Free Speech For People’s Statement on Trump Indictment and the Need for Accountability for his Other Crimes Posted on April 4, 2023 Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People, a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization founded in 2010 to fight for constitutional democracy, and the first national organization to call for Trump’s impeachment, applauds the Manhattan district attorney and grand jury for finally holding Trump to account in a court of law for one of his many violations of state andRead More
BREAKING: A Manhattan grand jury has indicted former president Trump in connection with his illegal “hush money” payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Posted on March 30, 2023 Challenging Corruption The grand jury’s indictment emerged from the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation of a 2016 payment of $130,000 by Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen to Daniels one month before the election to prevent revelations of a 2006 sexual encounter between Daniels and Trump. Cohen was arrested in 2018 for campaign finance violations related to this payment,Read More
Free Speech For People Welcomes Chris Vines As Campaign Organizer Posted on March 30, 2023 FSFP Updates Free Speech For People is excited to welcome Chris Vines to the staff as our new Campaign Organizer! Prior to joining the staff of Free Speech For People, Vines served as a Campaign Manager & Strategist for various political and non-profit campaigns across the country, and served as the National Field Director for the SisterDistrictRead More
New report explains why states can enforce Fourteenth Amendment’s Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause without any new federal legislation Posted on March 30, 2023 Challenging Corruption Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment (the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause) bars insurrectionists from public office. It is sometimes suggested that enforcing Section 3 against those involved in the January 6, 2021 insurrection–such as former president Donald Trump– would require new federal legislation. Free Speech For People has issued a report, co-written with Professor Gerard MaglioccaRead More
“It’s absolutely absurd”: FSFP Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh Featured in the Los Angeles Times on Trump Allies’ Multi-State Effort to Access Election Systems and the DOJ’s Failure to Investigate Potential Crimes. Posted on March 9, 2023 Election Protection The LA Times recently published a new piece on Trump allies’ multi-state effort to access election systems and the apparent lack of a federal probe into the matter. The piece features contributions from FSFP Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh. “If this was the electrical grid or nuclear energy plants, or the water supply,Read More
Big Tech And Our Democracy: FSFP Holds Briefing On Amicus Brief in Gonzalez v Google, and the Big Tech Accountability Act Posted on February 27, 2023 (March 2, 2023) Corporate Abuse of Power Free Speech For People recently held an online briefing to discuss the organization’s amicus brief in the pending case before the Supreme Court, Gonzalez v Google, and the Big Tech Accountability Act. Last December, FSFP filed a friend of the court brief in support of the petitioners in this case following a Ninth Circuit CourtRead More
VICTORY: Court Denies Arizona’s Move to Toss Lawsuit Challenging Anti-Voter Law Posted on February 17, 2023 Election Protection Washington, D.C. – On February 16, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona denied the State of Arizona’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging two recently enacted anti-voter laws, H.B. 2492 and H.B. 2243, for imposing severe, arbitrary and discriminatory burdens on Arizona voters that undermine their freedom to vote and violate federal law. “We have a choice betweenRead More
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Hears Oral Arguments on The Proposed Ballot Measure to Ban Super PACs in Massachusetts Posted on February 7, 2023 (February 7, 2023) Challenging Super PACs Free Speech For People and Equal Citizens appeared before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court yesterday for oral arguments in two lawsuits on behalf of individual voters in the state challenging the Massachusetts Attorney General’s rejection of an initiative petition to limit contributions to super PACs (which are currently unlimited) to $5,000 per individual donor. TheRead More
Major voting rights victory: Federal court rejects extremists’ attempt to defeat voter intimidation lawsuit Posted on January 31, 2023 Election Protection A federal judge in Colorado has rejected efforts by individuals involved with the United States Election Integrity Plan (USEIP), an extremist organization with ties to QAnon and the January 6 insurrection, to defeat a lawsuit seeking to stop their illegal voter intimidation campaign in Colorado. Background The lawsuit—filed by Free Speech For People and theRead More
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to Hear Oral Arguments over Proposed Ballot Measure to Limit Super PAC Contributions Posted on January 31, 2023 (January 31, 2023) Challenging Super PACs The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear oral arguments on February 6 from legal advocates challenging the Attorney General’s rejection of Initiative Petition 22-01 in two distinct lawsuits. The petition called for a ballot initiative that, if passed, would limit contributions to independent expenditure PACs, commonly called “super PACs,” to $5,000 per individual per calendarRead More