USA TODAY: Hawaii Advances Bill to Bar Multinational Corporations from Spending Money to Influence Elections Posted on February 26, 2024 Challenging Foreign Influence The USA Today reports that Hawaii is advancing new legislation (SB3243) to protect state and local elections from foreign-influenced corporations: State Senator Chris Lee, the bill’s sponsor, says the bill is “basically a mechanism to ensure that foreign influence doesn’t penetrate our elections in Hawaii.” “We have a lot of foreign activity in Hawaii beingRead More
Free Speech For People’s Statement on the New York State Court Decision Against Trump for Fraud and Our Yearslong Advocacy to the New York Attorney General Posted on February 16, 2024 (February 16, 2024) Corporate Abuse of Power NEW YORK–Today, a New York state court issued a 92-page decision finding that disgraced ex-president Donald Trump and the Trump Organization engaged in persistent fraud, fined Trump $355 million, and banned him from serving as an officer or director at the Trump Organization or any other New York company, or applying for loans from anyRead More
Voter Suppression Trial Wraps Up in Texas Posted on February 14, 2024 (February 14, 2024) Election Protection The US District Court in San Antonio heard closing arguments this week in our lawsuit against Texas to challenge key provisions of SB 1, one of the harshest and most sweeping pieces of voter suppression legislation in decades. During the trial, we heard testimony from voters who struggled to vote due to the barriers imposedRead More
Free Speech For People Statement on the Supreme Court argument in Trump v. Anderson Posted on February 9, 2024 Challenging Corruption Every court and state official that has addressed the merits of a challenge to Donald Trump’s eligibility under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment — in Colorado, Maine, and Illinois — has concluded that Trump engaged in insurrection. In 150 minutes of argument, no one, not Trump’s lawyer nor any of the Justices, seriously disputedRead More
Judicial Crisis, Senate Action Letter Posted on February 9, 2024 (February 9, 2024) Challenging Corruption Full Letter | Judicial Crisis Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Dear Leader Schumer and Chair Durbin, We write to express our grave concern regarding the revelations and allegations surrounding special interest judicial influence, corruption, lack of ethical standards, and apparent lawbreaking by justices on the Supreme Court. These revelations have severe and far-reaching consequences on theRead More
Former state supreme court justices urge U.S. Supreme Court to affirm Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling finding Trump disqualified under Fourteenth Amendment Posted on January 31, 2024 Challenging Corruption A group of former state supreme court justices filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump v. Anderson urging the Court to affirm the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that Donald Trump is disqualified under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. The justices served as associate and chief justices of state supreme courtsRead More
Free Speech For People Statement on Illinois State Officers Electoral Board Decision Posted on January 30, 2024 (January 30, 2024) Challenging Corruption CHICAGO — The Illinois State Officers Electoral Board rejected today a challenge, under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, to Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on the state’s presidential primary and general election ballot, which a diverse group of Illinois voters initiated on January 4, 2024. The challengers will immediately appeal and expect the issuesRead More
Statement by Free Speech For People and Lichten & Liss-Riordan on Single Justice Ruling of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Posted on January 29, 2024 (January 29, 2024) Challenging Corruption On January 29, 2024, Associate Justice Frank M. Gaziano of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as a single justice, denied an emergency petition by individual Massachusetts voters challenging Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on the state’s presidential primary and general election ballot. The challengers are a mix of Republican, Independent, and Democratic voters andRead More
Republican judge finds that Trump engaged in insurrection and is disqualified under Section 3 of the Fourteenth amendment; ultimate decision must come from higher court Posted on January 28, 2024 (January 28, 2024) Challenging Corruption Former Illinois Judge Clark Erickson, acting as hearing officer on voters’ challenge to Trump’s eligibility, issues recommendation to the Illinois State Officers Electoral Board, which will vote on it on Tuesday. Judge finds that the electoral board does not have the authority to decide the challenge on the merits, but recommends that, if the boardRead More
Voters Challenging Trump’s Eligibility in Massachusetts Ask Supreme Judicial Court to Declare Trump Ineligible Posted on January 23, 2024 (January 23, 2024) Challenging Corruption In an emergency appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Plaintiffs ask the court to either uphold the US Constitution by barring Trump from the ballot or rule on the question of jurisdiction for the State Ballot Law Commission to proceed on merits. BOSTON, MA (January 23, 2024) – Free Speech For People (FSFP), alongRead More