Take Action: Ban Surveillance Advertising Posted on March 24, 2021 (May 7, 2021) Defending Key Reforms Most people who use the internet are familiar with personalized advertisements. But the big internet platforms aren’t selling you products. They are selling you and the troves of information they have collected about you to advertisers and others seeking to manipulate what you see on the internet. For companies such as Facebook and Google, thisRead More
Utah Scientists Educate Lawmakers to Reject Insecure Online Voting. Posted on March 23, 2021 Election Protection The scientific evidence is conclusive: voting over the internet is not secure and cannot be made secure with the tools and features available today. Working with partners, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the U.S. Technology Policy Committee (US TPC) of the Association for Computing Machinery, we helped local Utah computerRead More
New FSFP Oped Published By Moyers On Democracy On The Fight Against Growing Threats To Voting Rights And Passing The For The People Act And The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Posted on March 22, 2021 (April 5, 2021) Defending Key Reforms Moyers On Democracy recently published a new oped by FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein, FSFP President John Bonifaz, and FSFP Board Chair and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements on the growing threats to voting rights across the country and the urgent need to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting RightsRead More
FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein Submits Testimony on Proposed Bill to Limit Political Spending by Foreign-Influenced Corporations in Colorado. Posted on March 19, 2021 (May 23, 2022) Challenging Foreign Influence On Thursday, March 18, Legal Director Ron Fein submitted written testimony on a proposed bill that could limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations in Colorado. The bill, SB21-177, provides a productive starting point for comprehensive legislation to challenge foreign-influenced corporations from interfering in Colorado state elections. Fein’s remarks detail a number of amendments that wouldRead More
FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein Discusses The City of Seattle’s Clean Campaigns Act and The Fight to End Political Donations By Foreign-Influenced Corporations on Democracy Nerd. Posted on March 18, 2021 Challenging Foreign Influence FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein recently appeared on Democracy Nerd to discuss the city of Seattle’s Clean Campaigns Act and the fight to end political spending by foreign-influenced corporations. “The Citizens United decision described corporations as associations of citizens, which is not really true of most publicly traded corporations,” said Fein. Last year the SeattleRead More
FSFP Joins Coalition of Advocacy Groups Urging Democratic Senators To Publicly Commit To Recommending Public Interest Lawyers For Judgeships. Posted on March 17, 2021 (March 19, 2021) Defending Key Reforms On Tuesday, Free Speech For People joined a coalition of advocacy organizations in a letter urging Democratic Senators to publicly commit to recommending public interest lawyers for judicial vacancies. The coalition, led by Demand Justice, references an earlier letter written by White House Counsel Dana Remus to Senators specifying that the Biden administration is “focusedRead More
FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein Discusses Political Spending By Foreign-Influenced Corporations And The Fight To Get Money Out of Our Political System on Maine Challenge. Posted on March 17, 2021 (May 23, 2022) Challenging Foreign Influence FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein recently appeared on Maine Challenge to discuss foreign-influenced corporate spending in elections and the fight to get money out of our political system. “One of the issues that we at Free Speech For People have been working on is this issue of corporate political spending in those cases where theRead More
FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein To Testify On Proposed Bills To Limit Political Spending By Foreign-Influenced Corporations in Maine. Posted on March 15, 2021 (May 23, 2022) Challenging Foreign Influence On Monday, March 15, Legal Director Ron Fein will provide live testimony on a number of proposed bills that could limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations in Maine. One of the proposed bills, LD 479, provides a productive starting point for comprehensive legislation to challenge foreign-influenced corporations from interfering in Maine state elections. Fein’s remarksRead More
#DefendOurElections: The 2020 Election and How We Fight New Threats to Our Democracy. Posted on March 11, 2021 Election Protection On March 4, Free Speech For People held a briefing to review key highlights of our election protection cases in 2020, as well as to outline our voting rights work moving forward, as we continue the fight to defend our democracy. You can see the full video of the briefing presentations below, featuring our BoardRead More
Take Action: Tell Congress To Make Clear That Trump Is Disqualified From Holding Future Public Office Under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. Posted on March 6, 2021 (March 6, 2021) Challenging Corruption Impeachment and conviction are not the only tools that the Constitution provides for dealing with threats to our republic. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies from public office any public official who engages in insurrection or rebellion against the United States. By fomenting and encouraging a violent attack on Congress in an effort toRead More