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Are Judges Complicit in Lawfare?
American Thinker ^ | 29 Mar, 2025 | Lena Renconvich

Posted on 03/29/2025 5:42:54 AM PDT by MtnClimber

In recent years, the term “lawfare” has gained prominence in legal and political discourse, referring to the strategic use of legal proceedings to harm, intimidate, or silence an adversary rather than to pursue justice in good faith, most notably brought to public awareness in the multi-year legal pursuit of President Donald Trump. Currently, the unprecedented plethora of cases against the Trump administration has the public and the Republican House of Representatives crying “lawfare,” instigated in a conscious effort to interfere with the president’s electoral mandate and his constitutional prerogatives. As this phenomenon becomes more prevalent, a critical question arises: If a judge agrees to hear a case widely recognized as lawfare, does his participation render him complicit in the misuse of the judicial system?

Lawfare, a term coined by legal scholar Orde Kittrie in his book Lawfare: Law as a Weapon of War, refers to the strategic use of legal systems as a tool of warfare, wielded to advance political, economic, or personal objectives rather than to address genuine legal disputes. Unlike traditional litigation, lawfare prioritizes tactical advantage over justice, exploiting judicial mechanisms to drain resources, smear reputations, or delay accountability.

Judges, as gatekeepers of the legal system, wield significant authority to either curb or enable such strategies. Their decision to hear a case — particularly one with hallmarks of lawfare — carries weighty implications.

The Code of Conduct for United States Judges emphasizes that a judge must “act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.” When a judge takes up a case that appears designed to weaponize the law, he risks violating this principle. By providing a platform for lawfare, the judge may inadvertently — or, in some cases, knowingly — lend credibility to an effort that subverts

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To: MtnClimber

We all do.


21 posted on 03/29/2025 6:52:11 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: MtnClimber

Yes, judges are complicit. They are suppose to be out of and above politics, but the worst of seek the opportunity to eneter the political arena and make a political name for themselves.


22 posted on 03/29/2025 7:01:30 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: MtnClimber

Without these DemonRAT activists posing as “judges”, there would not be a weaponized judicial system in this country and LAWFARE wouldn’t exist.


23 posted on 03/29/2025 7:10:42 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Weaponized, bureaucratic "judges" like Boasberg have got to go. They aren't elected to anything.)
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To: MtnClimber

“Lawfare: Law as a Weapon of War”

Cute term. But they should stop and think of the root word. They are engaging in war. The lesson of history is that in war the enemy might decide to use a different weapon, tactic or open a new front. When the idea of impartial Justice is perverted, the battlefield can and will spill outside the courtroom. An example is in the godfather film. When the police captain was corrupted, Michael Corleone killed him in that restaurant.


24 posted on 03/29/2025 7:14:03 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: MtnClimber

Judges are complicit in lawfare the easiest was to find out check their party affiliation if Democrat results proved true.


25 posted on 03/29/2025 7:14:18 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: MtnClimber

“Judges” my eye. Shyster lawyers will always be shyster lawyers. They just buy their robes from a Satanic Fashionwear shop where lawyers buy their suits from Trojan.


26 posted on 03/29/2025 7:17:28 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Weaponized, bureaucratic "judges" like Boasberg have got to go. They aren't elected to anything.)
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To: MtnClimber

The “random” assignment of cases to judges is a sham and a joke. Judges like Boasberg somehow seem to “randomly” be assigned all the cases designed to destroy President Trump.


27 posted on 03/29/2025 7:17:34 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (PDJT doesn’t just walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. He swaggers.)
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To: MtnClimber

Well, Judges are only human and humans can be greedy, especially when they lust for power.


28 posted on 03/29/2025 7:20:02 AM PDT by Racketeer
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To: MtnClimber

We did ok in nominating trump judges his first term. Unfortunately, Biden made appointing judges a priority during his one term and got more judges than trump did. Trump has a chance to appoint even more than Biden did but needs to make it a huge priority. So far, I’m not convinced he’s doing it. Not one nomination.


29 posted on 03/29/2025 7:46:25 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: MtnClimber

Does a bear poop in the woods?


30 posted on 03/29/2025 8:13:56 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: lgjhn23

“What do you call 25 skydiving lawyers? Skeet.”


31 posted on 03/29/2025 8:38:10 AM PDT by LouAvul (1 John 2:22: Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist)
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Judges come from what demographic? Lawyers. That says everything one needs to know about the character of judges.

The American legal system, like most all, favors the party with the most money, and not necessarily the one with the best lawyer. Almost nothing gets done quickly or cheaply. Too much depends on the trial judge, and almost nothing gets decided by a jury, which is not how a common law system originally functioned.
32 posted on 03/29/2025 8:38:25 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: MtnClimber

Does a bear crap in the woods? You have your answer.


33 posted on 03/29/2025 9:06:55 AM PDT by vpintheak (Screw the ChiComms! America first!)
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To: MtnClimber

They become gods in their second year of law school.


34 posted on 03/29/2025 9:08:17 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: MtnClimber

Yes.

5.56mm


35 posted on 03/29/2025 9:10:10 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Thank you Jesus. )
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