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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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1 posted on 03/29/2025 5:42:54 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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Yes, I think the leftist judges are complicit in lawfare including assisting the illegal invasion.


2 posted on 03/29/2025 5:43:53 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

A judge is a lawyer who works for the government.


3 posted on 03/29/2025 5:46:22 AM PDT by ComputerGuy ( )
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Judges come from what demographic? Lawyers. That says everything one needs to know about the character of judges. If I get any more detailed in my description I'll be banned from FR for gross profanity and investigated by the proper authorities.

I leave the rest to your imagination.

4 posted on 03/29/2025 5:47:44 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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To: MtnClimber

The random system that assigns cases to judges seems to always give the juicy Trump cases to Judge Boasberg. Odd, huh? The judges enable lawfare, and the system behind the judges enable lawfare. The whole thing is rotten now.


5 posted on 03/29/2025 5:50:49 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: LouAvul

“...I leave the rest to your imagination....”

Reminds me of the old joke: “what’s the difference between a lawyer and a catfish?
Well, one is a bottom-dwelling, mud-sucking scavenger.....and the other is a fish!”


6 posted on 03/29/2025 5:51:47 AM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: MtnClimber

The corps of activist judges is what makes lawfare POSSIBLE. An honest and impartial judge would have looked at the case presented to him (or her), told the prosecuting attorney the case was untenable and without merit, and thrown it out.

Bearing a lamp in broad daylight, Diogenes the Cynic declared, “I am seeking a man of honor.” He would have a difficult time today in many of the courts across the United States.


7 posted on 03/29/2025 5:58:23 AM PDT by alloysteel ( Divergence is not at all the same thing as diversity.)
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To: MtnClimber

Does bear live in the woods?


8 posted on 03/29/2025 6:01:32 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: MtnClimber

BTTT


9 posted on 03/29/2025 6:02:02 AM PDT by nopardons
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They are fully complicit and doing exactly why they were installed by the communist deep state....


10 posted on 03/29/2025 6:05:59 AM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: MtnClimber

Of course.


11 posted on 03/29/2025 6:08:52 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MtnClimber

and Insurrection


12 posted on 03/29/2025 6:12:18 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: MtnClimber

Are judges the only pure, holy, honest, incorruptible men in the world?


13 posted on 03/29/2025 6:23:53 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: alloysteel

If we had honest judges - most of these cases would not even be brought
forward to get thrown out


14 posted on 03/29/2025 6:26:59 AM PDT by Palio di Siena (Kralik…..you get the wallet)
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No consequences = corrupt judges.


15 posted on 03/29/2025 6:30:47 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: MtnClimber

All the judges in question are without any doubt complicit in a conspiracy to weaponize the law to destroy the Presidency of Donald Trump.

Such a conspiracy must be punishable by death


16 posted on 03/29/2025 6:33:25 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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They are not only comp,initially, they are guilty of organized colluding (Rico act violation?)


17 posted on 03/29/2025 6:35:33 AM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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To: MtnClimber

There are EVIL judges in the republic.


18 posted on 03/29/2025 6:35:47 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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This kind of thing exists in the private sector workplace as well. Not all of them, but in situations where office politics often rears it’s ugly head. However, there are no black robes, no legal standing, no provable illegality...But group-thinking cliques and hellbent individuals will line up on soft target co-workers because members of an opaque and presumed elite class of employee could face evidence of being outperformed given half a chance...And it doesn’t stop there because additional versions exist in ordinary average neighborhoods and educational institutions but I’d rather not get into that in this thread. You can try to stay above the fray but that won’t guarantee that the bastards won’t try to bring you down for whatever micro-aggression, transgression or trespass they happen to imagine.


19 posted on 03/29/2025 6:45:07 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
The random system that assigns cases to judges seems to always give the juicy Trump cases to Judge Boasberg. Odd, huh?

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its statistically analogous to winning the lottery every time you play.......... .... simon says boasberg is just jack the ripper smith 2.0 imo.

20 posted on 03/29/2025 6:51:32 AM PDT by cuz1961
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