Overturn The Supreme Court Posted on May 7, 2014 (June 27, 2022) Democracy Amendments A new poll from Democracy Corps shows that 80% of the American people are against the Citizens United decision. Read More
FSFP Testimony On Campaign Finance Hearing Posted on May 7, 2014 (June 27, 2022) Democracy Amendments Free Speech For People’s written comments into the record for the Committee’s April 30, 2014 hearing, Dollars and Sense: How Undisclosed Money and Post-McCutcheon Campaign Finance Will Affect 2014 and Beyond, regarding campaign finance can be read below. As explained in detail within the comments, we believe that the Supreme Court’s decisions in Citizens United v. FECRead More
Join Us For The Clean Elections Convention Posted on May 5, 2014 (June 27, 2022) Democracy Amendments Free Speech For People is excited to partner with Maine Citizens for Clean Elections (MCCE) for the first Clean Elections Convention! Read More
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens To Testify on Campaign Finance Posted on April 30, 2014 (June 17, 2022) Democracy Amendments Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is scheduled to testify today on Capitol Hill at a Senate hearing on the high court’s decision to strike limits on aggregate campaign contributions. According to National Law Journal, Read More
FSFP Applauds the Senate Announcement Of Upcoming Floor Vote On the Udall Constitutional Amendment Bill Posted on April 30, 2014 (June 17, 2022) Democracy Amendments Free Speech For People, a national campaign to reclaim our democracy launched on the day of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, applauded today’s announcement that the United States Senate will hold a floor vote this year on Senator Tom Udall’s constitutional amendment bill to allow Congress and the States to regulate and limit the amount of money in politics. Senator Charles Schumer issued this announcement at today’s Senate Rules Committee hearing on the impact of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in McCutcheon v.Read More
New York Lobby Day Is Needed More Than Ever In Light Of New Super-PAC Ruling Posted on April 25, 2014 (June 17, 2022) Challenging Super PACs A federal judge on Thursday struck down New York’s limits on donations to independent political action committees as unconstitutional. Judge Crotty’s reasoning, as reported by Reuters, is this: Read More
Polluting Our Democracy And Our Environment Posted on April 23, 2014 (June 17, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power In light of Earth Day on April 22nd, The Sierra Club has released a must-read report Polluting Our Democracy And Our Environment that draws out the parallels between big money’s influence in politics and the impact those same interests also have on the environment. It reads, Read More
Justice Stevens’s Solution for ‘Giant Step in Wrong Direction’ Posted on April 21, 2014 (June 17, 2022) Democracy Amendments A recent New York Times article features an interview and insight from former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and his continued dissent against the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United and the recent McCutcheon v. FEC decision. The article also discusses his new book in which Stevens’ calls for a constitutional amendment to limit campaign contributions. It reads: Read More
The 28th Amendment Roadshow Posted on April 21, 2014 (June 17, 2022) Democracy Amendments Our democracy has been overtaken by corporate interests who have bought favor with politicians, putting up huge roadblocks to any legislation that benefits people. But all over the country people are fighting back and demanding change. In light of the recent Supreme Court McCutcheon v. FEC decision, we need this effort now more than ever. America needs a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that declares that We the People have the authority to regulate election spending and that corporations shall not be endowed with the same rights and privileges as human beings. Read More
4 Years Later: Remembering Massey Energy Mining Victims Posted on April 4, 2014 (June 17, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power Four years ago, one of the worst coal-mining accidents in U.S history occurred. 3:57PM on April 5th, 2010, in Raleigh County, West Virginia, the Massey Energy Upper Big Branch coal mine located in Montcoal exploded and killed 29 of the 31 miners on site. Read More