Zephyr Teachout on Corruption in America

Law professor and political organizer Zephyr Teachout explores political corruption and how the courts have defined it throughout history—from Benjamin Franklin’s snuff box to Citizens United.
Teachout is the author of Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizens United.

[southend]

Watching this on the day the Clarence Thomas corruption news broke. Teachout was on this forever ago.

[icgantshat]

Absolutely incredible. She needs to be our next president.

[FromTheHeart]

If one admits, as our era does since the Renaissance reinforced by Hobbes, Locke, etc, that man is a wolf to man, ... that the end justifies the means, etc...you have there the poisonned seeds of corruption. The rest is a matter of degree, both in time and geography. The question then is not corruption yes or no. It is: what proportion can the system live with. It's the frog in a lukewarm water bucket on a stove dilemma.

[americanenglishcoach]

Trump has done exactly what the founders were worried about - using the power of office for personal gains. Impeach > Convict/Remove > Flush (even if it takes ten to fifteen times)

[markbrowder]

ok, four minutes in and still waiting for it to start