Due Process for Some: The Abrego Garcia Case and the Democrats' Selective Spine

Trump's deportation machine is running on impunity, but instead of rising to the moment, too many Democrats are running scared.

You'd think the Supreme Court ordering a sitting president to return a man he illegally deported might be a rallying cry for every member of the supposed “rule-of-law” party. But in 2025, the Democratic Party can’t decide if it wants to fight authoritarianism or poll-test its way into irrelevance.

The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an immigrant deported i…