Maine's governor, who has a long history of facing tough guys in the courtroom and in politics, finds herself in an unprecedented moment with the nation watching.

See you in court.” With those four words, Gov. Janet Mills went from a 77-year-old governor serving the last two years of her final term in a lightly populated state to an unlikely heroine of the Trump resistance.

Hours after President Trump publicly sparred with Mills, the Democrat released a statement warning Americans that “the rule of law” is at stake.