by dorothy roberts.n torn apart, roberts argues and persuasively for the abolition of what she calls family policing. and in doing so upends our fixed ideas about the purpose and power of the so-called child welfare system and the 2022 los angeles times book for current interest goes to. dahlia lithwick. lady justice, women, the law and the battle to save. so i want to start by thanking the l.a. times, the amazing judges who have so graciously bestowed honor on me. and i also want to just take a minute to honor the extraordinary finalists in, this category, none of whom sleeps ever, and each of whom really is in their own way holding up the tent for democracy every day. so thank you to all of our. so. for about five and a half hours ago, the u.s. supreme court again briefly decided that the machinery of justice in america america would be deployed for at least a little while to give women equality and dignity under the law, as opposed to put them jail or limit them or demean or diminish or misery them, l