A California Judge Rejects Cell Phone Industry’s “Corporate Speech” Lawsuit Against Berkeley Posted on September 22, 2015 (November 29, 2018) On Monday, a federal judge in California rejected industry’s latest attempt to use the First Amendment to avoid making consumer disclosures.Read More
Money In Politics as a Civil Rights Issue: A special forum at the Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, North Carolina Posted on September 21, 2015 (November 29, 2018) Free Speech For People in partnership with Democracy North Carolina The Institute For Southern Studies North Carolina Voters For Clean Elections Southern Coalition for Social Justice and the American Constitution Society law student chapters at Duke Law School, NCCU School of Law, and UNC School of Law Invite you to attend a special forum entitled “Money InRead More
NY Is So Close To Becoming The 17th State Calling To Overturn Citizens United Posted on September 18, 2015 (November 29, 2018) Democracy Amendments New York could become the 17th state to call for a constitutional amendment and the first state with a Republican controlled legislature in either house to do so. A bipartisan majority of the NY Assembly signed onto a letter to Congress, calling for an amendment to overturn the Citizens United ruling. Read More
John Bonifaz: Clinton’s Shift on Campaign Finance and Why We Need a 28th Amendment Posted on September 17, 2015 (October 2, 2018) Democracy Amendments Free Speech For People Co-Founder and President, John Bonifaz is featured in The Hill addressing the growing movement in support of a 28th Amendment to reclaim our republic from the unlimited spending in our elections. Read More
Money In Politics as a Civil Rights Issue A Special Forum in Durham, North Carolina Posted on September 11, 2015 (June 11, 2020) Defending Key Reforms Free Speech For People in partnership with Democracy North Carolina The Institute For Southern StudiesNorth Carolina Voters For Clean ElectionsSouthern Coalition for Social Justiceand the American Constitution Society law student chapters at Duke Law School,NCCU School of Law, and UNC School of Law This special forum entitled “Money In Politics as a Civil Rights Issue”, was hosted at the HaytiRead More
FSFP Partners With Democracy For All Video Contest Posted on September 9, 2015 (September 9, 2015) In collaboration with a network of partners, Free Speech For People joined Say No to Big Money and People For the American Way, to co-sponsor the Democracy For All Video Challenge, a contest bringing awareness to a constitutional amendment to overturn cases like Citizens United.Read More
Free Speech For People’s Statement On Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Finance Platform Posted on September 8, 2015 (September 8, 2015) On September 8, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton released her campaign finance platform, which will address issues of money in politics especially related to the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling. Free Speech For People Co-Founder and President provided a statement on our behalf. Read More
Fighting Big Money, Empowering People: A 21st Century Democracy Agenda Posted on September 5, 2015 (September 7, 2015) Democracy Amendments Free Speech For People joined our allies in endorsing a 21st Century Democracy Agenda for potential Presidential candidates. A full report is available after the jump. Read More
Demos Blog: The Gatekeeper Class Posted on September 5, 2015 (September 5, 2015) New blog via Demos writes of an era of crushing racial and economic injustice, we need a campaign finance system that allows everyone an equal chance to sit at the table as policymakers. Candidates should be filtered by all Americans, not just by the Gatekeeper Class. Read More
Massachusetts Court Refuses to Strike Down Longstanding Ban on Corporate Political Contributions Posted on September 3, 2015 (September 3, 2015) A Massachusetts judge rejected a recent corporate challenge to the state’s longstanding ban on corporate political contributions to candidates, ruling that the corporate challenge “flies in the face of years of U.S. Supreme Court and U. S. Court of Appeals jurisprudence upholding such a ban.” Read More