Tim Walz Exposes the Democratic Party’s Weakness for Lawlessness

Early reports indicate that Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota governor Tim Walz to join her on the presidential ticket in November. Walz’s selection represents a rare moment in which America’s progressives and Republicans are experiencing the same range of emotions.

If Harris had backed Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro for the role, both the far left and the Republican right would be beset with existential anxiety; progressives over their rejection by their party’s presumptive presidential nominee and Republicans over Harris’s effort to make their jobs that much harder. Both...