{"id":21235,"date":"2015-08-11T09:15:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T14:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=21235"},"modified":"2015-08-11T08:37:19","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T13:37:19","slug":"harvard-professor-to-hack-politics-with-white-house-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=21235","title":{"rendered":"Harvard professor to &#8216;hack&#8217; politics with White House run"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21237\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?attachment_id=21237\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21237\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Lawrence_Lessig_at_ETech_2008-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Lawrence Lessig in 2008.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lawrence Lessig in 2008.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>JULIE BYKOWICZ<br \/>\nAssociated Press<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; A Harvard law professor wants to &#8220;hack&#8221; the political system by running for president.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Lawrence Lessig will begin a crowd-funded campaign for the Democratic nomination, filing the necessary paperwork with the Federal Election Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Lessig said he plans to set himself apart from Democratic frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders by focusing exclusively on &#8220;unrigging the political system,&#8221; which he said rewards the wealthy and powerful donors who fund political campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>If he raises at least $1 million by Labor Day and doesn&#8217;t believe the other candidates are sufficiently focused on &#8220;returning political power to citizens,&#8221; he said he will resign his position at Harvard and work to win the early primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>Lessig plans to lay out his plan to increase voter rights, redraw congressional districts and push for citizen funding of all federal campaigns during a conference call with reporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>A presidential run is Lessig&#8217;s latest political experiment.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2014 midterm elections, he formed a &#8220;super PAC to end all super PACs.&#8221; Mayday PAC, as it was called, spent money in races where its strategists thought they could help elect candidates who opposed big money in politics.<\/p>\n<p>The super PAC raised $11 million and lost six of the eight contests in which it participated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JULIE BYKOWICZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; A Harvard law professor wants to &#8220;hack&#8221; the political system by running for president. 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