The Last Line of Defense: How to Beat the Left in Court

by Eric Schmitt

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. 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

· 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.

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Published August 19, 2025

Reviews

[Esme · Rating 1 out of 5]

hot garbage

[Kathleen Pappas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I gave this book 5 stars because I like the author, and assumed his account of successful trials as Missouri's AG would be a good read. Sen. Schmitt did not disappoint. Beginning with a series he refers to as "the Covid Wars", Schmitt and his team on behalf of their constituents challenged the "medical experts" and mainstream information regarding Covid's origin, vaccine and mask mandates in local schools. The team even filed suit holding China responsible for misleading the world about Covid and for hoarding protective equipment. The federal court ruled in favor, awarding $24 billion in damages to the state, recouped by seizing Chinese-owned assets including farmland. Other cases included challenges to Biden's reversals of Trump immigration policies: the Wall's dismantling, Title 42 which had been stopped. The AG team also took on the student loan forgiveness program, CRT, DEI, climate alarmists. But their most significant endeavor and win was "Missouri v Biden", the most important free speech case in history, involving the attempted creation of the "Ministry of Truth", and the collusion of Biden administration officials with Big Tech to censor we the people. If you can read just two chapters in this book, these are it. While the subject and issues may not appeal to some, and the politics not in alignment with others, the resulting history is important.

[Tami Lashchyk · Rating 5 out of 5]

An Inspiring Plan of Action

Thank you Senator Schmitt for not only writing this book but for fighting for us at a time when weren’t yet awake and aware. My deepest gratitude for holding the line and removing the govt’s boot from our necks so that we too can now join the fight . Because of you America isn’t yet lost and we live to fight another day.

[Marilyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

What Eric Schmitt has done for Missouri and now for the sake of American Citizens is UNBELIEVABLE!
Stay Strong, Stay Committed, and Keep on fighting!
God Bless You!