From an article at Ars Technica – Stanford University professor, and renowned cyberlawyer Lawrence Lessig has announced that he is seriously considering a run for Congress by launching a Beta campaign site. This comes in response to a quickly growing grassroots campaign urging him to run for the congressional seat left vacant by the recent death Tom Lantos (D-CA).
Lessig , who has become an academic and online celebrity for his work on intellectual property in the digital age, made headlines late last year when he announced that he would be shifting his scholarly focus to the study of political corruption. In the short video – 10 minutes to announce two ideas that Lessig prepared announcing the foundation of his new Change Congress movement. In hindsight, it could also be the first PowerPoint presentation used to announce candidacy for Congress.
I believe that Lawrence Lessig would make many positive changes if elected to Congress.
I hope he decides to run.
