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Corey Brettschneider, The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It
Corey Brettschneider is a professor at Brown University, where he teaches constitutional law and politics. He has written for The New York Times, Politico, The Washington Post, and Time, and is the author of the books The Presidents and the People and The Oath and the Office. He lives in New York.
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