Can Judicial Resistance Last? : Democracy Journal

Judge Paula Xinis had reached her limit. She invited the lawyers of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to seek contempt of court sanctions against the Trump Administration. She’d “gotten nothing” from the Administration as far as complying with a court order to ensure the return of Abrego Garcia to the United States. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man living in Maryland, was one of more than 200…