Lawrence Lessig

Lawrence Lessig is Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and author of Republic, Lost.

Reclaiming the Republic

In his latest book, Lawrence Lessig argues that Congress has become so corrupted by moneyed interests and has so undermined the public trust that our very republic is at risk.

  • Lawrence Lessig
  • David V. Johnson

Democracy After Citizens United — Final Response

Conflicted over a constitutional amendment.

  • Lawrence Lessig

Democracy after Citizens United

The framers intended Congress to be “dependent upon the People alone,” but the private funding of public campaigns has bred within Congress a conflicting dependency.

  • Lawrence Lessig
with responses from
  • Will Wilkinson
  • Marvin Ammori
  • David Donnelly
  • David N. Bossie
  • Allison R. Hayward
  • John Bonifaz & Jeffrey Clements
  • Representative Donna F. Edwards
  • Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
  • Nancy L. Rosenblum
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