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

"Slate senior correspondent Dahlia Lithwick’s chronicle of the Trump years is about the best kind of defiance. In late 2016, when most progressives were still shellshocked over Donald Trump’s triumph, a diverse group of women attorneys took action to safeguard democracy and protect the vulnerable. They included now-legendary figures like Sally Yates, the acting U.S. attorney general who refused to sign off on the Muslim travel ban, and Georgia voting rights advocate and gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, as well as other lesser-known figures. The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which ended federal protection for abortion, only magnifies the significance of their fight."