| Description |
xviii, 350 pages : 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-337) and index. |
| Contents |
The beginning -- The first no / Sally Yates : the government lawyer -- The airport revolution / Becca Heller : the activist -- Charlottesville Nazis / Robbie Kaplan : the big firm litigator -- Abortion at the border / Brigitte Amiri : the litigator -- The organizer / Vanita Gupta : the insider-outsider -- #MeToo / the Kozinski accusers -- #HerToo / Christine Blasey Ford and Anita Hill -- Voting Georgia 2018 / Stacey Abrams : the game changer -- The elections long game : redistricting and the census / Nina Perales : the Latino vote strategist. |
| Summary |
"Dahlia Lithwick, one of the nation's foremost legal commentators, tells the gripping and heroic story of the women lawyers who fought the racism, sexism, and xenophobia of Donald Trump's presidency--and won. After the sudden shock of Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016, many Americans felt lost and uncertain. It was clear he and his administration were going to pursue a series of retrograde, devastating policies. What could be done? Immediately, women lawyers all around the country, independently of each other, sprang into action, and they had a common goal: they weren't going to stand by in the face of injustice, while Trump, Mitch McConnell, and the Republican party did everything in their power to remake the judiciary in their own conservative image. Over the next four years, the women worked tirelessly to hold the line against the most chaotic and malign presidency in living memory. There was Sally Yates, the acting attorney general of the United States, who refused to sign off on the Muslim travel ban. And Becca Heller, the founder of a refugee assistance program who brought the fight over the travel ban to the airports. And Roberta Kaplan, the famed commercial litigator, who sued the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville. And, of course, Stacey Abrams, whose efforts to protect the voting rights of millions of Georgians may well have been what won the Senate for the Democrats in 2020. These are just a handful of the stories Lithwick dramatizes in thrilling detail to tell a brand-new and deeply inspiring account of the Trump years. With unparalleled access to her subjects, she has written a luminous book, not about the villains of the Trump years, but about the heroes. A celebration of the tireless efforts, 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, not just among lawyers and law students, but among all optimistic and hopeful Americans."-- Provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Justice, Administration of -- United States -- Criminal provisions.
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Contempt of court -- United States.
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Obstruction of justice -- United States.
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Discrimination in justice administration -- United States.
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Trump, Donald, 1946-
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Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2016.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021.
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Trump, Donald, 1946- (OCoLC)fst00174117
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Contempt of court. (OCoLC)fst00876634
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Discrimination in justice administration. (OCoLC)fst00895100
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Justice, Administration of -- Criminal provisions.
(OCoLC)fst00985165
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Obstruction of justice. (OCoLC)fst01043030
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Presidents -- Election.
(OCoLC)fst01075747
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
2016-2021
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Lithwick, Dahlia. Lady justice. New York : Penguin Press, 2022 9780525561392 (DLC) 2022019478 |
| ISBN |
9780525561385 (hardcover) |
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0525561382 (hardcover) |
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