“Attack on the Rule of Law,” Public Interest Group Calls for Criminal Investigations into Trump’s Extortion of Law Firms in California, Illinois, and Massachusetts Posted on July 15, 2025 Challenging Corruption New Filings Follow Similar Letters Free Speech For People Issued to State and Local Prosecutors in New York and Pennsylvania (BOSTON, MA) – Free Speech For People, a national non-profit legal advocacy organization, filed formal requests with the Attorneys General of California, Illinois, and Massachusetts, and the relevant district attorneys in each jurisdiction, to launchRead More
Free Speech For People’s Statement on First Circuit’s Decision to Temporarily Block Maine’s Ban on Foreign Government-Influenced Corporate Political Spending Posted on July 14, 2025 (July 14, 2025) Challenging Super PACs On July 11, 2025, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a federal district court ruling that temporarily blocked a state law to prohibit corporations significantly owned or influenced by foreign governments from spending in Maine local and state elections. As a result, foreign-government-influenced corporations remain temporarily able to spend freely inRead More
Free Speech For People Seeking to Hire Public Interest Attorney Posted on July 9, 2025 FSFP Updates Free Speech For People is seeking a public interest attorney, preferably with constitutional law, social justice, and/or election law experience, to join a cutting-edge non-profit fighting for democracy. Free Speech For People, a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization, was founded on the day of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision in January 2010. We’ve been workingRead More
Free Speech For People’s Tribute to Bill Moyers Posted on June 27, 2025 (June 27, 2025) All of us at Free Speech For People are deeply saddened by the news of Bill Moyers’s passing. Bill was an extraordinary human being. His legendary work as a journalist for more than four decades, as a close advisor and press secretary for President Lyndon Johnson, and as a courageous champion for our democracy allRead More
Free Speech For People Remarks on House Impeachment Vote Posted on June 24, 2025 (July 7, 2025) Impeachment Free Speech For People released a statement following today’s House impeachment vote, the first of Trump’s second term: We commend Congressman Al Green for his courage and his leadership in forcing a House floor vote on his article of impeachment against Donald Trump for directly violating the War Powers Clause of the US Constitution inRead More
Rep. Al Green Introduces New Article of Impeachment over Trump’s Usurping of Congressional Authority in Iran Attack Posted on June 24, 2025 (June 26, 2025) Impeachment WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 24, 2025) – Rep. Al Green (TX-09) introduced a new article of impeachment against President Trump today for Trump’s direct violation of the War Powers Clause of the US Constitution in his military attack on Iran without congressional authorization. Trump’s unilateral decision to strike without congressional authority or any imminent threat fromRead More
Free Speech For People Calls for Criminal Investigations into Trump’s Extortion of Law Firms in New York and Pennsylvania Posted on June 24, 2025 (June 26, 2025) Challenging Corruption (New York, NY) – Free Speech For People, a national non-profit legal advocacy organization, filed formal requests with the Attorneys General of New York and Pennsylvania, and the District Attorneys of Manhattan and Philadelphia to launch criminal investigations into President Donald Trump’s extortion and coercion of nearly $1 billion in legal services from at leastRead More
Susan Greenhalgh joins Jessica Denson’s show to discuss the continued fight for election security Posted on June 19, 2025 (June 19, 2025) Election Protection An election lawsuit is proceeding in Rockland County where Kamala Harris won a suspect ZERO votes in some districts, as new reports emerge about election machine vulnerabilities and Trump calls for the release of criminally convicted 2020 conspirator Tina Peters. Election security expert Susan Greenhalgh of Free Speech for People joins Jessica Denson to discussRead More
New Op-Ed: Criminal investigation needed of ICE seizure of Rümeysa Öztürk Posted on June 17, 2025 (June 17, 2025) Challenging Corruption John Bonifaz and Alexandra Flores-Quilty have a new op-ed in Mass Live urging Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan to investigate whether the abduction and detention of Rümeysa Öztürk violated Massachusetts criminal law. They write: During a recent appearance on GBH’s Boston Public Radio, AG Campbell stated thatRead More
Constitutional scholars agree: Trump has committed multiple impeachable offenses Posted on June 17, 2025 (June 17, 2025) Impeachment Nearly 700,000 Americans Urge Congress to Impeach and Remove Trump. WASHINGTON – In his column in The New York Times today, Thomas Edsall decries Trump’s unprecedented corruption and abuses of power in the first five months of his second term, consulting with several notable legal and political experts, including Michael Gerhardt, Erwin Chemerinsky, Jon Michaels,Read More