Imagine an American president who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy, and tried to upend the rule of law so that he could commit crimes with impunity.  You may think this narrative speaks only to the present, but in fact history shows that American presidents have often pushed the boundaries established for them by the Constitution.  In “The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It”, constitutional law and political science professor Corey Brettschneider provides a compelling account of assaults on democracy by five past presidents: John Adams, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Woodrow Wilson, and Richard Nixon.  So, he tells us do not look to the courts or Congress to save the constitutional order.  If our history is a guide, we, the people, need to do it.  Are we up to the task?  We discuss today in this engaging discussion.