In the latest episode of “How to Weaken Law and Order in America,” defense attorney Mark Geragos is hinting that his client, Luigi Mangione, might just get the evidence against him tossed out like last week’s Chinese takeout. Yes, folks, another criminal case may be circling the drain—not because the guy is innocent, but because of the magic words: “constitutional rights.” It’s the legal equivalent of playing Uno and slapping down a reverse card on the justice system.

Authorities said they searched Mangione’s backpack to ensure there was nothing dangerous inside. A reasonable precaution, right? Well, not if you’re a defense attorney with a flair for courtroom dramatics and a deep love for procedural technicalities. Geragos, who’s never met a camera he didn’t like or a headline he didn’t chase, is now suggesting that the search might not hold water in court. In other words, if the judge agrees, Mangione could waltz out the door, evidence-free and consequence-free.

This is the kind of thing that makes law-abiding Americans want to rip their hair out. We lock our doors at night, we pay our taxes, we teach our kids to respect the cops—and meanwhile, we watch criminals slither through the cracks because someone in a robe thinks a backpack search was too aggressive. Welcome to the post-Biden legal paradise, where criminals have more rights than victims and the Constitution is treated like a choose-your-own-adventure novel.

Let’s not forget how we got here. Years of liberal judges appointed by Obama, defended by Hillary, and idolized by the MSNBC crowd have turned our justice system into a game of legal Jenga. Stack the technicalities high enough and the whole thing comes crashing down. And who suffers the consequences? Not the politicians. Not the coastal elites in their gated communities. No, it’s the everyday Americans in small towns and big cities who live with the fallout.

Geragos, for his part, is playing the system like a fiddle. He’s not interested in whether Mangione actually had something dangerous in that backpack. He’s interested in whether the officer crossed a line—no matter how blurry, no matter how subjective. It’s courtroom gymnastics, and the jury isn’t even in the building yet.

This is a symptom of a bigger sickness. The left has spent decades eroding respect for law enforcement while lionizing criminals and throwing roadblocks in the way of prosecutors. They’ve created a climate where cops are second-guessed, thugs are romanticized, and lawyers like Geragos are treated like folk heroes for getting the guilty off the hook.

And don’t expect the media to cover this with any level of scrutiny. They’ll frame it as a brave defense lawyer standing up to overreach, protecting “civil liberties.” Funny how civil liberties only matter when they help criminals dodge accountability. Try talking about your First Amendment rights at a school board meeting and watch how fast the FBI shows up. But if you’re carrying something shady in a backpack, suddenly the ACLU’s got your back.

So if Mangione walks free because of some judge’s interpretation of backpack etiquette, don’t be surprised. This is what happens when the left gets its way: justice becomes a suggestion, not a standard. It’s a system designed to reward loopholes over lawfulness.

Here’s a radical thought—how about we prioritize the safety of the public over the feelings of the accused? Maybe, just maybe, if the authorities had reason to believe there was something dangerous in that bag, we ought to let them check it without needing a 20-page legal thesis and a permission slip signed by Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s ghost.

The American people deserve better than this legal sleight of hand. They deserve a system that works for victims, not just slick lawyers and their shady clients. And until we clean house in the judiciary and return to common sense over courtroom theater, we’re going to keep watching justice get mugged in broad daylight.