The Last Line of Defense by Eric Schmitt

The Last Line of Defense

How to Beat the Left in Court

Eric Schmitt

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · August 19, 2025

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "My good friend, Eric Schmitt, former Attorney General, and now Senator, from the GREAT State of Missouri, has a wonderful new book just out, entitled, The Last Line of Defense, How to Beat the Left in Court.

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Who it’s for
Eric Schmitt recounts legal battles over federal policies and the lessons drawn.
Themes
Conservative legal strategy, Government overreach, Partisan political conflict
Genres
Courts & the Judiciary, Conservatism & Liberalism, Constitutional Law

About this book

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "My good friend, Eric Schmitt, former Attorney General, and now Senator, from the GREAT State of Missouri, has a wonderful new book just out, entitled, The Last Line of Defense, How to Beat the Left in Court. Eric is a FIGHTER, who beat back Biden’s disastrous Policies as A.G. and, in the U.S. Senate, has been working hard to defend our America First Agenda from the Radical Left.

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Get your copy today!" — President Donald Trump One of the Senate's leading conservatives reveals the key approaches needed for the Right to triumph over liberal lawyers and out-of-control judges. When Joe Biden took office, Eric Schmitt had been attorney general for just over two years and had been focused on tackling violent crime. As soon as he began to see the outrageous excesses of the Biden Administration, he and his team snapped into action, waging war on the Biden regimes' stunning attempts at government overreach, winning some of the most important fights in modern American history, helping set the stage for a return to commonsense in government. Now, in The Last Line of Defense, Senator Schmitt takes readers behind the scenes of those battles for the first time, talks about the lessons learned, and how conservatives can keep winning in court and beyond. He takes you inside some of his biggest wins against: · Mask mandates and vaccine mandates · Student debt forgiveness · Restrictions on Second Amendment rights · Soros-backed prosecutors · Woke ideology in our schools · Open borders · Attacks on free speech · The weaponization of government agencies With President Trump back in office and the Left fighting him at every turn, it's more important than ever to remember just how close we came to losing it all — and why we need to keep playing to win.

Courtroom Battles

Eric Schmitt recounts legal battles over federal policies and the lessons drawn.

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  • Behind-the-scenes accounts of the fight over student debt forgiveness.

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  • Coverage of restrictions on Second Amendment rights.

Where it sits

Conservatism & Liberalism38%
Courts & the Judiciary36%
Constitutional Law19%

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  • Political Lives
  • Constitutional Law
  • General Practice Law
  • Civil Rights
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  • Courts & the Judiciary
  • Conservatism & Liberalism
Authors
Eric Schmitt
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
August 19, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Conservative legal strategy · Government overreach · Partisan political conflict
Reading lane
Political Lives