Latest Developments

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.
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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 they
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REP. JAMIE RASKIN INTRODUCES BILL TO BAN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS FROM SPENDING MONEY IN U.S. ELECTIONS
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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),
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FSFP Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh Featured in the Washington Post on the Dangers of Online Voting Systems.
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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 Colorado
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Government Watchdogs Sue FEC for Failure to Investigate Coordination between the Russian Government and President Trump’s 2016 Campaign
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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 the
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FSFP Legal Fellow Ben Horton Discusses Why The January 6th Insurrection Further Highlights The Dangers of Corporate Political Spending.
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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 understand
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Voting Rights Groups File Complaint Urging Court to Address Unconstitutional Voter Suppression Law In Texas.
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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,
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Legal Advocacy Organization Appeals Pentagon’s Denial of FOIA Request about Trump Military Parade.
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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 Department
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Free Speech For People Forms Coalition to Oppose Internet Voting in San Francisco; Prompts Election Commission to Call for a Halt to the Project and for an Investigation.
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Election Protection

A coalition of experts and organizations committed to secure, reliable elections, including Free Speech For People, California Voter Foundation, National Voting Rights Task Force, and Verified Voting, sent a letter November 16th to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors and Elections Commission urging the Board to halt a pending contract for an internet voting system and
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Full Transcript and Excerpted Video: FSFP Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements on The Digital Accountability Act.
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Corporate Abuse of Power

FSFP Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements recently appeared at the Western New England Law Review Symposium and gave a presentation on the Digital Accountability Act and the urgent need to hold social media companies accountable when they amplify disinformation and threats of violence on their platforms. The following is the full transcript from
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Free Speech For People Legal Team Holds Special Briefing Call To To Discuss How The Organization Is Fighting Back To Defend Our Democracy And Our Constitution.
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FSFP Updates

Free Speech For People President John Bonifaz recently moderated a special briefing call featuring Legal Director Ron Fein and Senior Counsel Courtney Hostetler, where the legal experts discussed how the organization is fighting back to defend our democracy and our Constitution. “Instead of celebrating the fact that our electorate has begun to better reflect the
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