Most Americans have never heard the name Tate Adamiak.
That should concern all of us.
According to recent reporting by Lee Williams at The Gun Writer, Adamiak — a U.S. Navy veteran with no prior criminal record — is now facing what many civil libertarians would recognize as one of the most abusive practices within the federal prison system: “diesel therapy.”
The term refers to prolonged inmate transport through the federal prison network, often lasting weeks, where prisoners are moved from facility to facility under harsh conditions while being effectively isolated from family, legal counsel, and meaningful communication — including, critically, from their own defense attorneys in the weeks before a court hearing. In Adamiak’s case, the reported transport ahead of a court hearing could last roughly 50 days for a trip that should take hours.
Whether one agrees with Adamiak politically is irrelevant.
Whether one supports gun rights is irrelevant.
What matters is whether Americans still believe constitutional protections apply universally — or only selectively.
By Doris Wise
