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Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It

by Lawrence Lessig

Trust in our government has reached an all-time low. More than ever before, Americans believe that money buys results in Congress, and that business interests wield control over our legislature. Explore the issues in terms that nonwonks can understand, using real-world analogies and real human stories. Read the plan widespread mobilization and a new Constitutional Convention, presenting achievable solutions for regaining control of our corrupted-but redeemable-representational system.

Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United

by Zephyr Teachout

For two centuries the found framers' ideas about broad understanding of political corruption flourished in the courts, even in the absence of clear rules governing voters, civil officers, and elected officials. In the 1970s the U.S. Supreme Court began to narrow the definition of corruption, and the meaning has since changed dramatically. 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. The majority opinion treated corruption as nothing more than explicit bribery, a narrow conception later echoed in deciding McCutcheon v. FEC in 2014. Unlimited spending has transformed 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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    • House: Government By the People Act (HR-20)
    • House: Empowering Citizens Act (HR-424)
    • Proposal: The American Anti-corruption Act
    • Proposal: Political Money Reform Proposal
    • Proposal: Taxation Only With Representation Act


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