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
NY Is So Close To Becoming The 17th State Calling To Overturn Citizens United Posted on September 18, 2015 (November 29, 2018) Democracy Amendments New York could become the 17th state to call for a constitutional amendment and the first state with a Republican controlled legislature in either house to do so. A bipartisan majority of the NY Assembly signed onto a letter to Congress, calling for an amendment to overturn the Citizens United ruling. Read More
John Bonifaz: Clinton’s Shift on Campaign Finance and Why We Need a 28th Amendment Posted on September 17, 2015 (October 2, 2018) Democracy Amendments Free Speech For People Co-Founder and President, John Bonifaz is featured in The Hill addressing the growing movement in support of a 28th Amendment to reclaim our republic from the unlimited spending in our elections. Read More
Money In Politics as a Civil Rights Issue A Special Forum in Durham, North Carolina Posted on September 11, 2015 (June 11, 2020) Defending Key Reforms Free Speech For People in partnership with Democracy North Carolina The Institute For Southern StudiesNorth Carolina Voters For Clean ElectionsSouthern Coalition for Social Justiceand the American Constitution Society law student chapters at Duke Law School,NCCU School of Law, and UNC School of Law This special forum entitled “Money In Politics as a Civil Rights Issue”, was hosted at the HaytiRead More