Ron Fein joins The Young Turks to discuss the impeachment charges against Donald Trump Posted on January 25, 2017 Read More
Free Speech For People Seeking to Hire Public Interest Attorney Posted on January 25, 2017 (October 2, 2018) Free Speech For People is seeking a public interest attorney, preferably with social justice, campaign finance, and/or election law experience, to come join cutting-edge non-profit. Free Speech For People, a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization, was founded on the day of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision. We’re working to get big money outRead More
Democracy For All Amendment Reintroduced in House & Senate Posted on January 24, 2017 (November 29, 2018) Days after the seven year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Citizens United case, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02), and Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) joined Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) in re-introducing the Democracy for All Amendment. Read More
BREAKING! FSFP Launches Campaign to Impeach Trump Posted on January 21, 2017 (January 22, 2017) Free Speech For People, in partnership with RootsAction, launched a campaign to impeach President Donald J. Trump for direct and serious violations of the United States Constitution.Read More
Federal Election Commission Responds to the Case that Could End Super PACs Posted on January 13, 2017 (January 17, 2017) On Friday, January 13, the Federal Election Commission filed its response in the federal lawsuit that could end super PACs. This case seeks the reversal of the 2010 lower federal court ruling in SpeechNow.org v. FEC, which unleashed super PAC spending in US elections, and which is vulnerable to being overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.Read More
FSFP Signs On To Letter To Protect The Office of Government Ethics Posted on January 13, 2017 (January 13, 2017) Free Speech For Peopled joined 20 organizations and ethics experts in signing a letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, calling for the protection of the Office of Government Ethics.Read More
FSFP & Reform Groups Urge Support for Senate Bill Requiring President-Elect Trump to Divest his Business Enterprises Posted on January 9, 2017 (October 2, 2018) Today, Free Speech For People joined reform groups in a letter sent today to Senators, urging them to support and co-sponsor legislation that would require President-elect Trump to divest his business enterprises. Read More
Free Speech For People Is Looking For Summer 2017 Legal Interns Posted on January 9, 2017 (March 1, 2017) Come join the campaign to reclaim democracy for the people! Find out more about our internship opportunities for law students. Read More
TruthOut: “It’s Time for an Uprising Against Citizens United” Posted on January 7, 2017 (January 7, 2017) Martha Stone, Communications Director for America Promise, recently penned an op-ed with TruthOut about the need for a citizen-led “uprising” against the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling.Read More