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The Truth with Lisa Boothe: The Last Line of Defense with Senator Eric Schmitt

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

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Politics, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, Daily News

4.511.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Lisa interviews Senator Eric Schmitt about his book, "The Last Line of Defense." They discuss how the left uses the courts to advance its agenda and the importance of conservatives fighting back through strategic litigation.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:04.5

Welcome to The Truth with Lisa Booth, where we get to the heart of the issues that matter to you.

0:10.2

Today, we're joined by Senator Eric Schmidt, author of the new book, The Last Line of Defense, How to Beat the Left in Court.

0:17.3

From exposing big tech censorship in Missouri versus. Biden to fighting woke ideology and open

0:23.0

borders, he shares battle-tested strategies for conservative victories in court. So we'll dive into

0:29.5

his book. We'll tackle the Russia hoax. We'll also explore why the courts are the ultimate

0:34.3

battleground for America's freedoms. Let's get to it with Senator Eric Schmidt.

0:43.0

Well, Senator Eric Schmidt, it's great to have you on. We were just talking about how I had you on

0:47.8

when you were the Missouri Attorney General and then also after you've been elected. So it's

0:53.3

great to see all the amazing things that you've been doing. And I'm looking forward to digging into this book that you're out with now. So appreciate you making the time, sir. Yeah, it's great to be back with you, Lisa. So do you think it'd be fair? So the book's called The Last Line of Defense, how to be the left in court. Is it, is it fair to say that the left is more litigious than the right tends to be?

1:13.1

Yeah, I think so. And I think for a long time, conservatives kind of ceded a lot of that territory.

1:17.6

I mean, look, more lawyers are left-leaning than right-leaning for a long time. Even when I was in law

1:23.3

school in the late 90s, there were still this discussion of a living constitution, all this nonsense.

1:29.0

But I think conservatives now and why I wrote the book, The Last Line Defense, we need to be

1:35.0

prepared to fight on all fronts. And the courtroom is another one of those fronts. So you've got

1:39.1

the legislative fights that are that are always out there. You've got the court of public opinion,

1:43.6

of course. You've got the executive branch.

1:45.5

But the courts, I think, are really important.

1:47.0

And what this book is, the last line of defense, how you beat the left in court, which

1:51.2

you can get on Amazon right now, it's really kind of a field manual from the front lines

1:55.3

of the battle against the left wing lawfare machine when I was attorney general in

1:59.6

Missouri.

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