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.

"Corey Brettschneider traces a stunning pattern right across American history. Again and again, brave citizens wielded the Constitution against power, arrogance and racism to save the republic. The Presidents and the People challenges our conventional wisdom about the presidents, the people, the courts and democracy itself. Deeply researched, beautifully written, dramatic, wise and inspiring—a must-read for scholars, citizens and anyone interested in how the United States really works."

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.

"Corey Brettschneider traces a stunning pattern right across American history. Again and again, brave citizens wielded the Constitution against power, arrogance and racism to save the republic. The Presidents and the People challenges our conventional wisdom about the presidents, the people, the courts and democracy itself. Deeply researched, beautifully written, dramatic, wise and inspiring—a must-read for scholars, citizens and anyone interested in how the United States really works."

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.

"Corey Brettschneider traces a stunning pattern right across American history. Again and again, brave citizens wielded the Constitution against power, arrogance and racism to save the republic. The Presidents and the People challenges our conventional wisdom about the presidents, the people, the courts and democracy itself. Deeply researched, beautifully written, dramatic, wise and inspiring—a must-read for scholars, citizens and anyone interested in how the United States really works."