Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search



Lady justice : women, the law, and the battle to save America / Dahlia Lithwick.

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 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

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525561385
  • ISBN: 0525561382
  • Physical Description: xviii, 350 pages ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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 civil rights lawyer / 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.
Subject: Justice, Administration of > United States > Criminal provisions.
Contempt of court > United States.
Obstruction of justice > United States.
Discrimination in justice administration > United States.
Trump, Donald, 1946-
Presidents > United States > Election > 2016.
United States > Politics and government > 2017-2021.

Available copies

  • 14 of 16 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library 345.73 LITHWIC (Text) 50687011831214 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 345.73 LITHWIC (Text) 50686016233285 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 345.730234 LIT (Text) 33240005152106 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cambria County Library 345.73 L776l (Text) 85131001846618 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Exeter Community Library 345.7302 LIT (Text) 33249025352968 Non-fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library 345.73 Lithwick Law (Text) 39427103704409 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Available -
Martin Library Adults 345.73 LIT Life Times (Text) 33454005890959 2nd Floor Available -
Mason-Dixon Public Library Adults 345.73 LIT Nonfiction (Text) 34262000786042 Main Room Checked Out 02/26/2024
Parkland Community Library 345.7302 LIT (Text) 34422007183581 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Pottsville Free Public Library 345.73 L713 (Text)
Bookplate: Presented by Frances C. Lorenz in memory of Mary Ann Bartholomew Siket
30003009119072 Adult Nonfiction Available -


Additional Resources