Dr. Jodi Vittori

But this was supposed to be one of the means that you limited corruption, you limited oligarchy in whatever year, past 1920, whatever. This was one of the major reforms. And it was an amendment that passed incredibly rapidly. So it was hard. It's not impossible. But with some of the Supreme Court decisions that have come down, Trump versus the United States is probably the most frightening one.

And then, you know, movements to to reform the Supreme Court itself. You know, who gets to pick the judges, maybe having a certain term limits on the court. You know, people so many years and then go back to their old courts, for example. So you have a constant rotation or giving every president to.

And then, you know, movements to to reform the Supreme Court itself. You know, who gets to pick the judges, maybe having a certain term limits on the court. You know, people so many years and then go back to their old courts, for example. So you have a constant rotation or giving every president to.

And then, you know, movements to to reform the Supreme Court itself. You know, who gets to pick the judges, maybe having a certain term limits on the court. You know, people so many years and then go back to their old courts, for example. So you have a constant rotation or giving every president to.

know two two justices that come in so that you're not always having this major fight um so these are some of the standard things that really stand out and a lot of the just the campaign finance reform sort of things that were there in the past sort of getting back to the original founders um limiting lobbying there the you know lobbying was not an enforceable contract in the united states in the 1870s per the supreme court it wasn't criminal

know two two justices that come in so that you're not always having this major fight um so these are some of the standard things that really stand out and a lot of the just the campaign finance reform sort of things that were there in the past sort of getting back to the original founders um limiting lobbying there the you know lobbying was not an enforceable contract in the united states in the 1870s per the supreme court it wasn't criminal

know two two justices that come in so that you're not always having this major fight um so these are some of the standard things that really stand out and a lot of the just the campaign finance reform sort of things that were there in the past sort of getting back to the original founders um limiting lobbying there the you know lobbying was not an enforceable contract in the united states in the 1870s per the supreme court it wasn't criminal

But if you got double-crossed by, you know, if you paid a lobbyist and then the lobbyist felt like they didn't get paid enough, they couldn't take you to court because it wasn't considered a enforceable contract because you were monetizing your citizenship.

But if you got double-crossed by, you know, if you paid a lobbyist and then the lobbyist felt like they didn't get paid enough, they couldn't take you to court because it wasn't considered a enforceable contract because you were monetizing your citizenship.

But if you got double-crossed by, you know, if you paid a lobbyist and then the lobbyist felt like they didn't get paid enough, they couldn't take you to court because it wasn't considered a enforceable contract because you were monetizing your citizenship.

It starts to change. It's affirmed by the Supreme Court up to the 1870s. And then starting in the 1930s is really where this starts sort of like bit by bit sort of getting taken apart. And then it really hits gangbusters after 2010.

It starts to change. It's affirmed by the Supreme Court up to the 1870s. And then starting in the 1930s is really where this starts sort of like bit by bit sort of getting taken apart. And then it really hits gangbusters after 2010.

It starts to change. It's affirmed by the Supreme Court up to the 1870s. And then starting in the 1930s is really where this starts sort of like bit by bit sort of getting taken apart. And then it really hits gangbusters after 2010.

And that's where we really start getting back to our original discussion of the concerns about kleptocracy. Where in a kleptocracy, the institutions of the state are morphed in a way that the national interest, the interest of the citizens at best are secondary. They're definitely not the primary. And that goes for domestic politics, foreign politics. They're definitely not secondary.

And that's where we really start getting back to our original discussion of the concerns about kleptocracy. Where in a kleptocracy, the institutions of the state are morphed in a way that the national interest, the interest of the citizens at best are secondary. They're definitely not the primary. And that goes for domestic politics, foreign politics. They're definitely not secondary.

And that's where we really start getting back to our original discussion of the concerns about kleptocracy. Where in a kleptocracy, the institutions of the state are morphed in a way that the national interest, the interest of the citizens at best are secondary. They're definitely not the primary. And that goes for domestic politics, foreign politics. They're definitely not secondary.

Maybe tertiary. In some states, like Democratic Republic of Congo or something, they don't even show up. They're not, you know, they're not even there. And so your discussion about different lobbyists for different industries arguing with each other Where does a citizen go to have their interests brought forward?

Maybe tertiary. In some states, like Democratic Republic of Congo or something, they don't even show up. They're not, you know, they're not even there. And so your discussion about different lobbyists for different industries arguing with each other Where does a citizen go to have their interests brought forward?

Maybe tertiary. In some states, like Democratic Republic of Congo or something, they don't even show up. They're not, you know, they're not even there. And so your discussion about different lobbyists for different industries arguing with each other Where does a citizen go to have their interests brought forward?

There are some controversial studies that say citizens actually have very little influence on government. Those are controversial, and there's a lot of legitimate arguments that the methodology was flawed in those particular studies. But certainly we've seen the realm where money seems to at least buy more influence.