The Minnesota Senate passed the Democracy for the People Act on Wednesday, which includes a provision that prohibits foreign-influenced corporate spending in state and local elections. The bill now moves to the Governor who has pledged to sign it into law. MINNEAPOLIS, MN (April 26, 2023) – The Minnesota Senate voted today to pass major
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The Equal Rights Amendment, first introduced in 1972, met the criteria for publication in January 2020, when Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it. WASHINGTON, DC (April 26, 2023) A coalition of democracy and gender equality advocates issued a letter to President Biden today urging him to instruct the Acting Archivist of the
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The Guardian recently published a new op-ed by former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on why Donald Trump’s incitement of the January 6 insurrection disqualifies him from future public office under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. He goes on to make the case for why Secretaries of State across the country must bar the former
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The Washington Post recently published a new piece entitled, “Trump team prepares to fight efforts to block him from ballots over Jan. 6”. The article discusses Free Speech For People and Mi Familia Vota’s joint 14point3 campaign, and details our efforts across the country to uphold Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment and bar the
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WASHINGTON, DC (April 21, 2023) Free Speech For People has sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Special Counsel Jack Smith and Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Wray, detailing evidence uncovered by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol which shows that Donald Trump’s attorneys Sidney Powell
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The Minnesota House of Representatives passed the Democracy for the People Act on Thursday, which includes a provision that will effectively ban foreign-influenced corporate spending in state and local elections. The bill now moves to the state senate. MINNEAPOLIS, MN (April 12, 2023) – The Minnesota House of Representatives voted today to pass a landmark
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Free Speech For People, a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization founded in 2010 to fight for constitutional democracy, and the first national organization to call for Trump’s impeachment, applauds the Manhattan district attorney and grand jury for finally holding Trump to account in a court of law for one of his many violations of state and
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The grand jury’s indictment emerged from the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation of a 2016 payment of $130,000 by Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen to Daniels one month before the election to prevent revelations of a 2006 sexual encounter between Daniels and Trump. Cohen was arrested in 2018 for campaign finance violations related to this payment,
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Free Speech For People is excited to welcome Chris Vines to the staff as our new Campaign Organizer! Prior to joining the staff of Free Speech For People, Vines served as a Campaign Manager & Strategist for various political and non-profit campaigns across the country, and served as the National Field Director for the SisterDistrict
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Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment (the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause) bars insurrectionists from public office. It is sometimes suggested that enforcing Section 3 against those involved in the January 6, 2021 insurrection–such as former president Donald Trump– would require new federal legislation. Free Speech For People has issued a report, co-written with Professor Gerard Magliocca
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