The Politicization of the Department of Justice

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

Here's an excerpt from an informative article on some of what the Dem Progressive Left is up to with the DOJ:

The Politicization of the Department of Justice

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Laws such as the Patriot Act were designed to fight the unique problem of terrorism. But they quickly morphed into a mechanism by which the government keeps constant tabs on law-abiding Americans and threatens to disrupt their lives if they dare act contrary to those in power. And it’s within this world of omnipotent oversight and control that the U.S. Department of Justice now operates. They have all the tools of the surveillance state at their disposal, and the only thing standing in their way is an independent judiciary willing to enforce our constitutional rights. But we all saw how easy it is to spy on Americans—with virtually no judicial oversight—from the disgraceful episodes of broad surveillance applications, on flimsy and sometimes falsified pretexts, against citizens such as Carter Page.
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The Politicization of the Department of Justice
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[Reynolds]

Here's an excerpt from an informative article on some of what the Dem Progressive Left is up to with the DOJ:

The Politicization of the Department of Justice

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Laws such as the Patriot Act were designed to fight the unique problem of terrorism. But they quickly morphed into a mechanism by which the government keeps constant tabs on law-abiding Americans and threatens to disrupt their lives if they dare act contrary to those in power. And it’s within this world of omnipotent oversight and control that the U.S. Department of Justice now operates. They have all the tools of the surveillance state at their disposal, and the only thing standing in their way is an independent judiciary willing to enforce our constitutional rights. But we all saw how easy it is to spy on Americans—with virtually no judicial oversight—from the disgraceful episodes of broad surveillance applications, on flimsy and sometimes falsified pretexts, against citizens such as Carter Page.
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The Politicization of the Department of Justice
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The weaponization of the DOJ is more like it.

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

The weaponization of the DOJ is more like it.

Definitely. That’s really what is meant here by politicization—using as a weapon against political opponents, that is, against anyone who dares defy their regime.

Here are a couple of excerpts that specifically use the word:

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Now, it is bad enough to have a politically-neutral surveillance state controlled by the national security crowd and their DOJ cousins. But take that panopticon and put it in the hands of an executive branch willing to weaponize its reams of information against its perceived political enemies, and we’ve got a frightening problem on our hands.
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This latest episode of G-men gone wild is not all that different from the FBI strategy before and after Trump’s election in 2016, when the FBI was weaponized to investigate claims of Russian collusion that ultimately proved to have been made up by Democrat operatives. But more importantly, the raid raises serious constitutional objections.
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[5 point Gillinist]

The weaponization of the DOJ is more like it.

Just don't commit any thought crimes as determined by the new moral majority and you'll be fine citizen.