Italy, 2

investors, 38, 41, 255

Jackson, Andrew (president), 82–83

jail, 143, 146, 156, 223–224, 251, 314

Japan, 12

Jaworski, Leon, 149

Jefferson, William J. (D-LA), 1, 43, 179, 251

Johnson, Lyndon B. (president), 146

Johnson, Mark, 117

Johnston, Michael, 4–6, 91n30, 106, 281, 284, 301n12

judges. See also courts, 199, 209–218, 220–225, 227–235, 236n8, 237n15

justice, 2, 6, 20, 80, 107, 114, 138, 148–150, 152, 169, 201, 258

K Street Project, 82, 314

Kansas City Star, 228

Keating Five, 81

Kentucky, 78, 85

kickbacks, 143–144, 215, 217, 220, 222

Kissinger, Henry, 151

Lakoff, George, 116–117, 120

lame duck, 78, 167

Lapira, Timothy, 182–183

Lavalle, Rita, 159

law, 6, 16, 44, 74, 86, 117, 122, 124n4, 124n7, 137, 139, 147, 153–154, 156–157, 161, 163–164, 169–170, 172, 180, 185–186, 199, 202, 209, 220, 222, 236n1, 249, 254, 257, 260, 283, 302n21, 317, 323–324

Le Doux, Joseph, 120

leaders

access to, 12

perception of, 24, 40, 44

trust in, 22

Lemann, Nicholas, 28

liberty, 17–18, 21, 139, 153, 155, 157, 201, 263

lie (untruth), 3, 65, 108, 126n22, 143, 147, 150, 163–164, 166, 169–170, 174n2

Lieberman, Joseph, 323

Lincoln, Abraham (president), 78–79, 81, 91n38, 140, 156, 169

lobby, 74, 188, 193, 200, 312–313, 315

Lobbyist Disclosure Act (LDA), 180–182

Lockwood, Brocton, 233

Lopez Torres, Margarita, 229–231

Lopez Torres v. N.Y. State Bd. of

Elections, 230–231

Los Angeles Times, 188

Madison, James, 4, 18, 20, 22, 137–140, 195, 197, 305–306, 323–324

Maine, 29

markets, 16, 22, 26, 127n25, 253, 306

self-regulating, 19

McCain, John, 50, 179, 181–182, 191, 198–199, 257–258

McConnell v. Federal Election

Commission, 309

McDermott, Rose, 118

McFarlane, Robert, 162, 164–166

media, 28, 44, 50, 52, 77, 111, 152–153, 179–180, 189, 192–193, 198–199, 202, 249, 252, 258, 279, 282, 297