WATCH: Publish the ERA townhall featuring Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Posted on December 4, 2024 (December 4, 2024) Democracy Amendments Watch our national town hall featuring U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and members of the Biden Publish the ERA Alliance discuss the campaign to publish the Equal Rights Amendment. The Alliance consists of thirty non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organizations representing millions of members calling on President Biden to enshrine equal justice under the law in the USRead More
46 US Senators Urge President Biden to Publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the US Constitution Posted on December 3, 2024 (December 3, 2024) Democracy Amendments The ERA was approved by Congress in 1972 and, by 2020, ratified by 38 states. The letter asks President Biden to instruct the National Archivist to certify and publish the ERA as the 28th Amendment without delay. WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 3, 2024)—Style Weekly published yesterday an official letter to President Biden dated November 22, 2024,Read More
Join Senator Gillibrand for the Biden Publish the ERA Digital Town Hall Posted on November 25, 2024 (December 4, 2024) Democracy Amendments As attacks on the rights of women, girls, and LGBTQIA+ individuals surge nationwide, a second Trump term comes with grave new threats spelled out in Project 2025. With so many freedoms on the line, President Biden has the authority, responsibility, and opportunity to certify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) before his term ends. The ERARead More
U.S. Department of Justice Files Amicus Brief to Support Appeal by Colorado Civil Rights Organizations in Voter Intimidation Suit Posted on November 15, 2024 (November 20, 2024) Election Protection Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in support of NAACP Colorado, League of Women Voters of Colorado, and Mi Familia Vota. These groups, represented by Free Speech For People and co-counsel Bryan Sells, filed their appeal brief last week, challenging theRead More
Computer Scientists: Breaches of Voting System Software Warrant Recounts to Ensure Election Verification Posted on November 13, 2024 (November 18, 2024) Election Protection A group of computer security experts have written to Vice President Kamala Harris to alert her to the fact that voting systems were breached by Trump allies in 2021 and 2022 and to urge her to seek recounts in key states to ensure election verification. Following the 2020 election, operatives working with Trump attorneys accessedRead More
Free Speech For People’s Statement on the 2024 Election Posted on November 8, 2024 (November 12, 2024) FSFP Updates Our democracy is worth saving. This election cycle, our democracy has been staggered by blow after blow. We cannot pretend otherwise; to do so would be to accept that this hamstrung system is the one with which we must live. It is not and we do not accept that it is. We will keep fightingRead More
Statement on Election Verification Posted on November 8, 2024 Election Protection Over the past several weeks, voters cast their votes to make their voices heard in the general elections. Votes were counted rapidly on election night — mostly by computers — to generate unofficial results. But counting votes is a process and the election night count is but one part of that process. The number ofRead More
Voting Rights Organizations File Appeal to Protect Colorado Voters from Intimidation Posted on November 8, 2024 (November 8, 2024) Election Protection Yesterday, Free Speech For People and co-counsel Bryan Sells filed our appeal brief in the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on behalf of NAACP Colorado, League of Women Voters of Colorado, and Mi Familia Vota. The appeal challenges the district court’s rulings that the United States Election Integrity Plan (USEIP) and threeRead More
Victory! Maine becomes the first state to eliminate super PACs Posted on November 7, 2024 (November 22, 2024) Challenging Super PACs On November 5, 2024, an overwhelming majority of Mainers voted to limit annual contributions to super PACs from individuals, businesses, and other PACs to $5,000 in a calendar year. Free Speech For People has helped lead the movement to end super PACs nationwide and strongly endorsed this initiative. We congratulate Maine Citizens to End SuperPACsRead More
The Supreme Court’s Self-Serving Decisions to Exonerate Corrupt Officials For the Court’s Own Benefit Posted on November 1, 2024 Supreme Court The following is commentary by Amira Mattar, Counsel, and Courtney Hostetler, Legal Director, at Free Speech For People. It originally appeared as an op-ed in Common Dreams and is reprinted below: Opinion by opinion, the Supreme Court has moved towards a judicial framework that insulates justices from growing public concern about their own corruption. InRead More