James Sample Writes Op-Ed for Verdict

Mar 13, 2025

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James Sample

Hofstra Law Professor James Sample penned the op-ed “Bribery Enters its Golden Age,” published recently on the website Verdict.



Verdict publishes legal analysis and commentary from Justia.com


Excerpt:

In a more rational time, the transfer of millions of meme-coin laundered dollars to political leaders’ personal coffers would be an existential scandal. The same would be true of political leaders extracting policy support in exchange for abandoning unrelated criminal prosecutions. Likewise, for “gratuities” paid to government officials by government contractors. Each individual instance is a serious concern. Yet collectively, even more is at stake. When such patently transactional approaches to the rule of law become standard practice, democracy stands to lose more than individual cases. It stands to lose the cause itself.

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James Sample

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Professor Sample regularly comments on voting rights and constitutional issues in leading media outlets.

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