Lawrence Lessig

Lessig in Medium: Rules for a constitutional crisis

January 30, 2017 by Michael Boyle

Lawrence Lessig will always be a hero to digital natives young and old, and even when he has moved to other things (the pervasive corruption of money in politics, among others), he can be counted on for wise words.

Today in Medium he wrote the following:

He has no understanding of his place in the constitutional order. His White House has run amuck, issuing diktats without advice from either the State Department or the Department of Justice. He has no discipline. He has no understanding. And he feels himself constrained by nothing—save the pathologically thin skin that controls him as meth controls an addict. He is constitutionally compromised, and unqualified to be President.

Source: Rules for a constitutional crisis – Medium

The whole piece is worth a read.

Lessig for Congress?

February 20, 2008 by Michael Boyle

In the past couple of weeks there has been an increasingly organized movement to draft renowned copyfighter Lawrence Lessig to run for Congress in the California 12th district. Lessig himself is considering it and says, “that decision will be made soon.” One of the more interesting aspects of his possible run is that Lessig recently committed to switching gears to deal with governance and corruption issues instead of focusing on copyright and related issues. It goes without saying that I and thousands like me would love the idea of a guy like Lessig in Congress. There are many fine Congresspeople, but still relatively few that have a real handle on some of the most important issues of the day.

Big Brother, the candidate

May 28, 2004 by Michael Boyle

Big Brother, the candidate

Lawrence Lessig reports that Illinois Senate candidate Jack Ryan has someone following and videotaping his opponent around the clock. Prof Lessig suggests that Ryan doesn’t understand the digital age; I would suggest that he understands it all too well.

Prof. Lawrence Lessig

October 15, 2002 by Michael Boyle

Prof. Lawrence Lessig

has put up a weblog entry about his recent appearance before the US Supreme Court in the Eldred case. Still waiting for Dahlia’s take on the subject, which is bound to be both funny and educational.

Prof. Lawrence Lessig

October 9, 2002 by Michael Boyle

Prof. Lawrence Lessig

argued Eldred v Ashcroft before the Supreme Court today. As reported on Boing Boing, the oral arguments have already been summarized on a weblog by the fine people of LawMeme: Live From Eldred v. Ashcroft. Check it out.