Remote Summer 2026 Legal Internships at Free Speech For People Posted on November 7, 2025 FSFP Updates 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 ConstitutionRead More
Is a Key Federal Elections Panel Doing Trump’s Bidding on Voting Machines? Posted on November 6, 2025 (November 6, 2025) Election Protection Article by Susan Greenhalgh, Reposted from Democracy Docket Posted Nov. 4, 2025 On the eve of the government shutdown, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) quietly posted a press release to its website. While the announcement didn’t spark much notice, it could result in severe consequences for future elections. And it’s causing concern that the commission —Read More
Two prominent Berkshire County speakers say public should be calling for Trump impeachment votes in Congress Posted on November 3, 2025 (November 6, 2025) Impeachment Reposted from Bill Densmore, Greylock News Posted Nov. 1, 2025 Two constitutional scholars, in separate venues, urged the public to push Congress to vote on impeaching President Donald Trump, even if such resolutions fail to win approval. One of them noted that in June, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., whose district includes the Berkshires, votedRead More
Read the Chicago Tribune’s coverage of Free Speech For People Letter Urging Illinois Officials to Investigate Trump Administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” Posted on October 31, 2025 (November 3, 2025) Challenging Corruption On October 29, the Chicago Tribune published an article about Free Speech For People’s effort to pressure state and local prosecutors to hold Trump accountable for violations of state criminal law. The article includes responses from state prosecutors: In letters sent this week to Gov. JB Pritzker, Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Cook County State’sRead More
Free Speech For People Files Appellate Amicus Brief in Support of Maine’s Law to End Super PACs Posted on October 29, 2025 Challenging Super PACs Free Speech For People and local counsel Peter J. Brann, on behalf of Mainers For Working Families, has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in support of Maine’s law that effectively ended super PACs by placing reasonable contribution limits on political action committees (PACs) that make independentRead More
Momentum Builds for November 5th March for Health and Science in Washington, DC Posted on October 29, 2025 Challenging Corruption Washington, D.C. — With just over a week to go, organizers and participants are preparing for the March for Health & Science. A growing coalition of health, science, and democracy groups will march to the Department of Health and Human Services to demand the removal of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Read More
Free Speech For People featured in CBS News New York segment on internet voting Posted on October 28, 2025 Election Protection CBS News NY recently reported on a proposal by tech millionaire Bradley Tusk to promote online voting via smartphone. FSFP’s senior advisor for election security, Susan Greenhalgh, was featured in the segment, debunking many of Tusk’s claims about the security of online voting. Watch the segment here. In the broadcast, Tusk asserted that his campaignRead More
“Lawless Federal Raids Demand Accountability”: Free Speech For People Calls on Illinois Officials to Investigate Trump Administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” Posted on October 27, 2025 (October 27, 2025) Challenging Corruption New Filing Urges Attorney General, State’s Attorney, and Chicago Police Superintendent to Launch Criminal Investigations into Federal Agents for Unlawful Assaults, Detentions, and Political Retaliation Against Illinois Residents CHICAGO, IL (October 27, 2025) Free Speech For People, a national nonpartisan legal advocacy organization, today filed a formal request urging Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, CookRead More
New Op-Ed: Trump’s Most Reviled Voting Company Sold to a GOP Official. That’s Not the Worst of It Posted on October 22, 2025 (November 6, 2025) Election Protection Read Susan Greenhalgh’s latest op-ed in Slate about the purchase of Dominion Voting Systems by a former GOP election official and what it means for election integrity in the US. The announcement that the second-largest U.S. voting system vendor would be in the hands of a self-declared partisan sparked concerns and speculation on blogs andRead More
Free Speech For People submits comment to the EAC opposing proposed barriers to voter registration Posted on October 20, 2025 Election Protection Free Speech For People today submitted a comment to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC)—an independent government board—opposing a proposal enacting a new voter suppression policy. The proposal comes from America First Legal, a right-wing organization founded by MAGA extremist Stephen Miller. The proposed rule would force Americans to show specific, costly, hard-to-access documents like passportsRead More