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Watch Rhana B. Follow In The Footsteps Of “Granny D”!
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On October 13, 2014, Rhana Bazzini left her home in Sarasota, Florida to embark on a 400+ mile journey in the footsteps of Doris “Granny D” Haddock to call for a constitutional amendment to reclaim our democracy.

Free Speech For People joined Rhana in Tallahassee on December 3, 2014 for the final leg of her walk to the Florida state capitol. We interviewed Rhana about her time on the road, and what it means to follow in “Granny D’s” footsteps.
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Hearing To Begin January 7 On Vermont’s GMO Labeling Law
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On Wednesday, January 7, the Federal District Court in Burlington, Vermont will begin oral arguments in the landmark case of Grocery Manufacturers Association, et al. v. Sorrell, which addresses the state’s recently-passed law requiring the labeling of food produced with genetic engineering.

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FSFP And Retired Montana Supreme Court Justice File Brief In Defense Of A Florida Campaign Finance Rule For Judicial Elections
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(Image Source) Free Speech For People, along with retired Montana Supreme Court Justice (and Free Speech For People board member) James Nelson, has filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of a Florida campaign finance rule for judicial elections. The challenged rule, which was drawn from the American Bar Association’s Model
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63,000 Strikes And You’re Out? Not If You’re A Global Corporation In Delaware, Explains Jeff Clements To Huffington Post
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Over a decade before the Big Branch mine explosion, Massey Energy had committed more than 63,000 violations of mine safety laws, and violated the federal Clean Water Act 13,000 times. Three years after the explosion, CEO Don Blankenship was indicted, but Massey still operates in Delaware.

Free Speech For People’s Jeff Clements writes to the Huffington Post on the case.
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2014: A Year Of Milestones and Progress To Reclaim Democracy
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As we prepare for the beginnings of a new year, we look back on this year’s progress and our many achievements. With your help, we have reached many milestones in our work to overturn Citizens United and reclaim our democracy. To show your support, we urge you to donate to our end of year campaign, here. 
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FSFP Joins Global Witness In Brief Addressing “Conflict Minerals” and First Amendment Claims By Corporations
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(Photo via Global Witness) We’re pleased to join Global Witness Limited in an important brief pushing back against a First Amendment claim by the National Association of Manufacturers and other corporate interests. The case comes from a provision of the federal Dodd-Frank Act addressing “conflict minerals” from the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo. As
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Citizens’ Ballot Initiative Another Casualty of Citizens United Decision
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Jeff Clements of Free Speech For People is featured on TruthOut commenting on the new Gilded Age created in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling. Not until the 20th century, did “we the people” have access to ballot initiatives as a tool for democracy. The unlimited corporate campaign spending resulting directly from Citizens United continues to threaten our power to enact reasonable spending rules and to return our Constitutional rights to human beings, not corporations.
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