My family is going to be a roving video interview team at Lawrence Lessig’s Conversation About A Constitutional Convention in Boston September 23-25 2011, and we’d love to see our friends there as well. It turns out that the people’s will can actually trump congressional law – given that enough states and individuals come together and vote their will at a constitutional convention. Who would have thought?
Fortunately, as a professor of law at Harvard – Lessig looked into this possibility and he has invited concerned citizens, and the Tea Party leader, to discuss the prospect of such a convention. Lessig says that it’s important to include the opposition in discussions about process for determining social change, and that process is something that can – and should – be agreed upon by all parties even when opposing factions have their own views about what direction it is that society should move in.
If you’re interested in attending, tix are $40 right now (the price seems to go up 10 days or so). All meals are being provided on Saturday, which is a mega activity day beginning at 9:00am with the keynote speech taking place at 7:30pm. If you go, give us a holler so we can look for you.
Lessig also recently launched the Rootstrikers website where anyone can post a report, or thoughts, about an instance of corruption or “evil” we have encountered: others read and comment on the reports. I’ve posted several times and found it easy. Try it yourself some time!