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Alaska Court Denies State “Disloyalty Clause” Challenge Against State Legislator Involved with Oath Keepers; No Impact on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment
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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 conspiracy
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Free Speech For People and MoveOn Release Joint Petition Pressuring House Members Not to Seat Insurrectionists When New Congress Convenes
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The petition identifies Representatives Paul Gosar, Lauren Boebert, and Marjorie Taylor Greene as ineligible for Congressional office for having “voiced support for and helped facilitate” the deadly insurrection on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021. (WASHINGTON, DC) – Free Speech For People and MoveOn issued a joint petition today calling on voters to urge
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Free Speech For People Welcomes Legislation that Could Help Enforcement of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment
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Challenging Corruption

Free Speech For People welcomes a new federal bill, introduced by Rep. David Cicilline, that could help enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, against Donald Trump in particular. Although enforcement of Section 3 does not require a bill such as this, the bill would nonetheless be helpful in enforcement proceedings.  The bill includes extensive
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Free Speech For People Applauds Berkeley Working Group’s Conclusion that Internet Voting Cannot Yet Be Secured; Challenges Internet Voting Promoter to Accept These Findings and Suspend Efforts to Adopt Internet Voting
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Election Protection

It’s profoundly reassuring to see that the distinguished Standards Working Group at the University of California at Berkeley’s Center for Security in Politics arrived at the same conclusion as countless other accomplished and esteemed computer and election security experts – that “technology is still too limited, and the security risks too great to establish responsible
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“A Coordinated Plan”: Election Security Coalition Calls for Federal Investigation of Trump Attorneys’ Multi-State Plot to Unlawfully Seize Voting Software
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Election Protection

In a letter to federal investigators, including Attorney General Merrick Garland and Special Counsel Jack Smith, Free Speech For People called for a “vigorous and swift investigation” into the Trump attorneys’ plan, claiming possible evidence of federal crimes. WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 13, 2022) – Evidence uncovered in Georgia has implicated several Donald Trump attorneys, including
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Google Does Not Have Blanket Immunity Under Section 230, Legal Advocates Argue in Friend of the Court Brief before the Supreme Court
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Corporate Abuse of Power

Free Speech For People today filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of the petitioners in the case of Gonzalez v. Google. Our brief shows the ways in which Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act has been wrongly interpreted by the courts to provide blanket immunity to online
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Free Speech For People Statement on Attorney General Garland’s Appointment of a Special Counsel
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Challenging Corruption

Attorney General Merrick Garland’s appointment of a special counsel to take over investigations of Donald Trump’s interference with the lawful transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election and his subsequent theft of national security documents is another misguided gesture to appease Trump apologists who will accuse Garland of engaging in a political persecution no
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FSFP President John Bonifaz Discusses on The BradCast the Campaign to Bar Trump and Other Insurrectionists from the Ballot and AG Garland’s Appointment of a Special Counsel To Investigate The Former President.
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FSFP President John Bonifaz recently appeared on The BradCast to discuss TrumpIsDisqualified.org, a national grassroots campaign to urge Secretaries of State and other chief elections officials to bar former President Donald Trump from appearing on any future ballot based on his incitement of the Jan 6 insurrection. Bonifaz also discussed the implications of Attorney General
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GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG URGES JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS TRUMP’S OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
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Challenging Corruption

In a letter released Thursday, the nonpartisan legal advocacy nonprofit, Free Speech For People, urges the Department to prosecute criminal offenses identified in the Mueller report, citing “disturbing precedent” set by the Department’s refusal to prosecute these crimes since Trump left office.  WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 17, 2022) – Free Speech For People today issued a
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“Trump is Disqualified from the Ballot,” Public Interest Groups Launch Campaign to Bar Insurrectionist and Former President from the Ballot
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Challenging Corruption

Following the announcement that former President Trump would seek re-election, Free Speech For People and Mi Familia Vota launched TrumpIsDisqualified.org, a national campaign to ensure state election officials abide by Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution disqualifying Donald Trump from running for future public office. WASHINGTON, D.C. (NOVEMBER, 15, 2022) –
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