Latest Developments

Minnesota becomes first state in the nation to pass legislation prohibiting foreign-influenced corporations from spending money in elections

The Minnesota Senate passed the Democracy for the People Act on Wednesday, which includes a provision that prohibits foreign-influenced corporate spending in state and local elections. The bill now moves to the Governor who has pledged to sign it into law. MINNEAPOLIS, MN (April 26, 2023) – The Minnesota Senate voted today to pass major
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Democracy and Gender Equality Advocates Urge President Biden to Take Executive Action to Certify The Equal Rights Amendment

The Equal Rights Amendment, first introduced in 1972, met the criteria for publication in January 2020, when Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it.   WASHINGTON, DC (April 26, 2023) A coalition of democracy and gender equality advocates issued a letter to President Biden today urging him to instruct the Acting Archivist of the
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Free Speech For People’s Campaign to Uphold Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment and Bar Trump from the Ballot Featured in New Washington Post Piece

The Washington Post recently published a new piece entitled, “Trump team prepares to fight efforts to block him from ballots over Jan. 6”. The article discusses Free Speech For People and Mi Familia Vota’s joint 14point3 campaign, and details our efforts across the country to uphold Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment and bar the
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Big Tech And Our Democracy: FSFP Holds Briefing On Amicus Brief in Gonzalez v Google, and the Big Tech Accountability Act

Free Speech For People recently held an online briefing to discuss the organization’s amicus brief in the pending case before the Supreme Court, Gonzalez v Google, and the Big Tech Accountability Act. Last December, FSFP filed a friend of the court brief in support of the petitioners in this case following a Ninth Circuit Court
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