Year: 2016

Truthout.org: Democracy vs. the Supreme Court

Free Speech For People Democracy Honors Fellow, Jasmine Gomez is published today in Truthout with a new op-ed on democracy, the power of the people, and why the Supreme Court is not the best option for overturning Citizens United.
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Watch the St. Petersburg City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting

On October 27, 2016, the St. Petersburg City Council convened for a Committee of the Whole meeting to consider our proposed ordinance to abolish super PACs and ban foreign corporate money in local elections. Free Speech For People, American Promise-Tampa Bay, the League of Women Voters of St. Petersburg, and other allies played a critical
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Jasmine Gomez: Citizens United, the First Amendment, and the Ballot

Our Democracy Honors Fellow, Jasmine Gomez published an op-ed today to Common Dreams, on “Citizens United, the First Amendment, and the Ballot.” In Jasmine’s latest piece, she rebuts the critics of a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, and reminds us all of our democracy’s aim for “political equality” — that is before the Court’s Buckley v. Valeo ruling. Jasmine writes,

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Our Stetson Law Panel: Taking on Citizens United

Free Speech For People and the Stetson Law Chapter of the American Constitution Society presented a panel on short- and long-term strategies to overturn Citizens United, featuring FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub.
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