Corruption in America: from Benjamin Franklin's snuff box to Citizens United
(Book)
In 2010, one of the most consequential Court decisions in American political history gave wealthy corporations the right to spend unlimited money to influence elections. Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority opinion treated corruption as nothing more than explicit bribery, a narrow conception later echoed by Chief Justice Roberts in deciding McCutcheon v. FEC in 2014. With unlimited spending transforming American politics for the worse, warns Zephyr Teachout, Citizens United and McCutcheon were not just bad law but bad history. If the American experiment in self-government is to have a future, then we must revive the traditional meaning of corruption and embrace an old ideal.
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Teachout, Z. (2014). Corruption in America: from Benjamin Franklin's snuff box to Citizens United. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Teachout, Zephyr. 2014. Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Teachout, Zephyr, Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Teachout, Zephyr. Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2014.
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