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Leftist Legal Bullies
« on: May 05, 2018, 07:26:38 AM »
"Liberalism itself has numerous structural flaws against which conservatives should argue. But this latest strain of progressive political tactic represents a new, almost existential problem: an attempt to use American law to shrivel the acceptable boundaries of American political thought. If you have the wrong opinions about climate change; if you expose the wrong sordid scandal at the wrong abortion clinic; if you support the wrong candidate, you may be a target for a crippling, frightening, stressful lawsuit or legal barrage. Your life may be derailed. You may lose your savings, your job, your health, your family."  THe Federalist, 8/8/2016.
Wow.

http://thefederalist.com/2016/08/08/how-the-left-is-weaponizing-the-american-legal-system/


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Re: Leftist Legal Bullies
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2018, 08:02:07 AM »
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Re: Leftist Legal Bullies
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2018, 04:40:10 PM »
It’s amazing to me that people still have any opinion at all about climate change.

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Re: Leftist Legal Bullies
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2018, 05:05:55 PM »
The law profession has a lot of downgrades in it  :frown:
You are dipping into the Kool Aid and you don't even know what flavor it is.

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Re: Leftist Legal Bullies
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2018, 02:03:05 PM »
I don’t get it. All the court cases discussed in the article were dismissed, and the legislation discussed is only hypothetical. It really just highlights some examples of harassment against conservatives, but then tries to phrase it in terms of some kind of overarching leftist agenda. Seems insincere to act like this particular form of harassment is a one way street though. Conservatives can hire lawyers too.

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« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2018, 09:25:32 PM »
I don’t get it. All the court cases discussed in the article were dismissed, and the legislation discussed is only hypothetical. It really just highlights some examples of harassment against conservatives, but then tries to phrase it in terms of some kind of overarching leftist agenda. Seems insincere to act like this particular form of harassment is a one way street though. Conservatives can be forced to hire lawyers too.

Having ones life turned upside down is no walk in the park.  The legal system has been weaponized for years.  Win or lose, the plaintiff still called the shots. jmho

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« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2018, 12:33:53 PM »
That's actually my point.  This is not a liberal/conservative thing.  Both sides are fully capable of abusing the legal process and have done so.  There is not really any "reform" to be done here because the cases highlighted in the article were all dismissed (which is about as good as you can get, even though it still can suck to get there).  There are disciplinary hearings for attorneys and malicious prosecution cases for plaintiffs who abuse the legal process.
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« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2018, 12:09:22 PM »
NY AG Schneiderman was one of Masters of Using Courts for political bullying.  No more scum.  He resigned because he is a woman beating pervert.  Leftocrats told one of his victims she could not go after him because he is too valuable to Democrats.  He has been at war with Trump for a long time and using attack suits to do so.  From the NY TIMES
"In August, Schneiderman teamed up with Robert Mueller to investigate Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, collecting evidence against him.

He also asked the New York legislature for power to bypass presidential pardons in any criminal charges against Trump’s campaign and administration aides.

Just hours before he announced his resignation, Schneiderman announced an effort to challenge the president’s cabinet member Scott Pruitt for a proposed rule change at the EPA.

Schneiderman announced his resignation on Monday evening, just hours after journalist Ronan Farrow detailed multiple allegations of physical abused from four women."

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« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2018, 12:52:09 PM »
That's actually my point.  This is not a liberal/conservative thing.  Both sides are fully capable of abusing the legal process and have done so.  There is not really any "reform" to be done here because the cases highlighted in the article were all dismissed (which is about as good as you can get, even though it still can suck to get there).  There are disciplinary hearings for attorneys and malicious prosecution cases for plaintiffs who abuse the legal process.

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