Supreme Court says Trump administration must facilitate return of deported Maryland man

It's a win if he says it's a win. Even if he doesn't, his remaining supporters will find a way to spin it as a win

Would you consider that result to be an administration that has deferred to the rule of law? Would that make you feel safer?

Unless it is demonstrated that our legal system still has the power to correct wrongs being done by the administration it doesn't much matter. "You might be unlawfully abducted and lost before the judiciary can return you" is not a message that resolves this as a demonstration of where the regime's limits are. They want to strike fear, and "a judge said to bring them back but that didn't happen" does that just fine.