Podcasts Government Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig S6E6: The Race to Gather Signatures

S6E6: The Race to Gather Signatures

Published: Sept. 20, 2024, 4 p.m.

On this episode, Lessig chronicles the next chapter in the story of the Maine initiative. We had an idea \u2014 based on FreeSpeechForPeople\u2019s brilliant argument \u2014 for an initiative. And Mainers were excited about the idea. A poll showed overwhelming support for the initiative. We just needed to raise the funds to get the signatures gathered. That proved to be an enormous challenge \u2014 unsurprisingly, as our theory of victory included convincing the Supreme Court we were right. This episode tells the story of how we got the signatures gathered.