Trump and Sanders are rewriting the rules on money in politics - for now

Reuters/Jonathan Ernst A persistent question raised in this presidential election cycle is whether assumptions about American politics need to be rewritten, especially those related to money. The rise of self-funded Donald Trump and small-donor-supported Senator Bernie Sanders has led some to argue that we should worry much less about the harmful effects of money on politics. In my forthcoming book, Pay-to-Play Politics: How Money Defines the American Democracy, I show why the Supreme Court’...