Great to see Prof. Lessing keeps up his concern about corruption. There is plenty in nearby (to the Harvard University bubble) Cambridge, MA and at the state house. “'To have the appetite to join the political fray as a citizen is laudable, [. . .]' Harvard Law Professor Jonathan L. Zittrain said." Suggesting Prof. Lessing is an ordinary citizen shows how insular the university faculty and staff are. They are private citizens when it suits them but public officials when that brings exemption from laws. Lessig could look at research on Harvard University property using human subjects. That needs attention of ethicists. The reform candidate will always have the remains of $1 million for any future political activity.
[From article]
“To have the appetite to join the political fray as a citizen is laudable, whatever the result,” Harvard Law Professor Jonathan L. Zittrain said of his colleague’s run.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/1/26/lessig-reflects-upon-return/
Back at the Law School, Lessig Reflects on Failed Campaign
Lessig said he sees businessman Donald J. Trump as the candidate with the best chance of enacting the campaign finance reforms he ran on
By CLAIRE E. PARKER and DANIEL P. WOOD,
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
January 25, 2016
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