Today, on his Global Public Square program, Fareed Zakaria
mentioned the issue-oriented candidacy of Lawrence Lessig, as explained in this
story in Reason (link ) or Newsweek, story .
Lessig wants to crowd-fund his candidacy. After getting a “Citizen’s Equality Act of
2017” (link ), he would tur over the presidency to his vice-president. That act would end overuse of campaign financing
by “a few billionaires”, end gerrymandering, and guarantee an equal access to
the polls.
Lessig has authored many books on the Internet and
technology, including “Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace” (two volumes) and “Free
Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity”.
Lessig's proposal could be compared to a postulated constitutional amendment in a book by John Paul Stevens, discussed here Aug. 2.
Campaign finance reform has created unintended snags
before. In the middle 2000s, there was
controversy as to whether unpaid blogging for a candidate could be viewed as a “political
contribution”, but it eventually died down.
See post April 21, 2008, and this link on my Wordpress blog.
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