{"product_id":"how-to-steal-a-presidential-lawrence-lessig-9780300270792","title":"How to Steal a Presidential Election","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom two distinguished experts on election law, an alarming look at how the American presidency could be stolen--by entirely legal means\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Their new book asks whether a second Trump attempt to subvert democracy could succeed. Their answer makes for uncomfortable reading.\"--Ed Pilkington, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Even in the fast and loose world of the Trump White House, the idea that a couple thousand disorganized protestors storming the U.S. Capitol might actually prevent a presidential succession was farfetched. Yet perfectly legal ways of overturning election results actually do exist, and they would allow a political party to install its own candidate in place of the true winner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lawrence Lessig and Matthew Seligman work through every option available for subverting a presumptively legitimate result--from vice-presidential intervention to election decertification and beyond. While many strategies would never pass constitutional muster, Lessig and Seligman explain how some might. They expose correctable weaknesses in the system, including one that could be corrected only by the Supreme Court. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Any strategy aimed at hacking a presidential election is a threat to democracy. This book is a clarion call to shore up the insecure system for electing the president before American democracy is forever compromised.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Lessig, Matthew Seligman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300270798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300270792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024","brand":"Lawrence Lessig","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45478326632703,"sku":"9780300270792","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3931b70-00ed-48a0-9dd2-b00002dc1c5e.jpg?v=1715934935","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-to-steal-a-presidential-lawrence-lessig-9780300270792","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}