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Domestic terrorism. Intimidation. Fraud. The radical left has used many tactics to ruthlessly achieve its political goals. However, a recent report has revealed a new strategy the left is deploying when elections and legislation fail: woke lawfare.
Have you taken your place on the wall?
From the Daily Wire:
A new report argues that activist networks and aligned legal organizations are increasingly using the court system to advance left-wing policy goals they cannot win through elections or legislation, bypassing democratic accountability and turning litigation into a tool of ideological governance.
The 19-page Lawfare in America report, published by the Alliance for Consumers, warns that lawsuits once intended to resolve individual disputes now operate as de facto legislation. Courtrooms, the report says, have become “a primary battleground for the Left’s ongoing campaign to reshape American society,” with activists “advancing political and social agendas through strategic litigation, a practice better understood as ‘woke lawfare.’”
Instead of seeking compensation for specific harms, the report argues, many lawsuits now aim to extract sweeping policy concessions through settlements and consent decrees. Those agreements often force corporations to adopt changes that far exceed existing legal requirements.
According to this report, activists are using litigation for force change in corporate governance, employment practices, and DEI and ESG policies. An example of this would be the Obama-era case against Bass Pro Outdoor World, in which the Obama administration, according to the report, “imposed comprehensive DEI recruitment and training policies that go far beyond resolving individual discrimination complaints or enforcing federal civil rights law.”
Traditionally, employment discrimination lawsuits have been used to resolve individual claims. Now, however, they are being weaponized, used to force companies to overhaul their hiring practices and incorporate diversity, among other things.
While this report is troubling, it is, unfortunately, not shocking. As the Daily Wire puts it, the report “merely codifies what many conservative legal analysts have warned for years: litigation is increasingly used not to protect rights or enforce the law, but to impose sweeping social policy without legislative approval.” The left is no stranger to using litigation to force policy changes, just look at Roe v. Wade. Now, however, they are becoming increasingly open in their intentions to corrupt the legal system and use it to advance policy goals.
Let’s pray against the corruption of our judicial system, and let’s pray for an end to this “woke lawfare!”
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(Excerpt from the Daily Wire. Photo Credit: Felicia Manolache’s Images via Canva Teams)
