Free Speech For People and Mayer Brown Move to Intervene on behalf of the NAACP to Protect Nevada Voters from Last Minute Purge of Voter Rolls Posted on October 31, 2024 (November 1, 2024) Election Protection Today, the NAACP Tri-State Conference of Idaho-Nevada-Utah, represented by Free Speech For People, Mayer Brown LLP, and Woodburn and Wedge, moved to intervene in Dagusen v. Aguilar, a lawsuit brought by the Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee, Nevada Republican Party, and a voter demanding an unlawful purge of Nevada’s voter rolls just weeks beforeRead More
Free Speech For People Welcomes New Public Interest Legal Fellow Posted on October 31, 2024 (October 31, 2024) FSFP Updates Free Speech For People is excited to welcome Sage Snider, as our new Public Interest Legal Fellow. During law school, Sage worked as a legal intern for the Tennessee ACLU, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services and authored multiple publications on laws pertaining to Confederate monumentRead More
Free Speech For People Sues Pennsylvania County to Disclose Communication with Trump Election Deniers; Exposes Ongoing Relationship with Indicted Attorney Stefanie Lambert Posted on October 28, 2024 (October 28, 2024) Election Protection On October 28, 2024, Free Speech For People filed a Writ of Mandamus in the Court of Common Pleas of Fulton County, Pennsylvania, seeking to force the county to turn over communications between the county and leaders of the election denialist effort to overturn the 2020 election. In the process of filing the legal action,Read More
Coalition of Organizations Calls on Congress to Address Mishandling of Kavanaugh FBI Investigation Posted on October 25, 2024 Supreme Court Washington, DC – October 25, 2024 – Yesterday, over 50 organizations submitted a letter to Congress, urging lawmakers to address the FBI’s mishandling of its supplemental investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The call for accountability follows a recent report from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) that reveals new details aboutRead More
Statement on The New York Times story “Trump Allies Revive Debunked Voting Machine Theories” Posted on October 24, 2024 Election Protection The following is a statement from Susan Greenhalgh, Senior Advisor on Election Security at Free Speech For People: The New York Times story “Trump Allies Revive Debunked Voting Machine Theories” glossed over the most chilling and consequential factors imbedded in the reporting – specifically many of the lawsuits filed by Trump allies are using votingRead More
Legal Advocates Urge Department of Justice to Investigate America PAC and Elon Musk For Paying People to Register to Vote Posted on October 24, 2024 Election Protection In a letter to Attorney General Garland and Chief Amundson, attorneys argue that Elon Musk’s daily $1 million lottery awards to people who register to vote and sign a partisan petition violate federal law. WASHINGTON, DC (October 24, 2024) – Attorneys at Free Speech For People issued a letter today to U.S. Attorney General MerrickRead More
MUST READ: A “Stop the Steal” Conspirator Is Headed to Prison. But What About Her Accomplices? Posted on October 23, 2024 (November 1, 2024) Election Protection A new op-ed in Slate by Susan Greenhalgh, Free Speech For People’s Senior Advisor on Election Security, spotlights the multi-state plot by Trump’s allies to unlawfully access voting software to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. She writes: There is an abundance of evidence obtained not through a comprehensive criminal investigation but through privateRead More
Another Victory for Voting Rights! Federal Court Ruling Protects Voters in Texas who Require Assistance to Vote Posted on October 23, 2024 Election Protection The federal district court in San Antonio has issued another ruling to protect Texas voters, striking down laws that prevent voters with disabilities, with low literacy, and with limited-English-proficiency from receiving help from assisters they choose and trust. The ruling protects millions of Texas voters and protects the organizations and individuals who provide vital assistanceRead More
Constitutional Lawyers Urge Clark County, Ohio Prosecutor To Pursue Criminal Charges Against Donald Trump and JD Vance Posted on October 18, 2024 Challenging Corruption SPRINGFIELD, OH (October 18, 2024)—Attorneys with Free Speech For People and Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym issued a joint letter today to Daniel Driscoll, the Clark County prosecutor, in support of the Haitian Bridge Alliance’s recently-filed complaint seeking criminal charges against Donald Trump and JD Vance for dangerous, inflammatory, and repeated lies about theRead More
PBS NewsHour Reports on the Problems of Using Touchscreen Ballot Marking Devices Posted on October 16, 2024 Election Protection Recently the PBS NewsHour aired a segment that highlighted the weaknesses and risks caused by using computerized touchscreen voting machines to record vote selections on a paper ballot – instead of marking paper ballots with a pen, the most common voting method in the country. The segment featured Dr. J. Alex Halderman, a computer scientistRead More