Mike Signer

Mike Signer is an attorney, author, former mayor, husband, and dad. A vivid, first-person chronicle of the terror and mayhem of the August 2017 Unite the Right event that reveals how issues of extremism are affecting not just one city but the nation itself. [D]eeply introspective [Signer] offers a thorough analysis of the shortcomings of First Amen... dment law and the failures of policing. He emerges as a well-intentioned, proactive figurehead A complex, disturbing, valuable tale of racial disharmony, government failure, and one mans frantic attempts to save the day. [A] worthy memoir a reflective insider account [that] raise[s] thoughtful questions with no easy answers Fascinating... Full of ideas, well-organized, crisply written really a warts-and-all acknowledgement of what went wrong... taking a step back and putting [Charlottesville] in context with the First Amendment and political theory quite effectively... helping you realize that our government, our Constitution, a whole lot of things we take for granted, are also part of the debate when rallies like this happen, and they're happening every day in America." [O]ffers a first-person chronicle of events that dramatically pits the First Amendment (free speech) against public order. How are they reconciled? That to a great extent is Signers story. His narrative adds a much needed depth and perception stress[ing] where American democracy stands in light of Charlottesville and continuing racial events of today. in January 2021, Mike was interviewed by Poppy Harlow of CNN about violent white nationalism and failed security plans during the insurrection in Washington. In January 2021, Mike wrote an essay for The Atlantic titled How to Break the Demagogue Cycle, explaining the historical roots of the Constitutions remedy of disqualification, that, after impeachment and conviction, would prevent Donald Trump from ever running for president again. In October 2020, Mike wrote an article for a special issue of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas about democracy in the age ...Read More