Lawrence Lessig

An article by Lawrence Lessig: Free and open-source software has driven technological innovation and the spread of technical skills. The freedom to share and build upon…

Before presenting her opinion in a sleeper case on July 1st, the final day of the Supreme Court’s term, Justice Amy Coney Barrett elicited chuckles…

An op-ed by Lawrence Lessig: Arizona has joined Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin in seeking to prosecute Donald Trump’s 2020 electors. Mr. Trump and his party’s…

The prosecutions of Donald Trump dominate the news, but Democrats are also unleashing election-year lawfare in the states. Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on Tuesday…

An op-ed by Lawrence Lessig: In April, Daniel Kokotajlo resigned his position as a researcher at OpenAI, the company behind Chat GPT. He wrote in…

An article by Lawrence Lessig: Supreme Court oral arguments were made for social media. Social media was not made to make Supreme Court arguments persuasive…

There are several perfectly legal ways to steal a U.S. presidential election, according to election law expert Lawrence Lessig. Lessig says the U.S.’s election and…

Excerpted from “How to Steal a Presidential Election” by Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, and Matthew Seligman, Climenko Fellow ’18.

Former President Trump is promoting the sales of $59.99 Bibles, $399 sneakers and $99 “Victory47” cologne. Why it matters: The presumptive GOP presidential nominee is…

Sneakers. Perfume. Trading cards. Bibles. Those are just some of the products Donald Trump is hawking while he runs to unseat President Joe Biden. They…

An article by Lawrence Lessig: The Supreme Court’s decision reversing Colorado’s choice to remove Donald Trump from the ballot, the judgment of which was joined…

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, a vital question is whether the legal architecture governing the election is well crafted to prevent corruption and abuse.

In 2021, Republicans in Florida and Texas enacted new laws limiting the ability of social media companies to moderate and remove content from users. The…

The most important First Amendment cases of the internet era, to be heard by the Supreme Court on Monday, may turn on a single question:…

The artificial intelligence craze has swept through Washington this past year, with lawmakers increasingly paying attention to the ways the tool can be harnessed —…

An op-ed co-written by Lawrence Lessig: What happens when you stress-test America’s system for electing a president? How well does it hold up? After the…