Cracking Down on Corrupt Campaign Cash: Ron Fein to The Blaze Posted on June 4, 2015 (October 1, 2018) Free Speech For People Legal Director, Ron Fein explains to The Blaze why Hillary Clinton’s donor problem shows a need for lasting campaign finance reform. Fein identifies the big money system as the root problem facing Hillary’s campaign, and nearly all other candidates running for public office.Read More
Doris Kearns Goodwin To The Ed Show: History On Our Side to Overturn Citizens United Posted on June 2, 2015 (November 29, 2018) Democracy Amendments “People say that amending the constitution is ‘too hard’, but history suggests otherwise,” explained Doris Kearns Goodwin on The Ed Show on May 29th. When asked about the 2010 SCOTUS ruling, Kearns Goodwin explained that a 28th Amendment is viable and possible solution to overturn Citizens United.Read More
When the Supreme Court is This Wrong, it’s Time to Overrule Them Posted on June 2, 2015 (October 1, 2018) Free Speech For People co-founder and “Corporations Are Not People” author, Jeff Clements joined presidential historian and Pulitzer prize-winning author, Doris Kearns Goodwin to assess the historical implications of the Court’s 2010 ruling. Of Citizens United, Clements and Kearns Goodwin write, “It is time for Americans of all political viewpoints to come together to win the 28th amendment—and to renew U.S. democracy again.” Read More
Is Hobby Lobby a Tool for Limiting Corporate Constitutional Rights? Posted on June 1, 2015 (June 1, 2015) Jennifer Taub, Vermont Law School professor and author, recently published an article exploring how the Supreme Court further expanded corporate personhood in the case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. Taub’s article offers an alternative to the current reading, by suggesting Hobby Lobby might provide a tool to limit “previously recognized corporate constitutional rights.”Read More