FSFP Board Member and Professor Jennifer Taub Addresses Attorney General Garland’s Defense of Trump Justice Department Actions in New Op-ed. Posted on June 15, 2021 Challenging Corruption The Washington Monthly recently published a new op-ed by Free Speech For People Board Member and Professor Jennifer Taub on Attorney General Garland’s defense of the Trump administration’s Justice Department actions. “In late May, Attorney General Garland chose to back several of Bill Barr’s bad faith legal moves. When publicly confronted at a Congressional hearingRead More
“The Case For Prosecuting Donald Trump”: Boston Globe Editorial Board Publishes New Editorial on Holding Trump Accountable. Posted on June 14, 2021 (June 14, 2021) Challenging Corruption The Boston Globe Editorial Board recently published a new editorial, as part of a series, on the importance of holding former President Trump accountable for federal crimes he has committed. The following are some excerpts from the new editorial. Norms in a democracy are only as good as our willingness to enforce them. After theRead More
EFF and FSFP to Court: When Flawed Electronic Voting Systems Disenfranchise Voters, They Should Be Able to Challenge That with Access to the Courts Posted on June 9, 2021 Election Protection Georgia Officials Call Plaintiff Voters “Bystanders” Who Lack Standing to Sue and Dismiss Serious Technical Issues as “Glitches” Atlanta, Georgia—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Free Speech for People (FSPF) urged a federal appeals court today to hold that a group of Georgia voters and the organization that supports them have standing to sue the Georgia SecretaryRead More
SIGN HERE: Demand for Accountability Grows As Over 200,000 People Urge the Department of Justice to Create a Special Task Force to Investigate Former President Trump Posted on June 8, 2021 (June 15, 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. – Amidst the controversy of the Biden Justice Department’s decision to defend former President Donald Trump against a defamation lawsuitRead More
New York State Senate Cracks Down on Multinational Corporations Interfering in State Elections, Passes Democracy Preservation Act Posted on June 3, 2021 Challenging Foreign Influence If passed in the Assembly and signed into law, New York would be the first state to ban multinational corporate money in elections. ALBANY, NY (June 3, 2021) – The New York State Senate today passed, with bipartisan support, the Democracy Preservation Act (S1126), a bill designed to end the influence of foreign corporate moneyRead More
Commissioner Ellen Weintraub of the U.S. Federal Election Commission Urges New York State Legislature To Support The Democracy Preservation Act. Posted on June 2, 2021 Challenging Foreign Influence FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub sent a letter to members of the New York State Legislature, urging them to support the Democracy Preservation Act and protect New York’s state and local elections from foreign influence. “Elections at all levels in the United States have been under sustained direct attack from our foreign adversaries,” Commissioner Weintraub writes.Read More
New Free Speech For People Video Explains How Foreign-Influenced Corporations Interfere in U.S. Elections. Posted on June 1, 2021 Challenging Foreign Influence Checkout our latest video explaining how to stop multinational corporations such as Uber and Amazon from spending millions of dollars trying to influence U.S. elections. We The People are fighting back. As the video explains: Seventy-three percent of Americans, including majorities of both Democrats and Republicans, support limiting political spending by companies with any foreignRead More
Free Speech For People Welcomes Kristin Barrali as Director of Advancement Posted on June 1, 2021 FSFP Updates Free Speech For People is thrilled to announce that Kristin Barrali has joined our team in the new role of Director of Advancement. Ms. Barrali brings over 20 years of nonprofit fundraising experience and social justice advocacy to this role. As Director of Advancement, she will lead the expansion of the development, marketing, and fundraisingRead More
FSFP Welcomes Our 2021 Summer Legal Advocacy Program Interns! Posted on May 27, 2021 FSFP Updates Free Speech For People is pleased to announce our summer 2021 Legal Advocacy Program interns! We appreciate the talent, time, and commitment to defending our democracy that these law students bring to the Free Speech For People team. Learn more about our new Legal Advocacy Program interns below! Analiese Batchelor is a rising second-year studentRead More
WATCH: New York Democracy Preservation Act Virtual Town Hall – May 13, 2021 Posted on May 14, 2021 (May 14, 2021) Challenging Foreign Influence Since the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United, foreign-influenced corporations have spent millions to sway elections in New York. Take Airbnb, for example: the home-sharing platform, partly owned by a Russian oligarch’s venture fund, funneled $11M into a super PAC to defeat legislators seeking to impose restrictions on the company in 2016. But NewRead More