Must Read: Ballot petition on app-based deliveries masks proponents’ true intent Posted on May 29, 2024 (May 29, 2024) Challenging Foreign Influence Free Speech For People’s Legal Director Courtney Hostetler and Counsel Amira Mattar published an opinion essay in Mass Live this week arguing that foreign-influenced corporations should not be allowed to proceed with a deceptive ballot petition campaign to exempt app-based drivers in MA from state protections. They write: The ballot petition process ensures that theRead More
Justice Alito must be removed from the Supreme Court Posted on May 17, 2024 (May 27, 2024) Challenging Corruption The New York Times reported last night that Justice Alito flew an upside-down American flag outside his house days before President Biden’s inauguration, a symbol of support for the January 6th insurrection and the “Stop the Steal” movement that spread the lie that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election. Even worse, at the timeRead More
Free Speech For People Seeking Senior Counsel Posted on May 17, 2024 FSFP Updates Free Speech For People is seeking an experienced public interest attorney to join our cutting-edge legal team as Senior Counsel. Ideal candidates will have civil rights, campaign finance, anti-corruption, and/or election law experience, and be prepared to take a leading role in our work to defend our Constitution and our democracy and to fulfill theRead More
The FEC Attempts to Evade Judicial Review, Government Watchdogs Call for Oral Arguments on Alleged Illegal Coordination between the Trump Campaign and Russia Posted on May 10, 2024 Challenging Foreign Influence Plaintiffs’ file reply in support of a motion for oral arguments in Free Speech For People v. Federal Election Commission WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 10, 2024) – Nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations Free Speech For People and Campaign for Accountability have filed a reply in support of their motion for oral argument. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) hadRead More
Plaintiffs Ask Federal Court to Immediately Halt Defendants’ Use of Artificial Intelligence in U.S. Elections to Undermine Voting Rights Posted on April 30, 2024 Election Protection The League of Women Voters has filed a nationwide preliminary injunction in League of Women Voters of New Hampshire v. Kramer to block the defendants from further use of AI technology to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or deceive voters. MANCHESTER, NH – (April 30, 2024) The League of Women Voters of the United States (LWV-US), theRead More
Free Speech Files Amicus Brief before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court against Unconstitutional Petitions Exempting App-Based Drivers From State Protections Posted on April 26, 2024 (April 26, 2024) Challenging Foreign Influence Free Speech For People filed an amicus brief today in El Koussa v. Campbell, in support of voters who have asked the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to block placement of five petitions on the November 2024 ballot that would exclude app-based drivers in Massachusetts from state benefits and protections. The petitions were introduced by representativesRead More
Free Speech For People Launches SCOTUS Reform Now Campaign: Demanding Accountability, Restoring Integrity Posted on April 25, 2024 (May 1, 2024) Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People today launched SCOTUS Reform Now, a comprehensive demand for accountability and reform within the United States Supreme Court to restore its legitimacy and integrity. As reported by ProPublica, the Supreme Court has faced a wide range of scandals over the last several years that have tarnished the Court’s reputation. Investigative reportingRead More
Free Speech For People Celebrates Legal Director Ron Fein’s Decade of Service and Announces Courtney Hostetler as FSFP’s New Legal Director Posted on April 10, 2024 (April 18, 2024) FSFP Updates Free Speech For People today is celebrating Legal Director Ron Fein’s decade of service with FSFP fighting for our democracy as he transitions to becoming Chief Counsel for American Oversight. FSFP is proud to announce that Courtney Hostetler, FSFP’s longstanding Senior Counsel, will serve as FSFP’s new Legal Director. Ron Fein became FSFP’s first LegalRead More
Free Speech For People Seeking Campaign Organizer Posted on April 3, 2024 (April 18, 2024) FSFP Updates Free Speech For People is seeking a Campaign Organizer with grassroots organizing and broad movement-building 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, onRead More
Trump’s New York trial and the federal government’s failure to enforce campaign finance law Posted on April 1, 2024 Challenging Corruption On April 15, 2024, disgraced ex-president Donald Trump will face trial in a New York state courtroom for falsifying business records related to hush-money payments he made to buy the silence of a former mistress during the 2016 election campaign. It’s worth retracing how we got here: specifically, how both the Federal Election Commission andRead More