Lady Justice

By Dahlia Lithwick,

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

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An instant New York Times Bestseller!

“Stirring…Lithwick’s approach, interweaving interviews with legal commentary, allows her subjects to shine...Inspiring.”—New York Times Book Review

“In Dahlia Lithwick’s urgent, engaging Lady Justice, Dobbs serves as a devastating bookend to a story that begins in hope.”—Boston Globe

Dahlia Lithwick, one of the nation’s foremost…

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Dahlia Lithwick writes with deep understanding, passion, and even humor about the tumultuous months and years after the election of Donald Trump, and about the determined, talented women lawyers who had the courage to stand up for justice and the rule of law.

Obviously, the challenges posed by the Trump administration have not diminished since the 2020 election, and this book is a thoroughly researched and engagingly written exploration of women who chose to speak up for democracy, even if it meant losing their jobs and careers. It is inspiring and hopeful, and who doesn’t need a little of that…

Just finished listening to this dynamite book read by the author. Dahlia Lithwick demolished the conventions of women lawyers I’ve lived with, by telling us the stories of women who used the law to stand up and overcome the shock of Trump’s administration. 

Remember the infamous “travel ban?” If like me, a surface memory, you may enjoy the tour with lawyer and writer Lithwick, who introduces us to the players in her stories – the lawyers who worked all night in the airports on their laptops to file petitions to the court first thing in the morning, for example. 

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