Lawrence Lessig
@lessig.bsky.social
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Law professor; activist; not convinced we have time; acting as if we do.
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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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…
https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2026/
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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…
https://lessig.medium.com/worth-a-1-000-words-0ba6a9cec298
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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)
resonantcomputing.org
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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.
https://resonantcomputing.org
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The Chief Justice was right.
#POTUS
#OBLIVIOUSNESS
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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.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/opinion/campaign-finance-maine/
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Harvard's 2020/21 reports on Epstein were Hamlet without the Prince (Summers). We need to understand why:
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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?
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/25/lessig-harvard-epstein-summers-ignored/
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Seriously brilliant protest music:
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"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…
https://youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?si=zJCCUhyxpWUA5obY
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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.
nuremberg.law.harvard.edu
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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,…
https://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/
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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.
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Episode 4: Dismantling "Allegation 2"
the first of four.
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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…
https://youtu.be/fwcHn1GSZwo?si=eOpQHG41uh3Ds_ZM
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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…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4IsqmMqCEo
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Trump is right. The filibuster should go.
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Speaker Johnson issues warning after Trump says GOP should end the filibuster
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reacts to President Donald Trump urging Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster so they can end the government shutdown. CNN’s Jeff Zeleny reports. #CNN #News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGiuYV0DUq0
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Kerry Ann (She/Auth-her) 🏳️⚧️ | Screenwriter
3 months ago
I'm going to make this even easier for
@jay.bsky.team
- I'm willing to be a PR person at a very reasonable rate. I've worked in tech marketing for 10 years and was a software engineer for another 10. I've run the social media & tech side of a $11M campaign for Larry Lessig. I'm qualified. DM me.
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Hey, the future. There were a few. Too few, but some.
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BREAKING NEWS: Rand Paul Absolutely Trashes Trump's Tariffs After Outrage Over Canada's Reagan Ad
During remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) criticized President Trump's tariff policies. Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including…
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Colorado AG Phil Weiser has filed suit against Trump for moving Space Force b/c Colorado has mail-in voting. My favorite line in the complaint: "Trump’s statements and beliefs on mail-in voting are simply untethered from the facts." Let this become the refrain everywhere.
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Wow. Talk about handing your opponent a megaphone.
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I have been federally indicted by Trump’s DOJ | Kat Abughazaleh For Illinois
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going…
https://youtu.be/EPlDZajxr3Y?si=R6srwdRIcBH05y5Z
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Re health care costs: "These are insane numbers." Two ways to think about this story. One: the "insane numbers." The other: that 1/2 of America has no clue about these facts, because of the bubbles we've allowed media to become. THAT is the insanity.
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Maddow: This is what Democrats have been screaming about
The real numbers on the impact of Republican changes to health insurance subsidies are being made public, and they are extreme to say the least. Suddenly, the abstract fight over the federal…
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A former GOP official has privately financed the purchase of the second-largest voting technology vendor in America? What could possibly go wrong... Here's what could go right: We urgently need a demand by election officials for open-source voting technology.
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https://www.linkedin.com/posts/votingworks_public-trust-demands-open-source-voting-systems-activity-7382456227592790016-mRYB/
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This takes courage. Courage has always been costly.
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MIT Rejects Special Funding Offer From Trump Administration
The Trump administration offered nine universities benefits in exchange for signing an agreement to protect conservative voices, among other things. M.I.T. was the first to refuse.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/mit-rejects-white-house-compact.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20251010&instance_id=164198&nl=breaking-news®i_id=275947552&segment_id=207671&user_id=cce7425b13d1cb32e8e15b2397ce45c5
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This is the most important political speech IN a generation FOR this generation. Let it begin the fight back.
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Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
Jimmy Kimmel returns to the air and talks about all of the people who have reached out over the last six days including fellow late night talk show hosts, fans of the show, and those who don’t…
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"It is unAmerican" — unless we just give in.
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Ossoff: On authoritarianism
Jon Ossoff is the only Democratic U.S. Senator up for re-election in a state Trump won. This is the most important Senate race in the country. He needs our support, join at ElectJon.com Subscribe…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCpTTBYUgWo
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Yes, let's spend American wealth to prop up yet another right-wing fantasist.
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US offers financial lifeline to Argentina’s Javier Milei
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent says ‘all options’ are on the table to support the country through bout of market volatility
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We are a nation of cowards. Where are all the free speech warriors who were going to start a revolution because Twitter was throttling Hunter's d*ck pics?
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Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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The ghost of a (much dumber) Nixon returns. Criticize the President, suffer an FBI search at your home.
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FBI Searches John Bolton’s Home: Trump News and Live Updates
Year will end with 300,000 fewer federal workers, a Trump official says.
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Super-interesting essay by one of my favorite legal historians about the 1872 story of a child born to enemy alien parents deemed a US citizen, even though the child left the US almost immediately.
#ImagineIfOriginalismAppliedConsistently
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Birthright Citizenship of Child Born to Enemy Alien Visitors – Washington University Law Review
This is the story of Mogridge v. United States, in which the United States asserted, and a multinational commission held, that a child born in Pennsylvania to enemy alien visitors was a U.S. citizen…
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After repeatedly failing to render a cartoon correctly, ChatGPT offered this advice. Got to admire the honesty (also, saves server cycles).
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This is not difficult. EVERY Democrat in the 117th Congress voted for a bill that would have ended partisan gerrymandering, and EVERY Republican voted against it. The GOP didn't want to disarm; this is the consequence of their decision.
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Newsom: 'Donald Trump, you have poked the bear'
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the state will move forward with a plan to redraw congressional maps, as Democrats push back against President Trump and the GOP's gerrymandering…
https://youtube.com/shorts/-8QgGYc7Z1o?si=bKZ5nxrfqamGvcXA
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On settling with an extortionist:
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And thus does the end begin? AI companies need to commit firmly not to permit truth to be bought. "Joe's Tavern seems to be the most liked restaurant in Anytown" should not be a function of whether Joe's Tavern pays an LLM.
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Elon Musk says X plans to introduce ads in Grok's responses | TechCrunch
The move would help power X's struggling ads business following the departure of former CEO Linda Yaccarino.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/elon-musk-says-x-plans-to-introduce-ads-in-groks-responses/
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Truth.
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Ah yes, shoot the messenger. Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
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The First Amendment in the 21st Century — from the Your Undivided Attention podcast.
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Law professor Larry Lessig on the 18th century laws governing our 21st century tech
In the most recent episode of Your Undivided Attention, Harvard Law professor Larry Lessig and Meetali Jain, director of the Tech Justice Law Project explore the role of courts and judges in steering…
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Really happy to have the chance to discuss AI and the First Amendment with Meetali Jain and Tristan Harris on the Center for Humane Technology's podcast, Your Undivided Attention:
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AI is the Next Free Speech Battleground
Imagine a future where the most persuasive voices in our society aren't human. Where AI generated speech fills our newsfeeds, talks to our children, and influences our elections. Where digital…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu-W-sSvMCs&ab_channel=CenterforHumaneTechnology
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Extraordinarily great speech by
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Ossoff: This is why nothing works for ordinary people.
Jon Ossoff is the only Democratic U.S. Senator up for re-election in a state Trump won. This is the most important Senate race in the country. He needs our support, join at ElectJon.com Subscribe…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Vn2htSzaM&ab_channel=JonOssoff
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Read it here:
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The anti-corruption fight in Jon Ossoff is extraordinary.
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Sen. Ossoff on Trump's family business dealings: 'It is really mind blowing'
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) talks to Jen Psaki on The Briefing about President Donald Trump and his family’s business dealings including Jared Kushner taking billions of dollars from the Saudis and the selling of private dinners and White House tours to people who invest in his family businesses. “The depth of corruption and self-dealing and self-enrichment by the Trump family, during this term, is something that we have never, ever seen in the United States.” For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.msnbc.com/ » Subscribe to MSNBC: https://www.youtube.com/msnbc » Subscribe to MSNBC on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@msnbc » Subscribe to MSNBC on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/msnbc Download our new MSNBC app for the latest breaking news and daily headlines at a glance: https://www.msnbc.com/information/download-msnbc-app-n1241692 Follow MSNBC Show Blogs MaddowBlog: https://www.msnbc.com/maddowblog MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of political headlines, commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Inside with Jen Psaki, Morning Joe, The Beat, Deadline: White House, All In, The Last Word, The 11th Hour, and more. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: https://www.msnbc.com/ Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter: https://link.msnbc.com/join/5ck/msnbc-daily-signup
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Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
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In a recent article, Lawrence Lessig comments on Tuesday’s federal court ruling against a 2024 law to regulate super PACs in Maine. Read more here ⤵️
mainemorningstar.com/2025/07/16/a...
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Another voter-backed Maine law regulating campaign finance halted, but the case is far from over • Maine Morning Star
A federal court ruled on Tuesday that the law Maine voters passed in 2024 to set limits on so-called super PACs is unconstitutional — the second time within a few days that challenges to Maine’s voter...
https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/07/16/another-voter-backed-maine-law-regulating-campaign-finance-halted-but-the-case-is-far-from-over/
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Lawrence Lessig discusses campaign finance reform, outlining a legal strategy to challenge super PACs. Learn more here ⤵️
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The More Trump Succeeds, The Less Popular He Gets + Trump Can’t Turn The Page On Epstein + Why America Needs a Constitutional Convention - The Chuck ToddCast | iHeart
<p>Chuck Todd begins with new polling that shows that the more Donald Trump enacts his promised agenda, the less the public likes it. He also highlights that Trump is underwater with the public on imm...
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/552-the-chuck-toddcast-28968989/episode/the-more-trump-succeeds-the-less-286990508/
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Here's what Lessig said to me that I found so troubling: ttps://open.substack.com/pub/ciaratorresspelliscy/p/democracy-and-destiny-with-ciara?r=nggi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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As Trump amends the constitutional power of the President, what's a court to do?
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Could This Supreme Court Restrain Trump Even if It Wanted?
If it resists and is ignored, it will have weakened the institution for generations. But if it doesn’t resist this remaking now, when could it?
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/can-the-supreme-court-stop-donald-trump-history.html?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=traffic&utm_source=article&utm_content=copy_link
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#Colbert2028
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The foundation to the doctrine that gave us SuperPACs is gone!
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