Who is Lawrence Lessig, and why is he running for president?

christian science monitor ^ | 8-11-15 | Jessica Mendoza

[FlJoePa]

Come Labor Day, a Harvard law professor may be running for president.

Lawrence Lessig announced on Tuesday he is exploring a bid for the White House that would rely on funds crowdsourced from the Internet and would focus on a single agenda: “unrigging the political system.” Part political experiment, part advocacy, the campaign seeks to highlight corruption in the democratic process – and to send Professor Lessig into the nation’s highest office to fix it.

"Most Americans think the way we fund campaigns for America is crazy corrupt," according to Lessig’s launch video. "A representative democracy is supposed to represent us … but sometimes it gets stuck and can’t hear us." Recommended: Beyond Hillary Clinton: 7 other Democrats possibly (or definitely) running for president

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Lessig’s only agenda as president would be to get Congress to pass the Citizen Equality Act of 2017, a bill to increase voter rights, introduce new methods for electing representatives, and push for greater citizen funding.

If he raises at least $1 million by Sept. 7, Lessig says he will resign from his post at Harvard and start campaigning for the Democratic nomination. He would, however, only be a “referendum president,” vowing to resign from office and turn the presidency over to the elected vice president once the agenda is passed. By electing a one-issue president, he argues, the American people would send an unmistakable mandate to Congress.

[FlJoePa]

Larry...Larry...Larry. I remember when you were a conservative/libertarian. That was a LONG time ago, huh?

[redfreedom]

“the American people would send an unmistakable mandate to Congress.”

I think this has already happened the last two election cycles with the net result of the voter being flipped off.

What this clown does not realize is the fox is in charge of the chicken coop.

[DJ Frisat]

Expanded voter rights?

Like restoring the value of my vote by requiring proof-of-voter eligibility through the use of a valid registration/ID process that eliminates fraud and prevents ineligible people or non-citizens from voting?

Didn’t think so...