FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein Discusses Foreign-Influenced Corporate Spending On Maine Public Radio. Posted on April 15, 2021 (May 23, 2022) Challenging Foreign Influence Maine Public Radio recently published a segment on foreign-influenced corporate spending in elections which featured FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein. Throughout the segment, Fein discussed the need to fight against foreign influence in Maine, where a contentious ballot measure has prompted a state-wide discussion on the issue of democratic self-government. “Our position is that theRead More
Free Speech For People Endorses Judiciary Act of 2021 to Expand Supreme Court Posted on April 15, 2021 (May 27, 2024) Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People supports the Judiciary Act of 2021, which would increase the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court from nine to thirteen by creating four new associate justice positions. The Constitution does not specify the number of justices who sit on the Supreme Court at a given time. Rather, Article IIIRead More
Nearly 150 Advocacy Groups Call on Majority Leader Schumer to Not Allow the Filibuster to Block the For the People Act. Posted on April 9, 2021 Defending Key Reforms New sign-on letter comes as For the People Act is set to move through the Senate in coming weeks. “We strongly urge you and the Senate Democratic caucus to do the right thing and not allow the filibuster to once again stand in the way of civil rights, voting rights, racial justice, and the strengtheningRead More
FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein Co-Authors New Oped With John Brautigam In The Lewiston Sun Journal On The Need To Limit Political Spending By Foreign-Influenced Corporations In Maine. Posted on April 7, 2021 (May 23, 2022) Challenging Foreign Influence The Lewiston Sun Journal published a new oped by FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein and Maine Citizens for Clean Elections’ Attorney John Brautigam on the case for limiting political spending by foreign-influenced corporations in Maine. The article states: Most people agree that foreign entities shouldn’t be able to influence our elections. It doesn’t matter whetherRead More
COALITION URGES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO INSTRUCT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVIST TO PUBLISH THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT IN THE CONSTITUTION Posted on April 7, 2021 Democracy Amendments In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, organizations call for reversing Trump-era DOJ opinion which had blocked the recording of the ERA, the Constitutional amendment banning sex and gender discrimination WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 7, 2021) – Free Speech For People, Generation Ratify, and six other organizations today issued a letter to Attorney General MerrickRead More
Free Speech For People Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh Discusses Our Lawsuit Against the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on The Brad Blog. Posted on April 6, 2021 Election Protection Free Speech For People Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh recently appeared on The Brad Blog to discuss our lawsuit against the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) after the agency failed to produce records requested under the Freedom of Information Act, regarding the EAC’s closed-door meetings with voting machine vendors that weakened the federalRead More
Congress Must Investigate Justice Kavanaugh Posted on April 1, 2021 (April 5, 2021) Challenging Corruption “Politically-constrained and probably fake.” These are the words Senator Sheldon Whitehouse used to describe the FBI’s 2018 investigation of sexual assault allegations against then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland last month, Senator Whitehouse argues that the FBI failed to conduct a thorough review of the evidence against Kavanaugh,Read More
VIDEO: Free Speech For People And Our Fight To End Foreign-Influenced Corporate Spending in Our Elections Posted on March 31, 2021 (April 2, 2021) Challenging Foreign Influence Free Speech For People has been at the forefront in the fight to end foreign-influenced corporate campaign spending, researching, drafting, and advocating for legislation on all levels of government. We helped to successfully pass laws in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2017, and in Seattle, Washington in 2020. Seven states (Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, NewRead More
Over 50,000 People Urge The Department Of Justice To Create A Special Task Force To Investigate Former President Trump. Posted on March 30, 2021 Challenging Corruption The petitioners demand Attorney General Merrick Garland “investigate any potential federal criminal or civil violations that may have been committed by Trump, members of his administration, or his campaign, business, or other associates.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than fifty thousand people have joined a growing coalition call to Investigate Trump, urging Attorney General Merrick GarlandRead More
Government Watchdog Sues U.S. Election Assistance Commission to Disclose Communications with Voting Machine Companies Posted on March 29, 2021 (March 29, 2021) Election Protection After failure to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request, Free Speech For People files a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Election Assistance Commission WASHINGTON, D.C. – Free Speech For People filed a federal lawsuit in the District of Columbia today under the Freedom of Information Act, challenging the federal U.S. Election Assistance Commission’sRead More