Latest Developments

Corporate Constitutional Litigation Beats A Hasty Retreat In Los Angeles

The American Hotel & Lodging Association, which is challenging Los Angeles’s new living wage law for hotel workers, has voluntarily withdrawn 9 of the 10 claims in its complaint. This came just three weeks after Free Speech For People (along with co-signers Courage Campaign, Equal Justice Society and Western Center on Law and Poverty) filed an amicus brief in support of the City of Los Angeles.
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Summer Campaign Highlights

We are making great strides in our campaign to restore democracy to ‘we the people.’ Check out our summer highlights from our work to overturn Citizens United and end the myth of corporate personhood.
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A Look At The Voting Rights Act Anniversary

Today, marks the 50 year anniversary since the passage of the Voting Rights Act, which ensured that all Americans be provided equal opportunity to voice their opinions at the polls. Our partner, Democracy Initiative created a Storify to capture the momentum online from this historic date.
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Ron Fein: Don’t Let The Koch Brothers Be Kingmakers

In a piece posted today on The Blaze, Ron Fein responds to Charles Koch’s recent warning that “America is done for” if conservative mega-donors don’t rally in 2016. Fein argues that the “cure that Mr. Koch proposes is worse than the disease.”

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Free Speech For People to Hire Staff Attorney

Attorney: Counsel, Democracy Program  Seeking public interest lawyer, preferably with campaign finance and/or election law experience, for joint project by two cutting-edge non-profits, Free Speech For People and Represent.Us. Organizations Free Speech For People, a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization, was founded on the day of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision. We’re working
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Small Pool of Rich Donors Dominates Election Giving

Newly released Federal Election Commission reports and Internal Revenue Records confirm what many of us already know: A small group of wealthy donors are dominating our elections. A recent New York Times analysis reports that today’s fundraising efforts rival that of a full-blown arms race, with many presidential hopefuls depending on a very small group of donors to
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Tim Danahey Show Interviews Ron Fein On Corporate Personhood In IFA v. Seattle

On Thursday, July 30, Ron Fein joined the Tim Danahey radio show to discuss our amicus brief in the case, International Franchise Association v. Seattle. In this interview, Fein discusses the era of corporate personhood, the Fourteenth Amendment, and how the International Franchise Association is claiming access and protection by this amendment. Stream the interview after the jump.
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