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lawfare
/ ˈɔːˌɛə /
noun
- the use of the law by a country against its enemies, esp by challenging the legality of military or foreign policy
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Origin of lawfare1
Example Sentences
“The President is delivering on his promises of eradicating Partisan Lawfare in America, and restoring Liberty and Justice FOR ALL.”
In Lawfare, habeas expert Amanda Tyler writes that the answer may depend on the U.S. government’s leverage over the Salvadoran government, and whether it can, as a practical matter, demand the return of an inmate.
On this week’s show, Dahlia is first joined by Quinta Jurecic, a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a senior editor at Lawfare, to discuss the deeply worrying shift in the Trump regime’s posture toward judges and the rule of law, that’s been playing out inside and outside the courts this week.
“This is lawfare,” The Pep Secretary told us Wednesday.
Panels during the three-day gathering at the Hyatt Regency and the convention center in Sacramento focused on issues such as “lawfare,” a practice Trump supporters argue weaponized the legal system against him and his goals.
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