Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to Hear Oral Arguments over Proposed Ballot Measure to Limit Super PAC Contributions Posted on January 31, 2023 (January 31, 2023) Challenging Super PACs The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear oral arguments on February 6 from legal advocates challenging the Attorney General’s rejection of Initiative Petition 22-01 in two distinct lawsuits. The petition called for a ballot initiative that, if passed, would limit contributions to independent expenditure PACs, commonly called “super PACs,” to $5,000 per individual per calendarRead More
FSFP Calls on US Commission on Civil Rights to Revoke Appointment of Election Denier Cleta Mitchell to the Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors Posted on January 26, 2023 Election Protection On January 24, 2023, Free Speech For People issued a letter to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights urging it to withdraw its November 2021 appointment of Cleta Mitchell to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s Board of Advisors. In 2021, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights appointed Trump lawyer and election denier Cleta Mitchell toRead More
Free Speech For People Calls on Attorney General and Senate Judiciary Committee to Open Immediate Investigation into New Kavanaugh Allegations Posted on January 23, 2023 (May 27, 2024) Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People today issued a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, and Ranking Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, calling for immediate and thorough investigations into sexual misconduct, perjury, and conspiracy to obstruct a congressional proceeding involving Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The new allegations were raised in filmmaker DougRead More
Schiff, Phillips, Jayapal, McGovern Introduce Constitutional Amendment to Rein In Unrestricted Campaign Spending Posted on January 19, 2023 Democracy Amendments Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) introduced the Democracy For All Amendment at the start of the 118th Congress, which would overturn legal precedents that have allowed unrestrained campaign spending and dark money to corrupt American democracy. The Democracy for All Amendment would overturn Citizens United v. FEC – aheadRead More
FSFP Renews Call For Big Tech Accountability Act In Response To President Biden’s New Oped In The Wall Street Journal. Posted on January 13, 2023 Corporate Abuse of Power The Wall Street Journal recently published a new op-ed by President Joe Biden on the need for Congress to pass strong legislation to hold Big Tech accountable. In response, Free Speech For People renewed its call for Congress to pass the Big Tech Accountability Act – the organization’s model federal legislation crafted to protect theRead More
Remote Summer 2023 Legal Internships at Free Speech For People Posted on January 10, 2023 (January 10, 2023) FSFP Updates Come join the campaign to reclaim democracy for the people by fighting for free and fair elections, and accountability for presidential corruption and abuse of power, in the summer of 2023! Free Speech For People, a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization, was founded in 2010 after the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision. We’re workingRead More
“TRUMP IS DISQUALIFIED,” MI FAMILIA VOTA HOLDS DEMONSTRATION AND BANNER DROP IN DENVER ON ANNIVERSARY OF JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION Posted on January 6, 2023 (January 6, 2023) Challenging Corruption On the second anniversary of the violent January 6th insurrection, nonpartisan civic action group is urging Colorado Secretary of State to use her power and to follow the mandate of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to bar Trump from the ballot. DENVER, CO (January 6, 2022) – Mi Familia Vota, a national organization workingRead More
New FSFP Oped in Jurist: “Merrick Garland Has Abandoned Prosecuting Trump’s Pre-2020 Crimes.” Posted on January 6, 2023 Challenging Corruption Jurist recently published a new oped by FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein, FSFP President John Bonifaz, and FSFP Board Chair and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements on the Department of Justice’s decision to ignore “substantial evidence” that Trump tried to obstruct its investigation into Russia’s election interference in 2016 and that he directed campaign financeRead More
U.S. Department of Justice Files Brief Supporting Our Lawsuit to Stop Voter Intimidation Posted on January 4, 2023 Election Protection The United States Department of Justice has submitted a legal brief (known as a “Statement of Interest”) supporting key legal arguments in our federal lawsuit against the “United States Election Integrity Plan” (USEIP), an extremist organization that has carried out an illegal voter intimidation campaign in Colorado. Background The lawsuit, brought by Free Speech ForRead More
Alaska Court Denies State “Disloyalty Clause” Challenge Against State Legislator Involved with Oath Keepers; No Impact on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment Posted on December 29, 2022 (January 4, 2023) Challenging Corruption On December 23, an Alaska superior court judge issued findings of fact and conclusions of law rejecting a challenge to the eligibility of state representative David Eastman under the Alaska state constitution’s “disloyalty clause.” Eastman has been a member of the Oath Keepers, an extremist group whose leaders were recently found guilty of seditious conspiracyRead More