Professor Zephyr Teachout’s book on corruption in the United States was mentioned in a Salon article.
In a corrupt system, the line between legal and illegal becomes increasingly blurred, and some conduct that may have been considered corrupt and criminal throughout most of American history has become perfectly legal today — as Zephyr Teachout, law professor at Fordham University, revealed in her book, “Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizens United.”