Revolver: Every so often, our legal system surprises us and manages to prioritize justice and the law over politics and activism, a welcome break from what we’ve come to expect, right? That’s precisely what unfolded in a recent First Amendment case in Washington, D.C. The case involved a pro-life group that wanted to chalk a pro-life message on a sidewalk. They were denied this right even though BLM supporters had been allowed to use spray paint to leave their mark on public property. Fortunately, the case found its way to the D.C. Court of Appeals, and the pro-life group emerged victorious. All thanks to judges committed to genuine justice. Quite refreshing, isn’t it?
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Congratulations.
After spending millions on legal fees, you’ve “won” the “right” to spend millions MORE on legal fees to try to get some civil compensation for forcing you to spend millions on legal fees.
Any judgment in your favor will be contested, of corse, forcing you to spend millions more. Meanwhile, this will not affect the people who actually gave the order to harass you because they will either prevent you with a Sovereign Immunity defense or, after using taxpayer-funded lawyers against your personally paid ones every step of the way, pay any fee out of taxpayer-funded executive insurance.
And you can be sure they won’t stop harassing you, forcing you to go back to court every time you try to exercise your “affirmed right”.
The essense of lawfare is that the process is the punishment. It has nothing to do with whether you can win, its about forcing you to expend all your resources against their infinitely taxpayer-funded ones, so you are effectively paying for BOTH sets of lawyers.
God bless you for keeping up the fight.
But I’m afraid something a bit more…kinetic… will be needed to actually WIN.
Don’t hold your breath, somehow they’ll make up for it.
SNS; I agree, but It would have been nice if those “strong first amendment judges” had at least ordered DC to pay court costs of the defendants.
2A for the win.