It's not enough that the law is clean, it must also appear clean. I'm glad you specifically pointed that out. Lessig makes a similar argument in Republic, Los

It's not enough that the law is clean, it must also appear clean. I'm glad you specifically pointed that out. Lessig makes a similar argument in Republic, Lost[1] where he urges people to change how they ask questions about seemingly illogical congressional decisions. Specifically Not: Did the contributions and lobbying buy this apparently inconsistent result? Instead: Do the contributions and lobbying make it harder to believe that this is a principled or consistent or sensible result? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic%2C_Lost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic%2C_Lost