Editing Lawrence Lessig (section)

=== Article V convention ===
[[File:Lawrence Lessig 2.jpg|thumbnail|Lessig speaking before [[Change Congress]] and the [[Sunlight Foundation]]]]
{{main|Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution}}

In 2010, Lessig began to organize for a national Article V convention.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.callaconvention.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206220707/http://www.callaconvention.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 6, 2010 |title=Call a Convention |publisher=Call a Convention |access-date=2011-01-23 }}</ref> He co-founded ''Fix Congress First!'' with [[Joe Trippi]].<ref>[http://www.fixcongressfirst.org/about/ About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830005700/http://fixcongressfirst.org/about/ |date=August 30, 2011 }}, Fix Congress First!</ref> In a speech in 2011, Lessig revealed that he was disappointed with Obama's performance in office, criticizing it as a "betrayal", and he criticized the president for using "the (Hillary) Clinton playbook".<ref name=twsDecM4j8767s>{{cite news |author= Lawrence Lessig |title= Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It |publisher= Google, YouTube, Huffington Post |quote= (see question & answer session near the end of the video; see 50:30+) |date= November 16, 2011 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik1AK56FtVc |access-date= 2011-12-13 |archive-date= December 5, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131205212035/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik1AK56FtVc |url-status= live }}</ref> Lessig has called for state governments to call for a national Article V convention,<ref name=twsDecM433s>{{cite news |author = Lawrence Lessig |title = Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It |publisher = Google, YouTube, Huffington Post |quote = (see 32.06 minutes into the video) |date = November 16, 2011 |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik1AK56FtVc |access-date = 2011-12-13 |archive-date = December 5, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131205212035/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik1AK56FtVc |url-status = live }}</ref> including by supporting [[Wolf-PAC]], a national organization attempting to call an Article V convention to address the problem.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/118995215027/democracy-in-small-states|title=Democracy in small states|work=LESSIG Blog, v2|access-date=January 13, 2016|archive-date=December 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212204119/http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/118995215027/democracy-in-small-states|url-status=live}}</ref> The convention Lessig supports would be populated by a "random proportional selection of citizens" which he suggested would work effectively. He said "politics is a rare sport where the amateur is better than the professional."<ref name=twsDecM433s /> He promoted this idea at a September 24–25, 2011, conference he co-chaired with the [[Tea Party Patriots]]' national coordinator,<ref name=conconcon>[http://conconcon.org/ Conference on the Constitutional Convention] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026062406/http://www.conconcon.org/ |date=October 26, 2013 }}, Harvard University, September 24–5, 2011</ref> in Lessig's October 5, 2011, book, ''[[Republic, Lost]]: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It,''<ref name=lessigbook>Lessig, L. (2011) [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927113614/http://twelvebooks.com/books/republic_lost.asp ''Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It''] (New York City: Hachette/Twelve) [https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/lawrence-lessig-on-how-we-lost-our-democracy-20111005 excerpt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410155637/http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/lawrence-lessig-on-how-we-lost-our-democracy-20111005 |date=April 10, 2014 }}</ref> and at the Occupy protest in Washington, D.C.<ref name=occupydc>Tackett, C. (October 19, 2011) [http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/10/could-occupy-wall-street-become-conventionists-ows.php "Could #OccupyWallStreet Become a Constitutional Convention?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021043758/http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/10/could-occupy-wall-street-become-conventionists-ows.php |date=October 21, 2011 }} ''Discovery / TreeHugger.com''</ref> Reporter [[Dan Froomkin]] said the book offers a manifesto for the [[Occupy Wall Street]] protestors, focusing on the core problem of corruption in both political parties and their elections.<ref>{{cite news |last=Froomkin |first=Dan |author-link=Dan Froomkin |date=October 5, 2011 |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/05/lessig-new-book_n_996519.html |title=Lawrence Lessig's New Book On Political Corruption Offers Protesters A Possible Manifesto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320164806/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/05/lessig-new-book_n_996519.html |archive-date=March 20, 2017 |work=[[Huffington Post]] }}</ref> An Article V convention does not dictate a solution, but Lessig would support a constitutional amendment that would allow legislatures to limit political contributions from non-citizens, including corporations, anonymous organizations, and foreign nationals and he also supports [[public financing of campaigns|public campaign financing]] and [[Electoral College (United States)|electoral college]] reform to establish the [[one person, one vote]] principle.<ref>Hill, Adriene (October 4, 2011) [http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/10/04/am-campaign-finance-lobbying-major-roadblocks-to-effective-government/ "Campaign finance, lobbying major roadblocks to effective government"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120713213901/http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/10/04/am-campaign-finance-lobbying-major-roadblocks-to-effective-government/ |date=July 13, 2012 }} ''Marketplace Morning Report'' (American Public Media)</ref>