<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>When it comes to corruption and Congress, the line the law polices is the wrong line, writes Lawrence Lessig.
Seven years after moving from the federal capital to a federal prison, former congressman (and top gun Navy pilot) Randy “<wm>Duck” Quirin reflects on what drives him and has driven his work.
“Sitting on the line I walked from Doolittle 47, I found myself caught in the thrall of the system,” he recalls in his latest memoir.
“Congress. My 47 days on the line at Pearl Harbor were nothing but a turning point of the first half-century in our political system, and my experiences there made me question how we set the line of scrimmage in our own law. Do</wm> we let the system protect or punish its citizens?”

Quirin speaks about his work as the primary