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Lawrence Lessig
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Law professor; activist; not convinced we have time; acting as if we do.

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Lester Lawrence "Larry" Lessig III is an American legal scholar and political activist. He is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the former director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. He is the founder of Creative Commons and of Equal Citizens. Lessig was a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for president of the United States in the 2016 U.S. presidential election but withdrew before the primaries. .. more

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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 3d
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 4d
Someone who understands neurons, numbers, and democracy is running for Congress. Pay attention: Sam Wang is in the race in NJ. Greast news for evidence-based self-government.
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 4d
Sam Wang—neuroscientist, Princeton professor, democracy reformer, gerrymandering nemesis—is running for Congress. From mapping brains to fixing maps. New Jersey is on the clock.
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 4d
Grateful to have a chance to talk to Kara Swisher:

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How to get dark money out of politics
Lawrence Lessig — Harvard law professor, former presidential candidate, and founder of Equal Citizens — joins Kara to explain why Super PACs are one of the root causes of political corruption in the…
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 5d
I’ve admired Sam Wang’s work on gerrymandering and democracy for years. Now he’s running for Congress in NJ. A Princeton neuroscientist who actually uses evidence to defend democracy? Yes please.
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 5d
Sam Wang is running for Congress. Yes, THAT Sam Wang: Princeton professor, neuroscientist, democracy reformer, relentless opponent of gerrymandering. Serious brains + serious commitment to democracy = very good news.
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 6d
Big news from New Jersey: Sam Wang—neuroscientist, Princeton professor, and one of the nation’s leading anti-gerrymandering voices—is running for Congress. Evidence-based democracy is stepping onto the ballot. This is how change happens.
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 8d
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New episode in The Gino Case posted
From The Law, such as it is
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 12d
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of Buckley v. Valeo, I'm participating in an event at the AEI in DC about originalism and the First Amendment. Register to attend in person or online here: buff.ly/SaJGigQ

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Equal Citizens @equalcitizens.bsky.social · 17d
Our founder @lessig.bsky.social is going live on Lawrence O’Donnell’s MSNOWNews The Last Word segment with Ali Velshi tonight at 10:20 pm ET!

Tune in to learn how our legal strategy can get dark money out of politics WITHOUT overturning Citizens United.

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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 23d
Seriously, truly brilliant. Yo, time to get off the train.

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Dear America, We’d Like to Speak to the Manager
Talks in Washington among Greenland, Denmark and the United States over Greenland’s future have stalled, with no compromise in sight. Greenlanders have made it clear that they want to remain under…
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 26d
Remember when Trump (who has bombed 7 countries, invaded 1, and is threatening at least two others (not counting Mexico)) was to be the anti-NeoCon president?

I respect the anti-NeoCons. But hey, Trump-supporting-anti-NeoCons: Do you respect yourself? @TulsiGabbard
Jason Crow is really pissed
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 29d
Wow. #JustWow

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Nemik's eulogy for Renee Nicole Good.
It's always a bad sign when there are Andor memes in your feed. Thanks to the many photographers whose work I've borrowed. You can find a full list of all the photos used in the montage here:…
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 29d
The revolution will be YouTube-ified.

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Good vs. Ice
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 29d
- @aaronsw, +13.

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Aaron Swartz - Wikipedia
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · Jan 11
The idiocy of "empire" it is.

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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · Jan 11
Brilliant remix of the Battle Hymn of the Republic by the extraordinary Marsh Family. Favorite line: "He is drumming out the glory of a land once free and brave..."

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"Battle Hymn of the Empire" - Marsh Family adaptation of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" about Trump
The “Battle Hymn of the Republic” is an iconic American song, drawing on lots of roots and precursors, but pulled into its most famous shape by abolitionist Julia Ward Howe. During the American Civil…
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · Jan 5
This is going to be lots of fun: First Amendment Originalism at the AEI in DC on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Buckley v. Valeo.

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Sign up to listen if you can't be there.

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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · Jan 1
My favorite thing about New Year's:

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Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US…
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · Dec 23
When a picture is worth 1,000 words: Here's the sleight of hand that is going to bring SuperPACs down.

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Worth 1,000 words
The appellees have filed their brief in our case defending the people of Maine’s right to police the size of contributions to independent…
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · Dec 15
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Alex Komoroske @komorama.bsky.social · Dec 5
What if technology didn’t feel so… hollow?

Some friends and I just released a manifesto about a world where tech leaves us feeling nourished (along with an evolving list of theses about how we can build it)

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The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · Dec 5
The Chief Justice was right. #POTUS #OBLIVIOUSNESS

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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · Nov 25
From the authors of the argument that will end SuperPACs:

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The courts broke campaign finance. Maine is giving them a chance to repair it. - The Boston Globe
There is a path to restore limits on big money in politics.
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · Nov 25
Harvard's 2020/21 reports on Epstein were Hamlet without the Prince (Summers). We need to understand why: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
The First Epstein Report Ignored Summers. Harvard Must Do Better. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
How could Harvard have allowed this production of Hamlet without the Prince? And will it now commit to a practice that will not protect the elite among us, while shaming those not quite elite enough?
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · Nov 22
Seriously brilliant protest music: youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...
"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
Viral musical sensation Jesse Welles brings his GRAMMY-nominated political folk to the Ed Sullivan Theater for a solo performance of "Join ICE," a tune from his latest EP, 'No Kings.' Keep watching…
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · Nov 21
From the Department of Tragic Irony:

On the day the Harvard Law School releases a digital archive of the Nuremberg Trials, the President threatens the lives of members of Congress who utter its most basic truth: That everyone, especially soldiers, must follow the law.

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Nuremberg - Explore the Nuremberg Trials!
The Harvard Law School Library's Nuremberg Trials Project is an open-access initiative to create and present digitized images and full-text versions of the Library's Nuremberg Trials documents,…
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · Nov 19
I've published the fourth episode of the podcast reviewing the Francesca Gino case (Harvard Business School professor removed for academic misconduct). This is the first of four to review the evidence behind the four findings of misconduct.
Episode 4: Dismantling "Allegation 2"
the first of four.
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · Nov 17
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Trump pardon of billionaire sparks concerns
President Trump pardoned the billionaire founder of the largest crypto exchange in the world, Binance. It's raised questions about conflicts of interest and the president's use of the pardon…
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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · Nov 2
Ten years ago today, I ended my effort to get corruption at the center of the Democratic presidential debate. Flawed and impossible in many ways, it was right. Then, and even more so now.

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The Democrats have changed the rules
We were on our way to qualifying for the second debate — then the Democrats changed the rules. Watch Lessig describe what this means for the campaign. Help us caption & translate this…
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