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Corruption Blooming Like Algae in the Reflecting Pool

June 24, 2026 · 42 min

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Checks & Balances is a podcast of the Society for the Rule of Law Institute.

The former White House "Ethics Czar," U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic, and co-founder and Executive Director of the Democracy Defenders Fund, Norm Eisen, joins Gregg Nunziata on the Checks & Balances podcast for a discussion about corruption, what real reform would require, how the courts are holding up, and finding common cause across the ideological divide.

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