Lady justice : women, the law, and the battle to save America
by Lithwick, Dahlia (Author)
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 Americ... Full description
- Introduction
- 1.
- The beginning
- 2.
- The first no : Sally Yates, the government lawyer
- 3.
- The airport revolution : Becca Heller, the activist
- 4.
- Charlottesville Nazis : Robbie Kaplan, the big firm litigator
- 5.
- Abortion at the border : Brigitte Amiri, the litigator
- 6.
- The civil rights lawyer : Vanita Gupta, the insider-outsider
- 7.
- #MeToo : the Kozinski accusers
- 8.
- #HerToo : Christine Blasey Ford and Anita Hill
- 9.
- Elections Part 1, voting Georgia 2018 : Stacey Abrams, the game changer
- 10.
- Elections Part 2, the elections long game, redistricting and the Census : Nina Perales : the Latino vote strategist
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index.