Meet the (Potential) Democratic Candidate Who Thinks Bernie Sanders Isn't Liberal Enough

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An outspoken Cantabrigian is launching an exploratory committee for president on a platform of breaking a "rigged system" that's fueling runaway inequality. Unfortunately for progressive activists, it's Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig, not Elizabeth Warren.

Lessig, who says he'll jump into the race if he can raise $1 million by Labor Day, has spent much of the last four years fighting what he considers the pernicious influence of money in politics ushered in by the Supreme Court in the Citizens United case. The two leading candidates for the Democratic nomination, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, have both promised to appoint Supreme Court justices who oppose Citizens United. But Lessig thinks Sanders et al. aren't going far enough. His platform consists of one item—the "Citizens Equality Act of 2017," which is sort of an omnibus bill of progressive wish-list items.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=307&v=CaqrQz71bMk

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1. yeah real prince of a guy

gave to an anti gay nut in NH and to Walter Jones in NC (yet another anti gay nut of the highest order).

[KamaAina]

7. This may shed some light on that

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig#Combating_sexual_abuse

In May 2005, it was revealed that Lessig had experienced sexual abuse by the director at the American Boychoir School which he had attended as an adolescent. Lessig reached a settlement with the school in the past, under confidential terms. He revealed his experiences in the course of representing another student victim, John Hardwicke, in court. In August 2006, he succeeded in persuading the New Jersey Supreme Court to restrict the scope of immunity radically, which had protected nonprofits that failed to prevent sexual abuse from legal liability.

Of course pedophilia != homosexuality, but he'd hardly be the first person to conflate the two.

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2. ... Too late to upstage Bernie, sorry

n/t

[Xipe Totec]

3. Oh, look! The sappers have arrived. Too late. nt

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4. I don't know

Harvard professor as president might be a very good thing. Obviously educated and extremely bright. I watched his videos and I was impressed. I'm still a Bernie fan but I did like what he said.

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5. Yep. Bernie has the mojo working. nt

[KamaAina]

6. Lessig, who says he'll jump into the race if he can raise $1 million by Labor Day

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8. Go Cantabs!

He was on Morning Joe today and I thought he was impressive. Made sense, altho he talked really fast (maybe nervous).

It's an interesting idea.