Citizens United

While some still believe the United States is the greatest democracy on Earth, the US is actually a plutocracy, a government ruled by the wealthiest.

The Supreme Court's majority ruled that a government of, by, and for the wealthy isn't corrupt.

Dr. Zogby: "I thought of Russell Conwell's bizarre nineteenth-century theological glorification of wealth this past week when the Supreme Court removed one of the last remaining limits on the …

John Roberts knows he was appointed to be a Supreme Court justice for one reason: to decide relevant cases on behalf of corporate interests, which he has done with …

The McCutcheon decision will boost the political power of the one percent at the expense of the rest of us. But it also adds to the urgency of the …

The McCutcheon decision appears to acknowledge that big donations to independent Super PACs can be useful to candidates — and arguably, pose a risk of corruption.

Campaign finance watchdogs now estimate that a single wealthy donor could spread up to $3.6 million during a single election cycle.

The US compares unfavorably to the many European countries that succeed in limiting the influence of corporate and other money in elections.

This week Bill speaks with investigative journalists Kim Barker and Andy Kroll about the role of dark money - and the wealthy donors behind it - in this year's …

Buying and selling political influence is a consensual crime with a radically different nature. Enforcing laws against this crime is practically impossible.