was convicted, as one involving a 'person having lawful charge, control, or custody of any..
Against that backdrop, beginning with the Justice Department in the George W. Bush administration, prosecutors began developing more expansive theories about the type of graft that the statute covered.
But the local prosecutor believed (along with others) that the statute covered not only images of real children, but printed or written words involving fictional children.
And in Urie, supra, we held that occupational diseases such as silicosis constitute compensable physical injuries under FELA, thereby rejecting the argument that the statute covered only injuries and deaths caused by accidents.
Another failure, identified by Bracha, is not found in what the Statute covered, but in what it did not.
Cybercrimes is a relatively new area, but I am not sure this statute technically covers the essence of the harm".
