It was getting mighty scary out there.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a shot across the bow earlier this week to those seeking to commit crimes against American women. In a statement, the head of the Justice Department asserted: “We will protect women in prison. We will protect women in sports. We will protect women throughout this country.”
Leaving no room for confusion, Ms. Bondi elaborated on two incidents in the Pine Tree State that have raised presidential hackles. The first involves Maine suing the Trump administration for removing federal funding over a transgender athlete being allowed to participate in high school girls’ sports.
The second dispute is over women who are incarcerated. “[W]e pulled all non-essential funding from the Department of Corrections in Maine because they were allowing a man in a…