by Alex Marlow
First published 2025
Alex Marlow argues that America's legal system has become a political weapon aimed at Donald Trump and the conservative movement. The Breitbart editor-in-chief traces how the political left has transformed courts into tools for advancing their agenda, just as they previously captured corporate media, universities, and cultural institutions. Marlow explores the history of "lawfare" and exposes the network of donors, activists, and organizations that enable this legal warfare. He challenges claims that progressives ever respected the rule of law and reveals how they systematically exploit judicial processes for partisan ends. The book demonstrates that these legal attacks on Trump represent a broader threat to American justice itself. Marlow warns that conservative citizens will face similar targeting and provides strategies for combating this expansion of politicized prosecution before it destroys the foundation of equal justice under law.
Genres: american, political-science, politics, non-fiction, 21st-century, law
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers
Setting: America
Period: 21st-century
288 pages · Hardcover · Threshold Editions