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posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday August 12 2015, @03:43PM   Printer-friendly

A familiar name to many in this community; Lawrence Lessig is considering a run at US President.

For those unaware, Lessig is a prominent advocate for copyright/trademark and campaign finance reform.

From the article:

Lessig, a Harvard law professor and government reform activist, announced Tuesday morning that he was launching a presidential exploratory committee to run as what he called a "referendum president" with the chief purpose of enacting sweeping changes to the nation's political system and ethics laws.

"Until we find a way to fix the rigged system, none of the other things that people talk about doing are going to be possible," Lessig said in an interview with The Washington Post, borrowing a phrase that has become Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's rallying cry. "We have this fantasy politics right now where people are talking about all the wonderful things they're going to do while we know these things can't happen inside the rigged system."


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by MrGuy on Wednesday August 12 2015, @05:05PM

    by MrGuy (1007) on Wednesday August 12 2015, @05:05PM (#221760)

    Let's be honest. I generally admire Lawrence Lessig on a wide variety of issues. And while he's saying all the right things here, I doubt very much that even he really thinks he's a realistic candidate for president. Particularly when his platform is basically a "stunt" presidency.

    I'm all for getting his message out there, and there's a non-zero chance that this could have a Trump-like effect of getting some news cycles from a vocal minority fed up with "the way things work." But let's be honest. This isn't a serious candidacy.

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