One would hope that President Obama would recognize that this use of legal mechanisms as a form of warfare against the United States - increasingly known as "lawfare" - holds serious dangers not just for the country and those who ran it for the past eight years, but for his administration, as well.
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He who controls the language of debate has already won, no matter how inappropriate or ridiculous. (I cite as an example of the latter the discussion of unemployment benefits as a form of stimulus that will restore the economy to health).
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But more recently, a real trend is emerging toward the use of data as a form of self expression.
They were the kind of films you were happy to see in a theater with a big bucket of popcorn as a form of escape.
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Like a gun, charm can be deployed as a form of protection or as a destructive force: you never want your favorite series to become fan fiction about itself.
The idea has even emerged of crafting as a form of political activism -- the term "Craftivism" has been coined to describe the idea of 'making your own' as a statement against runaway consumerism and the homogeneity of mass production.
He seems to see this recreation of the past as a form of leadership into the future.
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Campaigns regularly buy them, and there are previous cases of using them as a form of public pressure.
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It has already tested the waters on commercialising its flow of information by offering to promote a particular topic on its list of trending topics as a form of advertisement.
He has created a company operated by retailers who serve the fashion brands and the women who love them, while his competitors think of outlet malls as another form of real estate development.
Today's consumers use the Internet in their own particular way for e-mail, web-surfing and so on, but, the bulls argue, tomorrow's will think of it more as a form of interactive television, with many people watching the same material.
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Thomas presents his populism as a form of humility, portraying himself as merely the tribune for the masses from which he came.
Stephen Horan, director of private wealth at the CFA Institute, an organization of financial analysts, urges investors to think of "aspirations" as another form of leverage.
We regard these latest expansions of central bank balance sheets as a form of clandestine quantitative easing.
The new bill, HB 658, addresses some of its unintended consequences, including clarifying the types of documents that can serve as a form of official identification.
In fact, up to 80% of your communication could be described as a form of negotiation.
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In the novel, we can enjoy all of this heroic spieling and exploring as a form of antic play.
School grades are cited, for example, as a form of extrinsic recognition if students see them as a reflection of their ability yet they fall in the intrinsic bucket of motivation if they are seen as what is accomplished in class.
Political consulting is often thought of as an offshoot of the advertising industry, but closer to the truth is that the advertising industry began as a form of political consulting.
Unless, of course, you look at it as a form of rent seeking.
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But what if you could tag a real-life building with a photo of yourself or some other content, as a form of virtual graffiti?
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His dismissal of the case was abrupt, and inexplicable except as a form of judicial advocacy.
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What started out as a form of show and presentation has moved into the collective consciousness as a required precaution when handling our national treasures.
The size of one's Nike contract is often seen as another form of scorekeeping for the modern athlete, alongside things like the size of their contracts or the number of Twitter followers they have.
It is, of course, a respect for other people as well as a form of self-respect.
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For other companies, the shares issued in China could be used as a form of currency to provide performance-linked pay to local employees, as well as to buy Chinese companies.
Scientists tend now to see geo-engineering research as a form of insurance policy against the effects of continued global warning, not as an excuse for downplaying the problem, nor for tolerating more carbon emissions in the meantime.
It acknowledges the classical schools of Islamic thought and does not reject local traditions, seeing them as a form of dakwa, or missionary work.
The second step would be for the PBC to perform dollar-for-yuan foreign exchange reserve swaps with African central banks, with China offering to split the seigniorage (the difference between the face value of currency and the cost to produce it) with the African nations as a form of foreign aid.
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