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Michael Shumway "Mike" Lee was born on June 4, 1971 in Mesa, Arizona. He is an American politician and lawyer who is the junior United States Senator from Utah. A member of the Republican Party, Lee has served in the U.S. Senate since January 3, 2011. Lee is a graduate of Brigham Young University mostrar mais (BYU). He began his career as a clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah before serving as a clerk for future Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who was then a judge on the Third Circuit Court. He then entered private practice, with the Sidley Austin law firm, before coming back to his home state and working as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah, from 2002 to 2005. Lee then joined the administration of Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, serving as the general counsel from 2005 to 2006. Lee ran for the U.S. Senate in 2010. He won the general election on November 2, 2010 with 62 percent of the vote. He made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2015 with his title Our Lost Constitution: The Willful Subversion of America's Founding Document and in 2017 with Written Out of History: The Forgotten Founders Who Fought Big Government. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Obras de Mike Lee

Our Lost Constitution: The Willful Subversion of America's Founding Document (1672) 93 cópias

Our Lost Declaration: America's Fight Against Tyranny from King George to the Deep State (2019) 22 cópias

The Freedom Agenda: Why a Balanced Budget Amendment is Necessary to Restore Constitutional Government (2011) 15 cópias

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Nome de batismo: Lee, Michael Shumway
Data de nascimento: 1971-06-04
Sexo: male
Nacionalidade: USA
Local de nascimento: Mesa, Arizona, USA
Educação: Brigham Young University (BA|political science)
Brigham Young University (JD)
Ocupação: attorney
politician (United States senator)

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Written out of history : the forgotten founders who… de Mike Lee

Interesting portraits of various 'forgotten founders' and how their lives or points of view demonstrated a concern for an overreaching, centralized government: Aaron Burr (!), Luther Martin, Mercy Otis Warren, Canastego, Elbridge Gerry, Mum Bett, James Otis, and George Mason. The various stories are a bit uneven in quality, but not in interest. Still, this popular history is riddled with inaccuracies (Aaron Burr, for example, never served as Governor of New York), odd repetitions, and slightly misplaced emphases. The final chapter is an extended -- and unnecessary -- rant by the author against former President Obama and his policies, accompanied by a swipe or two at FDR. For me, this partisanship rather marred the effect of all that had preceded. (Some of Senator Lee's comments contra Alexander Hamilton, while perhaps topical, also seem misplaced.)… (mais)

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