“Best Idea for Disempowering Trump,” Free Speech For People’s 14Point3 Campaign Featured in John Nichols’s Honor Roll in the Nation Magazine. Posted on January 5, 2022 Challenging Corruption The Nation national affairs correspondent John Nichols featured Free Speech For People’s 14Point3 campaign as the “Best Idea For Disempowering Trump” in his annual honor roll in the Nation Magazine. The following is an excerpt from the new piece: BEST IDEA FOR DISEMPOWERING TRUMP FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE Although the Senate failed to remove TrumpRead More
One Year After January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, Public Interest Groups Launch Campaign to Bar Insurrectionists From the Ballot Posted on January 5, 2022 (January 6, 2022) Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People and Our Revolution announce a national campaign to ensure state election officials abide by Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution disqualifying insurrectionists such as former President Donald Trump from running for future public office. WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 5, 2022) – Nonprofit public interest organizations Free Speech ForRead More
FSFP President John Bonifaz Discusses Our Call For Attorney General Garland To Resign On The Young Turks. Posted on December 16, 2021 Challenging Corruption FSFP President John Bonifaz recently appeared on The Young Turks to discuss our call for Attorney General Garland to resign for failing to take action against former president Trump and his associates for their attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and other federal crimes they may have committed. “There is an urgent moment atRead More
FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein Discusses Our Lawsuit Against the FEC For Failing to Investigate Coordination Between the Russian Government and President Trump’s 2016 Campaign on The BradBlog. Posted on December 16, 2021 Challenging Corruption FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein recently appeared on The BradBlog to discuss our lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Election Commission for failing to investigate coordination between the Russian government and President Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. “This lawsuit that we’ve filed is to compel them to issue a decision. Now depending on the decision that theyRead More
REP. JAMIE RASKIN INTRODUCES BILL TO BAN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS FROM SPENDING MONEY IN U.S. ELECTIONS Posted on December 14, 2021 (January 4, 2022) Challenging Foreign Influence The bill would prohibit spending by foreign-influenced corporations to candidates, parties, or committees (including super PACs), closing a loophole created by the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC. WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 14, 2021) – Congressman Jamie Raskin today introduced a bill (HR 6283) to bar multinational corporations like Amazon, Meta (formerly Facebook),Read More
FSFP Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh Featured in the Washington Post on the Dangers of Online Voting Systems. Posted on December 14, 2021 Election Protection Free Speech For People Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh was recently featured in a new Washington Post story which revealed that the United States Postal Service secretly built and tested a blockchain-based mobile phone voting system prior to the 2020 election. At the direction of the USPS, researchers at the University of ColoradoRead More
Government Watchdogs Sue FEC for Failure to Investigate Coordination between the Russian Government and President Trump’s 2016 Campaign Posted on December 8, 2021 (December 8, 2021) Challenging Foreign Influence The Federal Election Commission’s failure to act on a prior complaint from December 2016 effectively shields the Russian government and Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign from accountability for violating federal election laws. WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 8, 2021) – Nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations Free Speech For People and Campaign for Accountability today filed a federal lawsuit against theRead More
FSFP Legal Fellow Ben Horton Discusses Why The January 6th Insurrection Further Highlights The Dangers of Corporate Political Spending. Posted on December 6, 2021 (May 23, 2022) Challenging Foreign Influence Truthout recently published an oped by Free Speech For People Legal Fellow Ben Horton on why the January 6 insurrection further highlights the danger that corporate political spending poses to our democracy. The following is an excerpt from the new piece: To save our democracy, we can’t rely on corporations — we need to understandRead More
Voting Rights Groups File Complaint Urging Court to Address Unconstitutional Voter Suppression Law In Texas. Posted on December 3, 2021 Election Protection On December 1, 2021, non-profit civic engagement organization Mi Familia Vota and individual voters filed an amended complaint in federal court in Texas to further address the unlawful new voter suppression law recently enacted by the State Legislature. The plaintiffs filed the complaint jointly with Houston Justice, Houston Area Urban League, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,Read More
Legal Advocacy Organization Appeals Pentagon’s Denial of FOIA Request about Trump Military Parade. Posted on November 29, 2021 Challenging Corruption In a February 2018 request, Free Speech For People described the planned military parade as an “abuse of executive power” and a corrupt use of resources for electoral purposes. WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 29, 2021) – Free Speech For People, a nonpartisan legal advocacy organization, today filed an administrative appeal against a decision from the DepartmentRead More