Who will speak for you?

Good for Janet Mills, the governor of Maine. On Friday, at the White House, she did something that too many politicians have been afraid to do. She stood up to President Donald Trump and stood for the rule of law. The issue was Trump’s threat to cut off federal funding for public education unless states comply with a recent executive order barring transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports teams. On Friday, the Civil Rights Office of the soon-to-be dismantled Department of Education — which used to be in the business of protecting discrete and insular minorities — announced that...

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