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Winner of the American Bar Association's 2025 Silver Gavel Award
American presidents have often pushed the boundaries established for them by the Constitution; this is the inspirational history of the people who pushed back.
Brief description: Corey Brettschneider is a professor at Brown University, where he teaches constitutional law and politics. He has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Time. He is also the author of The Oath and the Office. He lives in New York.
Review Quotes: An inspired history dramatically rendered: the crises five past presidents inflicted on the nation and the moral sense, political skill, and persistence the people mustered to restore constitutional order. Richard Nixon's abuse of power, however, eluded recovery--why? The Presidents and the People supplies a guide and issues a warning.--Nancy L. Rosenblum, Senator Joseph Clark Research Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government, Harvard University, emerita