Lessig lost the Eldred v. Ashcroft case partly because he focused on constitutional principle rather than persuading the Justices that the issue was important enough to warrant intervention against Congress.
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Lawrence LessigEvidence Quote
“I was not persuaded that we had to sell our case like soap... I can't help but think that if I had stepped down from this pretty picture of dispassionate justice, I could have persuaded.”
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