{"product_id":"allow-me-to-retort-a-black-guys-guide-to-the-constitution-9781620977637","title":"Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller that has cemented Elie Mystal's reputation as one of our sharpest and most acerbic legal minds\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Elie Mystal went on \u003cem\u003eThe View\u003c\/em\u003e to discuss the hardcover of \u003cem\u003eAllow Me to Retort\u003c\/em\u003e and called the Constitution \"trash,\" the internet exploded. Media from \u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eBlack News Tonight\u003c\/em\u003e covered it, and the book shot up bestsellers lists at the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, Bookshop.org, Amazon, and elsewhere. \u003c\/p\u003e\t \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow this \"pugnacious and entertaining critique of conservative interpretations of the Constitution\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e) is available in an affordable paperback edition. In chapters ranging from \"Why You Can't Punch a Cop\" and \"It's Not Unusual to Be Cruel\" to \"Everything You Know About the Second Amendment Is Wrong\" and \"The Abortion Chapter,\" the legal commentator that Samantha Bee calls \"irrepressible and righteously indignant\" weighs in on every hot-button issue facing the country (and the Supreme Court) today. As the \u003cem\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/em\u003e observed, \"It is impossible to enjoy reading the Constitution more than through the searing perspective of the brilliant Twainesque humor of Elie Mystal in \u003cem\u003eAllow Me to Retort.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalled \"the funniest lawyer in America\" by Matt Levine of \u003cem\u003eBloomberg Opinion\u003c\/em\u003e, Mystal brings the same tactics he uses to defend the idea of a fair and equal society on MSNBC and CNN to what \u003cem\u003eWashington Lawyer\u003c\/em\u003e calls a \"witty, profane, and well-argued\" book that lays bare the truth of the Republican project to keep America forever tethered to its slaveholding past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620977637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Elie Mystal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769755242677,"sku":"9781620977637","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4de76fcd-8dd8-4a68-b420-24908fd4efef.jpg?v=1678836889","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/allow-me-to-retort-a-black-guys-guide-to-the-constitution-9781620977637","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}