Free Speech For People Seeking Communications Intern Posted on January 23, 2018 (October 3, 2018) Come join the campaign to reclaim democracy for the people. Free Speech For People, a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization, was founded in 2010 after the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision. We’re working to renew our democracy and reclaim our Constitution for We the People, not big money and corporate interests, and to challengeRead More
On the eighth anniversary of Citizens United, here is how you can take action Posted on January 22, 2018 (October 3, 2018) Democracy Amendments Sunday, January 21st, 2018, marked the eighth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. This case said that we can no longer bar corporations from spending unlimited sums of money to take over our elections. The ruling was both a dangerous campaign finance decision and an extreme extension of the fabricated doctrine ofRead More
On the anniversary of the Presidential Inauguration, we continue the campaign for an impeachment investigation of President Trump Posted on January 20, 2018 Impeachment On this day last year, Free Speech For People, with RootsAction, launched the campaign, Impeach Donald Trump Now, calling for an impeachment investigation to be launched by Congress into the violations of the Domestic and Foreign Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution by Donald Trump. Since the launch of the campaign, we have expanded theRead More
Williams-Yulee and the Courts, Three Years Later Posted on January 17, 2018 President Trump’s 2017 inauguration isn’t the only event with an anniversary coming on January 20. On January 20, 2015, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar, an important case on judicial fundraising and preserving public confidence in the integrity of the judiciary. And unlike Citizens United, which will have itsRead More
MLK Day reminds us that money in politics is a civil rights issue Posted on January 15, 2018 (October 3, 2018) On Martin Luther King Jr. Day we celebrate the legacy of a human being dedicated to racial justice and equal rights for all. Dr. King envisioned a world without racism and bigotry, in which peace and tolerance rule. The current landscape of money in politics in America reminds us that Dr. King’s fight for justiceRead More
A tumultuous time for Trump Soho: Free Speech For People leads the campaign to end illegal payments to Trump-owned businesses Posted on January 13, 2018 (May 11, 2020) Free Speech For People launched in July 2017 a campaign calling for the divestment of public pension funds from Trump owned businesses which were funneling millions of dollars to the Trump Organization in violation of the Domestic Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. Following the launch of the campaign, thousands of Californians and New Yorkers joinedRead More
Ron Fein to US News and World Report: There’s No Such Thing As ‘Collusion’ Posted on January 11, 2018 (October 3, 2018) In a new oped published today in US News and World Report, Free Speech For People Legal Director Ron Fein discusses the lack of legal meaning, and enforceability, of the word ‘collusion’. “Collusion” is on America’s lips. Cable news personalities say it. The president can’t stop tweeting about it. But every time someone uses the wordRead More
More evidence of Trump’s obstruction of justice in new book by Michael Wolff Posted on January 10, 2018 (October 3, 2018) Free Speech For People, with organizational partner RootsAction, launched a campaign for an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump on January 20, 2017, based on violations of the Domestic and Foreign Emoluments Clauses of the Constitution. Since that time, we have expanded our grounds for impeachment to include obstruction of justice, following the firing ofRead More
Free Speech For People Seeking Legal Interns for Summer 2018 Posted on January 9, 2018 (January 9, 2018) Come join the campaign to reclaim democracy for the people. Free Speech For People, a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization, was founded in 2010 after the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision. We’re working to renew our democracy and reclaim our Constitution for We the People, not big money and corporate interests, and to challengeRead More