Summer Campaign Highlights Posted on August 13, 2015 (August 13, 2015) Democracy Amendments 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. Read More
A Look At The Voting Rights Act Anniversary Posted on August 6, 2015 (August 12, 2015) 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.Read More
Ron Fein: Don’t Let The Koch Brothers Be Kingmakers Posted on August 5, 2015 (October 2, 2018) 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.” Read More
Free Speech For People to Hire Staff Attorney Posted on August 5, 2015 (October 21, 2015) 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 workingRead More
Corporations Are Perverting the Notion of Free Speech Posted on August 4, 2015 (October 2, 2018) Our Legal Advocacy Director, Ron Fein and Harvard Law Professor John C. Coates IV are featured today in Newsweek, in a piece titled “Corporations Are Perverting the Notion of Free Speech.” Read More
Small Pool of Rich Donors Dominates Election Giving Posted on August 3, 2015 (November 29, 2018) 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 toRead More
Ron Fein: Why Judges Should Stay Out of the Minimum Wage Debate Posted on August 3, 2015 (November 29, 2018) Our Legal Advocacy Director, Ron Fein writes to the Los Angeles Daily News on the role of the Courts in the ongoing living wage debate. Read More
Doris Kearns Goodwin: “Would fight for amendment to overturn Citizens United” Posted on August 1, 2015 (November 29, 2018) Democracy Amendments Doris Kearns Goodwin was interviewed on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and she commented on the need for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. Read More
Tim Danahey Show Interviews Ron Fein On Corporate Personhood In IFA v. Seattle Posted on July 30, 2015 (July 30, 2015) 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.Read More
The ‘A to Z’ of Money In Politics Posted on July 27, 2015 (July 30, 2015) Today, our friends Pay 2 Play launched a new campaign, Money in Politics A to Z . Over the course of a month, a new letter will be released each day that corresponds to an issue in which big money in politics directly relates to. We found a few letters that relate to our own initiatives, which we will launch later next month. Read More