Tampa Bay Times: Keep Super PAC Cash Out of St. Petersburg Elections Posted on July 17, 2016 (October 2, 2018) Free Speech For People counsel, Scott Greytak and Vice Chair of the St. Petersburg City Council, Darden Rice, co-authored a column in the Tampa Bay Times on the corrupting influence of Super PACs and how a new ordinance could curb outside spending. Read More
Bloomberg View: An Attack On Citizens United Through The Back Door Posted on July 11, 2016 (July 11, 2016) Noah Feldman, a Bloomberg View columnist offers an astute assessment of our litigation strategy in challenging SpeechNow.org v. FEC, and the challenges that come with it. Read More
Huffington Post: This Could Be The Beginning Of The End For Super PACs Posted on July 8, 2016 (July 8, 2016) Money in politics reporter for the Huffington Post, Paul Blumenthal reported on this week’s Free Speech For People’s FEC complaint, saying “this could be the beginning of the end for Super PACs.” Read More
Free Speech For People & Bipartisan Coalition File FEC Complaint to End Super PACs Posted on July 7, 2016 (July 28, 2016) Today, Free Speech For People, along with a bipartisan coalition of Members of Congress and congressional candidates—and joined by the Campaign for Accountability filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission seeking to abolish Super PAC spending in US elections. Read More
Washington Post: Can Super PACs Be Put Back in the Box? Posted on July 7, 2016 (July 7, 2016) Matea Gold of the Washington Post outlines the latest legal advocacy efforts from FSFP, which includes the filing of a FEC complaint targeting super PAC spending.Read More
YES! Magazine: In New York, Republicans and Democrats Join Forces to Overturn Citizens United Posted on July 5, 2016 (November 29, 2018) Earlier this month, the US came one step closer to enacting the first constitutional amendment in 24 yrs, when New York state called for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens UnitedRead More
ExxonMobil: Free Speech is For People, Not Corporations Posted on June 29, 2016 (June 29, 2016) Free Speech For People is taking on ExxonMobil’s misuse of the First Amendment to try to hide from accountability under the law. Read More
Stream Audio From The FEC Forum On Corporate Political Spending & Political Influence Posted on June 28, 2016 (June 28, 2016) FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub hosted a forum on “Corporate Political Spending and Foreign Influence.”Read More
FSFP To Host Panel at Netroots Nation ’16 in St. Louis Posted on June 27, 2016 (June 30, 2016) Free Speech For People to host panel on “Bold Strategies For Achieving Political Equality Through A New Supreme Court” on Friday, July 15th in St. Louis, Missouri.Read More
Laurence Tribe & Scott Greytak: “Get foreign political money out of US Elections” Posted on June 22, 2016 (June 22, 2016) Our Scott Greytak and Harvard Law Professor, Laurence Tribe, co-authored an op-ed posted to The Boston Globe on how foreign political money and U.S. political spending.Read More