Lawfare’s new weapon: The Habeas Corpus stunt that’s choking the life out of US courts…
January 26, 2026
https://revolver.news/2026/01/lawfares-new-weapon-the-habeas-corpus-stunt-thats-choking-the-life-out-of-us-courts/
If you’re wondering why immigration enforcement always grinds to a halt no matter how hard we push, here’s your answer. The problem isn’t just bad policy or weak politicians… it’s clever lawfare. And the left just found a new weapon, and they’re going crazy.
This one’s sneaky and devastatingly effective. It doesn’t require changing the law or winning elections. All it takes is flooding the courts so badly that nothing else can get done.
Let’s put it simply. It’s this type of Target “protest,” but at the court level…
Jamming up the system and walking away.
That’s exactly what’s happening right now in a federal court in Minnesota.
In just eighteen days, left-wing immigration lawyers have more than 300 so-called “emergency” habeas corpus petitions. That’s more than half of all civil cases filed in that court so far this year.
This is an attack on the courts, and it’s working.
It’s a deliberate attempt to jam up the system and force judges to start releasing detainees before the government even has a chance to respond. Once you see how it works, you will understand why enforcement keeps collapsing no matter how tough we get.
You can read the entire piece here.
This is how lawfare works when it’s done well, and sadly, the left has mastered it. They’re pros at weaponizing the system. They take existing laws and twist them into tools of chaos, using them to stall, obstruct, and stop Team Trump dead in its tracks. The left fights dirty, and this is how they keep winning even when they lose elections. In their world, you don’t need the voters on your side. You just need a system that can be manipulated to your advantage….