{"product_id":"9781250269577","title":"Defender in Chief : Donald Trump's Fight for Presidential Power","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eDefender in Chief\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): John Yoo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDefender in Chief\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrated constitutional scholar John Yoo makes a provocative case against Donald Trump's alleged disruption of constitutional rules and norms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonald Trump isn't shredding the Constitution—he's its greatest defender.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsk any liberal—and many moderate conservatives—and they'll tell you that Donald Trump is a threat to the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution. Mainstream media outlets have reported fresh examples of alleged executive overreach or authoritarian White House decisions nearly every day of his presidency. In the 2020 primaries, the candidates have rushed to accuse Trump  of destroying our democracy and jeopardizing our nation's very existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoo argues that this charge has things exactly backwards.  Far from considering Trump an inherent threat to our nation's founding principles, Yoo convincingly argues that Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Hamilton would have seen Trump as returning to their vision of presidential power, even at his most controversial.  It is instead liberal opponents who would overthrow existing constitutional understanding in order to unseat Trump, but in getting their man would inflict permanent damage on the office of the presidency, the most important office in our constitutional system and the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis provocative and engaging work is a compelling defense of an embattled president's ideas and actions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Donald Trump’s critics claim that he ignores the Constitution. But in a persuasive analysis, constitutional scholar John Yoo argues just the opposite. Trump may be an unlikely constitutionalist, but he certainly has done more than recent presidents in restoring executive powers as originally envisioned by the Founders from insidious encroachment by a progressive Congress and courts...An engaging, completely original, and superbly researched and argued analysis from one of America’s top legal minds that elevates the debate through Yoo’s mastery of history, jurisprudence, and dispassionate scholarship.”\u003cbr\u003e––Victor Davis Hanson, the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Case for Trump\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Dreaded as a destructive demagogue, Donald Trump turns out to be a historically significant defender of the American constitutional order, of the Framers’ unique vision of executive vigor mindful of the law’s limits. No one could better elucidate this unlikely and welcome development than John Yoo, a Trump-skeptic and vitally important scholar of presidential power in our constitutional order. \u003ci\u003eDefender in Chief\u003c\/i\u003e is timely, brilliantly argued, and ultimately persuasive.” \u003cbr\u003e ––Andrew C. McCarthy, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e contributing editor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Why defend presidential power? Because, as counterintuitive as it might seem, energy in the executive actually advances individual freedom by curbing the threats of legislative and bureaucratic tyranny. The Founders understood this, and John Yoo’s \u003ci\u003eDefender in Chief\u003c\/i\u003e is an important reminder of the delicate balance of power our Constitution strikes.”\u003cbr\u003e ––Leonard Leo, co-chairman of the board of directors of the Federalist Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250269577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"All Points Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40713198239950,"sku":"9781250269577","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_94ec0460-3f60-40cf-9233-e2cdad4270ef.jpg?v=1640842311","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250269577","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}