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1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 35 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Jo Anna Perrin. |
| Summary |
For two centuries, the Framers' ideas about 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. No case makes that clearer than Citizens United. 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. With unlimited spending transforming American politics for the worse, Citizens United was not just bad law but bad history.Corruption in America clearly shows that 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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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Political corruption -- United States -- History.
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Judicial corruption -- United States -- History.
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Political culture -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Perrin, Jo Anna, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781494527945 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1494527944 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11248978 |
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