Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America

ISBN: 0525561404

Author: Lithwick, Dahlia

Condition: New

New York Times BestsellerWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeStirring.-The New York Times Book ReviewUrgent, engaging.-Boston GlobeWholly inspirational.-Oprah DailyIn the immediate aftershocks of Donald Trumps victory over Hilary Clinton in 2016, women lawyers across the country, independently of one another, sprang into action. They were determined not to stand by while the Republican party did everything in their power to pursue devastating and often retrograde policies.In Lady Justice, Dahlia Lithwick, one of the nations foremost legal commentators, illuminates these many heroes of the Trump years. From Sally Yates and Becca Heller, who fought the Muslim travel ban, to Roberta Kaplan, who sued the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, to Stacey Abrams, who worked to protect the voting rights of millions of Georgians, Lithwick dramatizes in thrilling detail the women lawyers who worked tirelessly to hold the line against the most chaotic presidency in living memory.A celebration of the legal ingenuity and indefatigable spirit of the women whose work all too often went unrecognized at the time, Lady Justice is destined to be treasured and passed from hand to hand for generations to come.