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Remote Summer 2026 Legal Internships at Free Speech For People

Come join the campaign to reclaim democracy for the people by fighting for free and fair elections and against the abuse of power! Free Speech For People is a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization, founded in January 2010 after the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision. Since then, we have worked to renew our democracy and reclaim our Constitution
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Public Interest Group Calls on Congress to Impeach and Remove Attorney General Pam Bondi for Gross Abuses of Power

Today (February 11, 2026), Attorney General Pam Bondi will appear before the House Judiciary  Committee to testify in an oversight hearing. While it is predicted that the questioning will focus on the DOJ’s mishandling of the Epstein files, Congress must take this moment to fully acknowledge and demand accountability for the role she has played
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Free Speech For People Calls on UN to Investigate U.S. Immigration Enforcement Abuses

Today, Free Speech For People submitted a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in support of a formal complaint submitted by the Dolores Huerta Foundation on behalf of four U.S. citizens who were subject to unlawful and inhumane abuse by federal immigration officers, acting under orders of and in coordination with senior
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Public Interest Group Urges State’s Attorney Rinehart to Launch Criminal Investigations into Federal Agents for Unlawful Assaults, Detentions, and Political Retaliation Against Lake County Residents

Free Speech For People, a national nonpartisan legal advocacy organization, today submitted a request urging Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rineheart to open criminal investigations into the unlawful actions of federal agents operating in Lake County, Illinois. On January 25, 2026, State’s Attorney Rinehart released a statement making it clear that if a federal operation
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Computer security experts clap back at Mobile Voting’s Bradley Tusk claims he can provide secure mobile voting via the VoteSecure software kit

WASHINGTON, D.C. (2/03/2026) – Over 20 esteemed and renowned computer scientists have published a stinging rebuke of Uber millionaire Bradley Tusk’s Mobile Voting Project, “VoteSecure,” which Tusk has promised will be “the most secure voting technology we’ve ever had.” The scientists’ paper, founded on a review of the technical documents and software protocol, finds that
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Free Speech For People Oped Spurs Action from Democracy Defenders Fund

An opinion piece by Free Speech For People’s senior advisor for election security, Susan Greenhalgh, has prompted legal experts at Democracy Defenders Fund to seek an investigation into potentially improper or unlawful actions by the U. S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC).  The oped was published November 4, 2025 in Democracy Docket and outlined concerns that
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Free Speech For People Calls for Independent Investigation into Killing of Keith Porter Jr

Public Interest Group Calls on Attorney General and Los Angeles District Attorney to Ensure Criminal Investigation into Off-Duty Federal Agent’s Killing of Keith Porter, Jr. is Rigorous, Independent, and Free of Federal Interference LOS ANGELES, CA, 2026 — Free Speech For People, a national nonpartisan legal advocacy organization, today submitted a request urging Attorney General
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Free Speech For People Statement Condemning the Execution of People in the Streets by Federal Agents

Keith Porter, Jr. Renee Nicole Good. Alex Pretti. In a four week period, federal immigration agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) executed three people in the streets. In response, the Trump administration protected the shooters, blocked local and state law enforcement access to evidence, spread disinformation and lies
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Free Speech For People Files Amicus Brief in Support of Maine’s Law to End Foreign-Government-Influenced Corporate Spending in Maine Elections

On January 21, 2026, Free Speech For People and local counsel Peter J. Brann filed an amicus brief in federal district court in support of Maine’s law prohibiting political spending by corporations that are substantially owned by foreign governments. A historic margin of Maine voters voted in favor of the law in 2022, which defines
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New York State Senate Advances Democracy Preservation Act, Rejecting Multinational Corporate Influence in State Elections

Bill moves one step closer to New York barring foreign-influenced corporations from spending in state and local elections ALBANY, NY (January 12, 2026) – The New York State Senate today passed, with bipartisan support, the Democracy Preservation Act (S324), landmark legislation designed to block multinational corporations with significant foreign ownership from spending money to influence
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