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Mark Levin
Levin at an Americans for Prosperity conference in 2011
BornMark Reed Levin
(1957-09-21) September 21, 1957 (age 67)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Career
ShowThe Mark Levin Show
StationWABC
NetworkCumulus Media Networks
Time slot6-9 p.m. EST
StyleTalk radio
CountryUnited States
Websitemarklevinshow.com

Mark Reed Levin (born September 21, 1957) is an American lawyer, author, and the host of American syndicated radio show The Mark Levin Show. Levin worked in the administration of President Ronald Reagan and was a chief of staff for Attorney General Edwin Meese. He is president of the Landmark Legal Foundation, has authored five books and contributes commentary to various media outlets such as National Review Online. He pronounces his name with the stress on the second syllable, leVIN.

Biography

Mark Reed Levin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in Erdenheim and Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. His father, Jack E. Levin, is the author of several books. He graduated from Cheltenham High School after three years in 1974. After high school, Levin enrolled at Temple University Ambler including summer classes and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1977 at age 19, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Levin won election to the Cheltenham school board in 1977 on a platform of reducing property taxes. In 1980, Levin earned a juris doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law. Levin worked for Texas Instruments after law school.

Beginning in 1981, Levin served as advisor to several members of President Ronald Reagan's cabinet, eventually becoming Associate Director of Presidential Personnel and ultimately Chief of Staff to Attorney General Edwin Meese; Levin also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education, and Deputy Solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

He practiced law in the private sector and is president of Landmark Legal Foundation, a public interest law firm founded in 1976 and based in Leesburg, Virginia.

Levin has participated in Freedom Concerts, an annual benefit concert to aid families of fallen soldiers, and he uses his radio program to promote aid to military families. Levin is also involved with Troopathon, a charity which sends care packages to soldiers serving overseas.

In 2001, the American Conservative Union awarded Levin its Ronald Reagan Award.

Radio broadcasting

Levin speaks at the 2011 Defending the American Dream Conference hosted by Americans for Prosperity.
See also: The Mark Levin Show

Levin began his broadcast career as a guest on conservative talk radio programs. For many years he was a frequent contributor of legal opinions to The Rush Limbaugh Show, where Limbaugh referred to him on-air as "F. Lee Levin," a tongue-in-cheek reference to the famous defense attorney F. Lee Bailey. He was also a contributor to The Sean Hannity Show and eventually got a radio slot of his own on WABC, following Sean Hannity's program. Hannity has nicknamed Mark Levin "The Great One." Levin and Hannity remain frequent contributors to each other's programs. He is a leading conservative commentator, ranked 4–6 position nationally among talk radio programs, with a minimum of 7.75 million total weekly listenership according to talkers.com."

Writer

Men In Black: How The Supreme Court is Destroying America

Levin authored the 2005 book Men In Black: How The Supreme Court Is Destroying America, in which he advanced his thesis that activist judges on the Supreme Court (from all parts of the political spectrum) have "legislated from the bench." In a review of Men in Black, Commentary magazine's Dan Seligman wrote that Levin asks readers "to identify with 'originalists' who look to the text of the Constitution and the intent of its framers, and to reject the 'activists' who construe the Constitution broadly and are more concerned with getting to their own 'desired outcomes'."

Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish

In 2007, Levin released a book about his dogs, Pepsi and Sprite. Specifically, the book was about Sprite, a Spaniel mix that his wife and son persuaded him to adopt from the local shelter in 2004. The book was titled Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish. Rescuing Sprite chronicles Sprite’s health deterioration in 2006 and how Levin and his family dealt with their loss.

Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto

Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto was released on March 24, 2009, and became a #1 New York Times best seller for eleven of twelve weeks, as well as No. 1 on Nielsen's BookScan. It comes in at No. 2 on Amazon.com's list of bestselling books of 2009. The book includes discussion of a variety of issues that, according to Levin, need to be addressed in the United States. Liberty and Tyranny has sold over one million copies according to Threshold Editions, the book's publisher. Former federal prosecutor and fellow National Review Online author Andrew C. McCarthy wrote of Liberty and Tyranny in The New Criterion: "Levin offers not so much a defense as a plan of attack" against "America's Leftist ascendancy".McCarthy, Andrew (May 2009). "The Work of Generations". New Criterion. Retrieved 2009-10-08. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America

Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America was released January 17, 2012. In Ameritopia, Levin discusses the origins and development of both the modern day conservative and liberal political philosophies through the works of some of the leading figures in American history. Levin uses the term "Ameritopia" to describe the United States as having become a "post-Constitutional" country. Included are commentaries on works by Plato, Sir Thomas More, Thomas Hobbes, Karl Marx, John Locke, Charles de Montesquieu and Alexis de Tocqueville.

The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic

The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic was released on August 13, 2013. In the book Levin calls for an as set forth in Article V, Section II of the Constitution.

References

  1. "Mark R. Levin Archive, National Review Online". Retrieved 2011-04-24.
  2. Jack E. Levin. "Jack E. Levin | Official Publisher Page". Authors.simonandschuster.com. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  3. "Cheltenham alumni website". Cheltenhamalumni.org. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  4. ^ Carey, Art (July 16, 2009). "Looking at liberty and tyranny: Author and radio host Mark Levin offers a conservative view". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
  5. Mark R. Levin bio by National Review
  6. Jeffrey, Terence P.; Ryskind, Allan H. (October 2, 2006). "Mark Levin Takes Talk Radio by Storm". Human Events. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  7. Limbaugh, Rush (November 16, 2007). "Mark Levin In-Studio on "Rescuing Sprite"". The Rush Limbaugh Show. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
  8. Levin, Rescuing Sprite, p. 9.
  9. "Sean Hannity, Freedom Concert comes to Nokia Theatre".
  10. "Montgomery Gentry loves country and sings for "Freedom"". New York Daily News. 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  11. "Troopathon Homepage". Move America Forward. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  12. "Ronald Reagan Award Presented to Landmark's President Mark Levin". Landmark Legal Foundation. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  13. Mark Levin Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  14. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  15. http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/men-in-black-by-mark-r-levin/.
  16. "Hardcover Nonfiction". The New York Times. 2009-06-21.
  17. Nielsens Bookscan Liberty and Tyranny, April 9, 2009
  18. "Customers' Bestsellers: Top 100 Books". Amazon.com. 2009. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  19. Vivian, Jordan (2009-09-15). "Liberty and Tyranny Sells a Million". Human Events. Retrieved 2009-09-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  20. "Mark Levin on 'Ameritopia:' 'We Now Live in a Post-Constitutional Country'".
  21. "Why Mainstream Media Ignores Conservative Bestsellers". The Atlantic. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

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