Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates, who opposed President Trump’s Muslim ban, was among the first to get fired because she stood up for the rule of law. She refused to be cowed by the most powerful man in our country. With integrity and courage, she put the country before her own well-being.

But she was not alone. Thereafter came Fiona Hill and Maria Yavanovitch, dedicated foreign affairs specialists with the fortitude to speak truth to power. For their efforts they were forced out of office. However, it was they who alerted us to the duplicity and extortion perpetrated by the chief executive.

Liz Cheney had the strength to take on her whole political party at extreme cost to her career and life’s work. She refused to be manipulated by power or money to accept betrayal of our democracy by those in power.

Others that should be mentioned are Cassidy Hutchinson, a truth teller; Ruby Freeman and Shane Moss, brave Georgia election workers; and Teresa Shook, organizer of the Women’s March.

It continues to date with Fani Willis and Letitia James, who join a long list of women lawyers who exhibited the moral fiber to stand for the rule of law against the most powerful forces in our government.

In the month of December, let us give thanks and praise to these courageous women who are fighting for the soul of our country and the tens of thousands of extraordinary women who are bound and determined to save democracy from the forces of evil.

Ken Baldonieri

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