Senators Demand Presidential Policy Directive Against Unlawful Mobilization of Military Posted on December 6, 2024 Challenging Corruption Earlier this week, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal, both members of the Senate’s Armed Services Committee, urged President Biden to issue a policy directive to prohibit the unlawful mobilization of our military against Americans. The letter explains that a long-standing law prohibits any part of the Armed Forces from executing the law absent ConstitutionalRead More
Civil Rights and Democracy Groups Join Forces to Oppose Preemptive Recess Appointments Posted on December 5, 2024 Challenging Corruption WASHINGTON D.C. – Free Speech For People joined 70 national civil rights and pro-democracy organizations in sending a joint letter to the Senate, demanding that it uphold its critical constitutional responsibility to advise and consent on presidential nominations to the executive and judicial branches. The letter delivery was organized and led by People For theRead More
WATCH: Publish the ERA townhall featuring Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Posted on December 4, 2024 (December 5, 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 over forty non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organizations representing millions of members calling on President Biden to enshrine equal justice under the law in theRead 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