Our Founding Fathers tried to establish a nation where individual rights and liberties were guaranteed. The basis for this rule is the US Constitution. And one of the clauses in that document is the guarantee of “due process” for any resident who is accused of a crime. That did not happen for Kilmar Abrego Garcia or 270 of his fellow deportees. A Federal judge ordered that the plane carrying the deportees be turned around–but it wasn’t. It continued on to El Salvador. Then the US Supreme Court–in a rare show of unanimous perspective–ordered the Trump Administration in a 9 to 0 vote to “facilitate” Mr. Garcia’s return. Pam Bondi, our Attorney General and the supposed “top cop” in America, has said publicly that Mr. Garcia will never be returned to the US even though deporting him was a mistake. These two individuals, Trump and Bondi, should be held in contempt of court–not just any court but the US Supreme Court. That has not happened. Trump is testing the waters to see how much he can get away with. Contempt charges are clearly the right course of action in this case but the judicial branch–all members–are reluctant to act. Question: weren’t all the branches of the US Government considered of equal power? Why then–when someone clearly violates the law–are they somehow immune from prosecution? Be careful America, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This court failure of not filing contempt charges coupled with control of the Congress spells disaster for all of us.
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