jasayeed

Any plans to plug the cause on a talk show in the near term? Bill Maher, Stewart, Colbert, O'Reilly(jk) ? If we agree in advance to tweet the hell out of a particular celeb or news anchor, you think that would give you a better shot at getting airtime?

Hi Mr. Lessig. Speaking on the Citizens United ruling, you have said in the past that you actually agree with the court's ruling that inequality and distortion in speech on its own, is not corruption- That it is not the role of the government to "even the playing field" for all of the different groups vying for influence, i.e. media outlets, labor organizations, etc. A proponent of Citizens United, or McCutcheon v. FEC might argue that limiting independent expenditures, or maximum contributions, etc. is just more of the government trying "even the playing field" among public interests vying for free speech. I am not a lawyer, not even close (engineer), but was wondering if you could refute this criticism, and elaborate on the nuance and distinction between the two sets of views. Thanks again for your work and I'm a proud contributor of MAYDAY.

Nice, I tweeted a couple out to them today as well. If we focus our attention on one or a few pundits/celebs, we'll probably have a better shot at getting some airtime.

Well in that case I'm going to start somewhat arbitrarily with Colbert, if only because I've seen others tweet him already and it sounds like you two have already spoke on the issue. I'm going to tweet him incessantly and hope that others will join in until he heeds the MAYDAY call and gives the cause the media attention it deserves.