"How Could They Create a System That Would Be Most Likely to Be Filled with Men of Civic Virtue but Avoid Creating Temptations That Might Corrode That Virtue?"

"And all of it has happened, Teachout admonishes, because the founders' understanding of corruption has been methodically taken apart by a Supreme Court that cynically pretends to worship the founders' every word. 'We could lose our democracy in the process,' Teachout warns, a bit of hyperbole that maybe it’s time to start taking seriously."


Thomas Frank in The New York Times reviews Zephyr Teachout's Corruption in America: From Ben Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United.