FSFP Senior Counsel Courtney Hostetler and Michele Sutter Co-Author New Oped on Bill Seeking to Ban Multinational Corporations From Spending Money in California Elections. Posted on March 18, 2022 Challenging Foreign Influence Cal Matters recently published a new op-ed by FSFP Senior Counsel Courtney Hostetler and Money Out Voters In Co-Founder Michele Sutter on a new bill that seeks to ban multinational corporations from spending money in California elections. The following is an excerpt from the new piece: The Citizens United ruling created a loophole to foreignRead More
Prof. Laurence Tribe and Elizabeth Wydra in The Boston Globe: Confederate Amnesty Act must not insulate the Jan. 6 insurrectionists Posted on March 11, 2022 Challenging Corruption In a recent Boston Globe piece, Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe and Constitutional Accountability Center President Elizabeth Wydra make the case that challenges to January 6 insurrectionists’ candidacy under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment must be allowed to proceed, rejecting any “absurd” attempts to evade accountability via the Confederate Amnesty Act. They write:Read More
Government Watchdogs Sue FEC for Deadlock and Failure to Investigate Complaint About Coordination between the Russian Government and Former President Trump’s 2016 Campaign Posted on March 10, 2022 Challenging Foreign Influence The Federal Election Commission’s 3-3 deadlock 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. (Mar. 10, 2022) – Nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations Free Speech For People and Campaign for Accountability today filed a federal lawsuit against the FederalRead More
North Carolina Voters File Emergency Appeal of Lower Federal Court Decision Blocking their Challenge to Madison Cawthorn Under the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause Posted on March 9, 2022 (March 11, 2022) Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People serves as co-lead counsel for the voters challenging Cawthorn’s eligibility to appear on the 2022 primary ballot in North Carolina. RICHMOND, VA – North Carolina voters challenging Representative Madison Cawthorn’s eligibility to appear on the 2022 primary ballot filed today an emergency appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for theRead More
VOTING RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT TO STOP ILLEGAL VOTER INTIMIDATION IN COLORADO Posted on March 9, 2022 (March 11, 2022) Election Protection The suit, filed against the US Election Integrity Plan and its leaders, argues that the group’s door-to-door, weaponized intimidation campaign violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 NAACP Colorado, League of Women Voters of Colorado, and Mi Familia Vota Seek Immediate Court Intervention As This Illegal VoterRead More
Susan Greenhalgh and Philip Stark Set the Record Straight on Voting System Security Report for ElectionLaw Blog Posted on March 8, 2022 (March 8, 2022) Election Protection Free Speech For People’s Senior Advisor for Election Security Susan Greenhalgh, and University of California at Berkley’s Distinguished Professor Philip Stark published a guest post for Rick Hasen’s ElectionLaw Blog on March 4th, “Setting the record straight on the security review in the Georgia voting machine lawsuit.” The post is a rebuttal to a newsletterRead More
STATEMENT BY RON FEIN, LEGAL DIRECTOR FOR FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE, ON FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT RULING TODAY GRANTING REPRESENTATIVE MADISON CAWTHORN’S MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Posted on March 4, 2022 (March 4, 2022) Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People serves as co-lead counsel for the voters challenging Cawthorn’s eligibility to appear on the 2022 primary ballot in North Carolina. Today’s district court ruling granting Representative Cawthorn’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the North Carolina State Board of Elections must be appealed. This ruling, by Chief Judge Richard Myers II,Read More
In a Split Decision, the FEC Overrules Career Staff and Refuses to Investigate Coordination between the Russian Government and Donald Trump’s 2016 Campaign Posted on March 3, 2022 (March 3, 2022) Challenging Foreign Influence WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has released records revealing how partisan deadlock blocked its investigation into potential coordination between former President Trump’s 2016 election campaign and the Russian Federation. The FEC’s nonpartisan professional career staff in its General Counsel’s office recommended that the FEC find “reason to believe” that the Trump campaignRead More
North Carolina Voters Refile Challenge to Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s Eligibility for Reelection Under Fourteenth Amendment’s Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause Posted on March 2, 2022 (March 2, 2022) Challenging Corruption Following Cawthorn’s decision to seek election in North Carolina’s new 11th Congressional district, two voters file new challenge before the North Carolina State Board of Elections RALEIGH, NC – Two North Carolina voters have filed a new legal challenge to U.S. Representative Madison Cawthorn’s eligibility to appear on the 2022 primary ballot, with more challengersRead More
New Politico Report: North Carolina Attorney General’s Office Affirms Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment Could Apply to Rep. Madison Cawthorn for Support of Jan 6 Attack on U.S. Capitol. Posted on February 25, 2022 Challenging Corruption According to new reporting from Politico, the North Carolina Attorney General’s office via a court filing this week argued that the State Board of Elections could bar Rep. Cawthorn from the ballot under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment if the board finds that he supported or encouraged the deadly Jan 6 attack on theRead More