Free Speech For People Applauds New Mexico Ruling Implementing Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause and Congratulates CREW Posted on September 6, 2022 Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People applauds the New Mexico judge’s decision in White v. Griffin, finding that the (now-former) county commissioner Couy Griffin is disqualified from public office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment (the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause), and congratulates Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) for leading this case. The judge’s decisionRead More
FSFP’s Statement on Georgia Supreme Court Decision in Rowan et al. v. Raffensperger Posted on September 1, 2022 (September 1, 2022) Challenging Corruption Today, in an unsigned order without written opinion, the Georgia Supreme Court denied Free Speech For People’s appeal of the decision in the challenge to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s candidacy under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. Importantly, this appeal did not involve any important federal constitutional issues. The appeal focused entirely on questions ofRead More
Free Speech For People Files Opposition to FEC’s Motion to Dismiss Russian Election Interference Case Posted on August 25, 2022 Challenging Corruption The nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations Free Speech For People (FSFP) and Campaign for Accountability (CfA) have filed their opposition to the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) motion to dismiss their case challenging the FEC’s failure to investigate a five-year-old complaint regarding the Russian government’s unlawful foreign political spending in the 2016 election, at times in coordination withRead More
Free Speech For People Seeking to Hire Campaign Associate Posted on August 11, 2022 FSFP Updates Free Speech For People is seeking a Campaign Associate with organizing experience to join a cutting-edge non-profit fighting for democracy. Free Speech For People, is a national nonprofit nonpartisan organization working to renew our democracy and our United States Constitution for we the people. Since our founding in January 2010, on the day of theRead More
FSFP Legal Fellow Ben Horton: “Trump is Disqualified from Future Public Office Under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, and State Officials Should Not Wait for Congress to Ensure That the Constitution is Enforced” Posted on August 10, 2022 (August 11, 2022) Challenging Corruption Election Law Blog recently published a new piece by FSFP Legal Fellow Ben Horton on the need for Secretaries of State across the country to abide by Section 3 of the 14th Amendment and bar former president Trump from any future ballot based on his incitement of the January 6 insurrection. The following are excerptsRead More
Federal Court Allows Challenge to Voter Suppression Law in Texas to Proceed Posted on August 5, 2022 Election Protection Mi Familia Vota and three individual Texas voters, along with co-plaintiffs Houston Area Urban League, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, The Arc of Texas, and Jeffrey Lamar Clemmons, won a significant court victory on August 2, 2022, in their legal challenge to SB 1, a 2021 Texas election law that unconstitutionally and unlawfully limits eligible voters’Read More
“A heroic and democracy-saving effort,” Glenn Kirschner praises 14point3 campaign in interview with FSFP President John Bonifaz Posted on August 2, 2022 Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People’s President John Bonifaz appeared on Glenn Kirschner’s Justice Matters last week to discuss the 14point3 campaign, which seeks to bar insurrectionists including Donald Trump from any future ballot. Kirschner is an NBC legal analyst and a former federal prosecutor. Under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, public officials (including the PresidentRead More
FSFP Joins Campaign Legal Center In Federal Lawsuit Challenging New Voter Suppression Laws In Arizona Posted on July 27, 2022 (August 3, 2022) Election Protection Free Speech For People has joined the Campaign Legal Center as part of the legal team on a lawsuit challenging two new voter suppression laws in Arizona: H.B. 2492, which imposes discriminatory burdens on voters with new documentary proof of residence and citizenship requirements; and H.B. 2243, which requires local election officials remove voters fromRead More
Free Speech For People’s Statement on Fulton County Superior Court Judge Brasher’s Ruling in Greene case Posted on July 25, 2022 Challenging Corruption On July 25, Judge Christopher Brasher of the Fulton County, Georgia Superior Court issued a decision upholding Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s earlier decision to allow Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to appear on the ballot. A group of Georgia voters, represented by a legal team led by Free Speech For People, had challenged Greene’s candidacyRead More
FSFP Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements argues for the Big Tech Accountability Act in the Western New England Law Review Posted on July 19, 2022 Corporate Abuse of Power Free Speech For People Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements has authored an article for the Western New England Law Review, outlining our proposed Big Tech Accountability Act. The newly-published piece, entitled “The Big Tech Accountability Act: Reforming How the Biggest Corporations Control and Exploit Online Communications,” addresses many of the unfounded claims usedRead More