“A new report from Democracy Forward, The Second Front: The Escalating Right-Wing Legal Threats Beyond the White House, reveals the perilous threats to American democracy represented by the far-right legal movement. The report, part of Democracy Forward’s work to track the far-right legal movement, focuses attention on ways that extremists continue to deprive Americans of their rights in an attempt to concentrate power in the hands of a privileged few people and corporations. “The pro-democracy community is fighting extreme, authoritarian forces on at least two fronts,” reads the report. “The first front consists of the president’s often unlawful use of executive power, which continues to throw communities across America into crisis and garner significant national attention. On a second, less visible front, a coordinated right-wing legal movement, operating both alongside and independent of the administration, is advancing an ideological agenda while dismantling pro-democracy protections at the federal, state, and local levels.” The Second Front breaks down the far-right legal movement’s key lines of attack into four categories:

• eliminating access to reproductive rights,
• misusing freedom of speech and religion to restrict healthcare and bodily autonomy,
• targeting protections for transgender students,
• and gutting government protections for workers and consumers.

The report explains each line of attack, describes illustrative cases, and analyzes the impact each case could have if the right-wing legal movement wins in the courts.”