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Ranking Member Raskin Demands Justice Alito Recuse from Donald J. Trump v. New York Following Private Phone Call with President-Elect Donald Trump
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Washington, D.C. (January 9, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement following a report that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke with President-elect Donald Trump, one day before Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to delay his sentencing in his New York hush-money case: Yesterday, we learned
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“Trump will be an illegitimate President,” Listen to John Bonifaz’s interview with Dean Obeidallah about why Trump is barred
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Following an interview with John Bonifaz, Dean Obeidallah posted his analysis of the Trump Presidency on his substack:  Imagine a very popular 25-year-old–who was born in another country–won the election for U.S. President and was sworn in. Would that election victory override Article II of the US Constitution that mandates, “No person…shall be eligible to
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Trump is Still Disqualified
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Challenging Corruption

Four years ago today, Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection in an attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, defeated federal law enforcement, conquered the seat of our national government, nearly assassinated the vice president and key congressional leaders, and blocked Congress from certifying his electoral
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Victory: Nevada Court Grants Intervention To NAACP in Voter Roll Purge Case
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Election Protection

On December 17, 2024, a Nevada state court ruled that the NAACP Tri-State Conference of Idaho-Nevada-Utah has “significant, protectable interests” in the outcome of a lawsuit to unlawfully purge Nevada’s voter rolls, and has granted its motion to intervene as a defendant in the case.  The lawsuit was filed by the Trump campaign and Republican
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U.S. Senator Gillibrand Responds to National Archivist’s Refusal to Certify The Equal Rights Amendment
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Democracy Amendments

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement in response to the National Archivist’s refusal to certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment. “The archivist is correct that she has a responsibility to uphold the law. Unfortunately, by refusing to certify the ERA, she is wrongfully inserting herself into a clear
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Remote Summer 2025 Legal Internships at Free Speech For People
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FSFP Updates

Come join the campaign to reclaim democracy for the people by fighting for free and fair elections and against 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
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New Polling Shows Perception of Biden’s Presidency Would Soar If He Publishes the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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Democracy Amendments

The ERA was approved by Congress in 1972 and ratified by 38 states in 2020. A new national alliance is urging President Biden to instruct the National Archivist to certify and publish the ERA as the 28th Amendment without delay.  WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 11, 2024)— Data For Progress released a new poll today showing strong
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Senators Demand Presidential Policy Directive Against Unlawful Mobilization of Military
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Challenging Corruption

Earlier this week, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal, both members of the Senate’s Armed Services Committee, urged President Biden to issue a policy directive to prohibit the unlawful mobilization of our military against Americans. The letter explains that a long-standing law prohibits any part of the Armed Forces from executing the law absent Constitutional
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Civil Rights and Democracy Groups Join Forces to Oppose Preemptive Recess Appointments
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Challenging Corruption

WASHINGTON D.C. – Free Speech For People joined 70 national civil rights and pro-democracy organizations in sending a joint letter to the Senate, demanding that it uphold its critical constitutional responsibility to advise and consent on presidential nominations to the executive and judicial branches. The letter delivery was organized and led by People For the
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WATCH: Publish the ERA townhall featuring Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
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Democracy Amendments

Watch our national town hall featuring U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and members of the Biden Publish the ERA Alliance discuss the campaign to publish the Equal Rights Amendment. The Alliance consists of over forty non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organizations representing millions of members calling on President Biden to enshrine equal justice under the law in the
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