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Senator Bob Kerrey’s political career has spanned over decades — he first served as the 35th Governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and then as a US Senator from Nebraska from 1989 to 2001. In May we had the opportunity to talk with the Former Senator about his thoughts on how big money has
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This week Free Speech For People along with our partners at Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, sent over 25,000 postcards to Senators across the country to urge them to support an amendment to overturn Citizens United. For the Senators that already support one, we wrote a note to thank them for their continued support! With the full
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“One person, one vote.” That’s a principle most Americans can get behind.” Read in this new op-ed from Legal Director Ron Fein and the Honorable James Nelson (a retired Justice of the Montana Supreme Court) on why this basic notion is being threatened by the new Lair v. Motl case in Montana where big money
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Last week Free Speech For People traveled to Detroit for the 7th annual Netroots Nation conference featuring keynote speakers Vice President Joe Biden, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Rev. William Barber, the preacher behind North Carolina’s Moral Mondays. The keynote speakers all made points to include our current campaign finance system and how it requires dire
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On Tuesday July 15th House Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) and U.S. Rep. John Larson (CT-1), Chairman of the House Elections Task Force, joined U.S. Reps. Ted Deutch (FL-21), Donna F. Edwards (MD-4), and Jim McGovern (MA-2) to file a Constitutional Amendment: “Democracy For All” which will limit money in politics. The press conference where
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STATEMENT BY JOHN BONIFAZ, CO-FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE, ON TODAY’S SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE VOTE IN SUPPORT OF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO RECLAIM OUR DEMOCRACY American democracy is in crisis. Big money interests dominate our elections and our government, drowning out the voices of ordinary citizens and undermining the fundamental promise of political equality for
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In May, Free Speech For People President John Bonifaz traveled to Miami, Florida to take part in a debate with the lawyer behind the infamous Citizens United case, James Bopp, about the 2010 decision as well as the Constitutional Amendment proposed to overturn it. The conference was a part of the Politcal Campaign Ethics Conference hosted by
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A recent article in Roll Call, Hobby Lobby Ruling Fuels Amendment Push, highlights the national amendment movement to overturn Citizens United. The article also features a quote from Free Speech For People President, John Bonifaz. It begins: In its recent ruling to confer religious liberties on closely held corporations, the Supreme Court makes no mention of its 2010 Citizens United v.
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STATEMENT BY JUSTICE JAMES NELSON ON THE SUPREME COURT’S HOBBY LOBBY RULING Justice Nelson is a former Justice of the Montana Supreme Court and a Member of Free Speech For People’s Legal Advisory Committee The only Constitutional Rights with which Corporations as “persons” have been endowed, are those created from whole cloth by the SCOTUS. Trustees of Dartmouth
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 2, 2014 Contact: Ed Erikson, (202) 420-9947 or Ryan O’Donnell, (413) 335-9824 [email protected] Campaign Contribution Limits Under Fire in Montana Legal Advocacy Group Says American Political Equality is at Stake Free Speech For People, a national non-profit legal advocacy and public education organization, is joining the defense of Montana’s existing
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