Money in Politics as a Civil Rights Issue Posted on September 29, 2015 (May 13, 2020) Defending Key Reforms Big money interests increasingly dominate our election process and threaten the basic promise of American democracy: political equality for all. Like the poll tax of the past, today’s campaign finance system operates as a barrier to equal and meaningful participation in the political process. This special forum will address the question of money in politics fromRead More
CORPORATIONS, THE CONSTITUTION, AND DEMOCRACY Posted on September 28, 2015 (May 18, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Please join us for an all-day legal symposium at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, which will include scholars from across the country to discuss new scholarship and legal arguments challenging the doctrines underlying the Citizens United ruling and to advance a new jurisprudence in defense of our democracy.* Friday, November 20 9:00am-4:30pm Your RSVP is requested.Read More
Ending Super PACs: Is SpeechNow Vulnerable? Posted on September 28, 2015 (May 13, 2020) Challenging Super PACs Argued less than a week after Citizens United v. FEC, and decided just two months later, the D.C. Circuit’s less-widely-reported decision in SpeechNow.org v. FEC further extended Citizens United and opened the door to what we now call Super PACs. But some argue that SpeechNow, which the Supreme Court declined to review, is not a necessary or the best interpretation of Citizens United, andRead More
Ninth Circuit Rejects Franchise Industry’s Constitutional Arguments Against Seattle Minimum Wage Posted on September 25, 2015 (November 29, 2018) The International Franchise Association suffered a stinging defeat as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected its constitutional challenges to Seattle’s new living wage law.Read More
Join Jeff Clements Wednesday 9/30 at UMASS Dartmouth, MA Posted on September 22, 2015 (June 11, 2020) Democracy Amendments Jeff Clements, Free Speech For People’s Co-Founder and Board Chair, has authored a new updated and expanded edition of his widely acclaimed book, Corporations Are Not People. Join Jeff for a special speaking event sponsored by Citizens for Economic Justice and the Public Interest Law Fellowship Program at UMASS Dartmouth School of Law on the evening ofRead More
‘Inside Charlottesville’ Interview With Jeff Clements Posted on September 22, 2015 (September 22, 2015) Jeff Clements, Free Speech For People Co-Founder and author of Corporations Are Not People, joined Inside Charlottesville radio program to discuss corporate personhood and the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC ruling. Read More
“Court Upholds Finding That ‘Conflict Minerals’ Rule Is Unconstitutional” via Inside U.S. Trade Posted on September 22, 2015 (September 22, 2015) Inside U.S. Trade, a weekly report on major government and industry trade action, interviewed Ron Fein and highlighted the conflict minerals case of National Association of Manufacturers, et al. v. US SEC. Click to readRead More
A California Judge Rejects Cell Phone Industry’s “Corporate Speech” Lawsuit Against Berkeley Posted on September 22, 2015 (November 29, 2018) On Monday, a federal judge in California rejected industry’s latest attempt to use the First Amendment to avoid making consumer disclosures.Read More
Money In Politics as a Civil Rights Issue: A special forum at the Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, North Carolina Posted on September 21, 2015 (November 29, 2018) Free Speech For People in partnership with Democracy North Carolina The Institute For Southern Studies North Carolina Voters For Clean Elections Southern Coalition for Social Justice and the American Constitution Society law student chapters at Duke Law School, NCCU School of Law, and UNC School of Law Invite you to attend a special forum entitled “Money InRead More