Waxing Confidential: Attack on the Rule of Law

What happens when the law is weaponized to dismantle itself?

We’re joined this week by Steve Wax—former federal public defender and now Senior Counsel at the Oregon Justice Resource Center—to explore how legal norms and institutions are being deliberately unraveled.

From politicized prosecutions to defiance of court orders, this episode lays bare the calculated erosion of the systems meant to hold power in check.

This isn’t politics as usual—it’s a warning of what can come next

The Trail Blazing Justice podcast is a production of the Oregon Justice Resource Center.