BTRTN: Shout From the Rooftops -- Time to Act Now to Save Due Process in America
Born To Run The Numbers issues a short, sharp piece urging Americans to immediately call their representatives in Congress to protest Trump's blatant violation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia's right to due process, and Trump's overt and willful refusal to accede to directives from the United States Supreme Court related to this case.
https://borntorunthenumbers.com/2025/04/19/btrtn-shout-from-the-rooftops-time-to-act-now-to-save-due-process-in-america/
Excerpts: "This will be a short piece. The topic is due process in America. It is a foundational tenet of our democracy. And it is being readied for burial as you read this. You – you! – have to act right now to help save it...
"I want to make sure everyone understands exactly what is happening in the Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia deportation case. So let’s be clear: Donald Trump is ignoring a direct order of the Supreme Court, and, in so doing, is ending the rule of law in the United States. Trump is not lifting a finger to follow their explicit directive to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return. Trump is openly defying that order...
"Abrego Garcia was sent to an El Salvadoran prison without due process. He may be innocent, he may be guilty, but he has not received the benefit of due process under the law that he deserves. His case has received the most attention, relative to the other 237 sent away on those initial planes, because he does indeed appear to be innocent. But we must not lose sight of the fact that due process was denied to all who were transported there, no matter their degree of actual guilt...
"But the larger issue is not Abrego Garcia’s fate per se – it is the defiance. If Trump defies the Supreme Court, where does that leave us? It means, quite simply, that Trump could sweep any of us off the street (or from our homes) under phony auspices, jet us to El Salvador, and have us lost in the bowels of CECOT forever because we are, in his view, beyond his reach. The rule of law thus ends...
"What can you do? I know what I did: I contacted my congressperson, Mike Lawler of NY17, and gave him (actually, of course, an aide) a piece of my mind. I asked, when will the GOP, the alleged “law and order party,” stand up to Trump and demand he follow the law? Or — get rid of him? If you think phone calls are ineffective, think again after reading this piece from Axios..."