State Legislators Lead the Fight to Defend The Constitution by Calling for Impeachment Proceedings against President Trump Posted on February 27, 2019 Impeachment State legislators in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania have introduced resolutions calling on Congress to begin impeachment proceedings now against President Trump, citing 10 legal grounds for impeachment. BOSTON, MA (Wednesday, February 27) – Massachusetts and Pennsylvania legislators have introduced resolutions calling on Congress to start impeachment proceedings now against President Donald Trump. The resolutions cite tenRead More
The Case For Impeaching Trump at Fordham University Posted on February 20, 2019 (February 22, 2019) Impeachment Read More
Trump’s Abuse of Emergency Powers is Another Ground for Impeachment Posted on February 15, 2019 (February 21, 2019) Impeachment President Trump has declared a national emergency in order to build a wall across the southern border of the United States without congressional authorization. This is a ground for impeachment: abusing emergency powers to fund and build a border wall that Congress has explicitly refused to fund. Background The Framers of the Constitution gave eachRead More
Statement in Support of HR1 Posted on February 12, 2019 Free Speech For People joined a national coalition of public interest organizations in a written statement for the record in support of HR1, which includes reforms essential to fixing our political system, including voting rights, money-in-politics, redistricting and government ethics reforms. The statement has been submitted to the House Committees on Administration and Homeland Security.Read More
Remembering Congressman Walter Jones Posted on February 11, 2019 (February 20, 2019) Democracy Amendments We at Free Speech For People were sad to learn of the passing of Representative Walter Jones (R-NC3). Representative Jones was a strong supporter of campaign finance reform. We were proud to work with him as one of the lead plaintiffs in Lieu v. Federal Election Commission, the case that could end super PACs (watchRead More
Free Speech For People Seeking to Hire Public Interest Attorney Posted on February 5, 2019 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’ve been working since then to get big moneyRead More
Ben Clements and Ron Fein in the Boston Globe: The case for starting impeachment hearings against Trump Posted on February 4, 2019 Impeachment In an op-ed in the Boston Globe (online and print), Free Speech For People’s Board Chair Ben Clements and Legal Director Ron Fein argue the case for starting impeachment hearings. The op-ed rebuts a common argument against impeachment by explaining how impeachment actually works: It’s time to begin impeachment hearings against President Trump. The political-mediaRead More
New Bills Would Abolish Super PACS and End Foreign Corporate Money in MA Elections Posted on January 31, 2019 (February 1, 2019) State Legislators Seek to Protect the Integrity of Elections in Massachusetts State legislators have introduced two bills in both houses of the Massachusetts state legislature to abolish super PACs and to prohibit spending by foreign-influenced corporations in Massachusetts elections. One bill, which Senator Jo Comerford and Senator Mark Montigny are co-sponsoring in the Senate asRead More
Free Speech For People Joins National Impeachment Summit Posted on January 31, 2019 (February 4, 2019) Impeachment Earlier this week, Free Speech For People joined Need to Impeach for a critical two-day Impeachment Summit. The Summit featured a panel by Free Speech for People legal experts, a press conference, activist trainings, and an advocacy day. On Monday, our legal experts addressed over 250 activists from around the country on the 10 legalRead More
New Resources on Impeachment from Free Speech For People for Members of Congress Posted on January 31, 2019 (February 7, 2019) On January 29, 2019, Free Speech For People joined Need to Impeach and activists from across the country to deliver new resources to members of Congress to immediately begin impeachment proceedings against the President for his continued lawlessness and ever-increasing egregious abuses of power. The day of action concluded a three-day Impeachment Summit gathering organizersRead More