Lawfare
On Thursday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case against former President Trump for involvement in the events at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The question before the court is whether Trump is immune from prosecution. The justices asked important questions about the nature and scope of presidential immunity.
Trump had hoped to attend the Supreme Court hearing, but he was required to appear in another courtroom, in another state. Trump was in a New York court for the ongoing criminal trial involving alleged hush-money payments. These are just two of six cases being brought against him.
These seeming legalized attempts to keep Trump from being elected president again constitute what many now call “lawfare.” What is lawfare? The online Collins dictionary defines it as “the strategic use of legal proceedings to intimidate or hinder an opponent.” In other words: It’s the weaponization of our nation’s laws to hinder a political opponent who can perhaps not be defeated otherwise.
This is bigger than Democrats and Republicans
Lawfare may look like a mere political tug of war, but it goes much deeper than that.
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places (Ephesians 6:12).
The deliberate abuse of the law is a spiritual reality. Demonic forces are behind it, eroding absolute truth, justice, basic fairness, and the knowledge of right and wrong. This will ultimately bring a nation to its knees, especially one founded on the Christian principles of freedom and justice.
The Word on righteous judges:
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace (James 3:13–18).
Bringing darkness to light:
Here’s an example of some hidden things that are being brought to light. White House guest logs show that Nathan Wade, one of the attorneys in the Georgia racketeering case, was at the White House for meetings the day before special counsel Jack Smith brought the charges in the case being heard in the Supreme Court today. Wade was later discovered to be having an adulterous relationship with Fani Willis, the Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney.
These cases are impacting the nation in many ways. Even the ultraliberal Washington Post ran a commentary that includes this admission: “Millions of Americans now think Biden is trying to retain power by putting his main opponent in jail.”
Please pray for our nation:
Lord, abuse of the law is no law at all. Such lawlessness has got to stop. Help our nation! Give us true justice and vindication.
And may God bless America!
Ron
