Right wing harassment uses the judicial system as a club

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Have you noticed that conservatives, who are always complaining about litigious lawyers and trying to limit victims' access to the court system, will sue these days at the drop of a hat?

They do it even when it should be clear that they won't win. Often, it's all about delay, as in the case of recalls, or simply harassment, to make life miserable for someone, cause them some stress, and threaten them financially. Or to generate some media coverage to cloud an issue and attempt to discredit political opponents.

When you have the big bucks on your side, it's easy to intimidate someone who doesn't, and who might actually have to pay his/her own legal bills. Sometimes just the threat of a lawsuit is enough. A Wisconsin blogger experienced that this week, with a barrage of threats of libel suits that in all likelihood would not have succeeded.

When it's not lawsuits, the right wing demands investigations of everything under the sun. The usual purpose: To intimidate those who disagree with them, maybe cause some damage to their reputations, and disrupt their lives.http://uppitywis.org/blogarticle/right-wing-harassment-uses-judicial-system-club