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emilybaum's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
3.25
readingintheether's review against another edition
5.0
recommended reading experience is with a pillow to punch/scream into
kmarkus15's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.75
lizzywednesday's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I have come to trust Dahlia Lithwick to report on and explicate jurisprudence, the law, and the Supreme Court for over 20 years. This trust is why Lady Justice was immediately added to my TBR - I trust Dahlia to paint a compelling portrait of the state of the world.
Reading this book in this particular moment, however, starkly illustrates just how much is at stake when we're contemplating the future of democracy. The work done, and the work there still is to do, is the dam holding back the tide of fascism.
I wish I were being hyperbolic, but I am not - TX and OH were in the news recently with rights to abortion & miscarriage cases; FL continues to trample its citizens' 1st Amendment rights; and individual states are making decisions about the right of individuals to make decisions about their mental and physical health. We have a contingent rewriting the story of January 6th 2021; a presidential candidate who professes to be above the law; a press that becomes less and less free by the day; and literal Nazis loudly sharing eugenicist and antisemitic screeds on many platforms with no pushback.
There's so much at stake and there are amazing people doing excellent work to push back. This book is about some of them.
Reading this book in this particular moment, however, starkly illustrates just how much is at stake when we're contemplating the future of democracy. The work done, and the work there still is to do, is the dam holding back the tide of fascism.
I wish I were being hyperbolic, but I am not - TX and OH were in the news recently with rights to abortion & miscarriage cases; FL continues to trample its citizens' 1st Amendment rights; and individual states are making decisions about the right of individuals to make decisions about their mental and physical health. We have a contingent rewriting the story of January 6th 2021; a presidential candidate who professes to be above the law; a press that becomes less and less free by the day; and literal Nazis loudly sharing eugenicist and antisemitic screeds on many platforms with no pushback.
There's so much at stake and there are amazing people doing excellent work to push back. This book is about some of them.
ella_francess's review against another edition
5.0
Easier to get through than I expected - very good. 5/5 stars.
bmdnotadr's review against another edition
5.0
was i the target audience for this book, probably. i did truly love it . it taught me things i didn’t know and also reminded me how important it is to pay attention. not to forget the power we have to organize and fight injustice. can’t let the loudest voice in the room be one of corruption and greed
melhubbs's review against another edition
4.0
Compelling and emotionally resonant - very specifically about the women in law who fought for the sake of law and upholding American institutions during the Trump presidency. Got me amped about applying for law school. It's odd - during Trump's term in office, I went back and forth on applying for law school, but had a sense of malaise, of "what's the point?" Reading this kind of showed me the point of it, of how it takes individuals and their stories and their fights to beat back against the kind of violence his administration promoted - still promotes. Even if the structures we operate in are unjust, it's worth fighting in them to protect whoever we can.
pattydsf's review against another edition
4.0
This is an important book, but so hard to read. The American justice system has gone backwards for women and minorities. I pray that changes in 2024.