New Free Speech For People Oped In Truthout on Why The U.S. Senate Must Convict And Disqualify Trump From Future Federal Office. Posted on February 12, 2021 Impeachment Truthout recently published a new oped by FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein, FSFP Board Chair and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements, and FSFP President John Bonifaz on why the U.S. Senate must convict and disqualify Trump from future office for his role in the deadly January 6th insurrection. When Trump told supporters to march toRead More
FSFP’s Statement on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s Vote to Adopt the Federal Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 2.0 Posted on February 10, 2021 (February 11, 2021) Election Protection Today the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) voted to adopt the federal Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) 2.0. We recognize that the VVSG 2.0 represents many significant steps forward to improve the security, resiliency and accessibility of federally certified voting systems. We are pleased that the federal guidelines will finally ensure software independence in certifiedRead More
CNN Report: Constitutional Scholars and Experts Agree with FSFP List on Donald Trump’s Broad Range Of Abuses. Posted on February 10, 2021 Impeachment As former President Donald Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial continues, it’s important to remember that while inciting an insurrection may have been his last impeachable offense, it was just the horrifying capstone to a four-year reign of impeachable corruption and abuse of power. A recent CNN article chronicles the ten worst abuses of power byRead More
FSFP Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh Discusses Last Minute Changes in Federal Voting System Guidelines. Posted on February 9, 2021 (February 10, 2021) Election Protection FSFP Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh was recently featured in a new Politico article highlighting cybersecurity concerns in an ongoing debate about wireless networking hardware in voting machines. The article references the federal Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG 2.0), which was recently amended by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission behind closed doors toRead More
Abolish Super PACs, Ban Foreign Corporate Money, State Legislators Introduce Two Bills to Protect Election Integrity in Massachusetts Posted on February 9, 2021 (February 9, 2021) Challenging Super PACs BOSTON, MA – State legislators have introduced two bills in the Massachusetts Legislature to abolish super PACs and to prohibit spending by foreign-influenced corporations in Massachusetts elections. State Senator Jo Comerford is the lead sponsor of Senate bill SD 634, State Senator Mark Montigny is the lead sponsor of Senate Bill SD 759, and StateRead More
Government Watchdogs Call For Witness Testimony In Trump Impeachment Trial Posted on February 8, 2021 Impeachment In a letter to Senators Patrick Leahy and Chuck Schumer and Representative Jamie Raskin, a coalition of public interest organizations urges Democrats to include witnesses of the events of January 6th to strengthen the case for convicting President Trump. WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 8, 2021) – A coalition of six organizations today issued a letter toRead More
“Recklessly Naive;” Citing Cybersecurity Concerns, Computer Science and Election Integrity Experts Oppose Last Minute Changes in Federal Voting System Guidelines Posted on February 8, 2021 (February 9, 2021) Election Protection In a letter to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, Free Speech For People, and a coalition of more than 20 computer science, cybersecurity, and election experts warn of the serious security dangers of permitting devices capable of connecting election systems to the Internet in federally certified voting systems. In a companion letter, Free Speech ForRead More
FSFP Board Member Professor Jennifer Taub Debates The Legal Case For Convicting Former President Trump and Barring Him From Future Office on WGBH-TV. Posted on February 4, 2021 (February 4, 2021) Impeachment Free Speech For People Board Member Professor Jennifer Taub recently joined Greater Boston with Jim Braude on WGBH-TV to debate the legal case for convicting former President Donald Trump in the upcoming Senate impeachment trial and barring him from future federal office. During a debate with attorney Harvey Silverglate, Professor Taub outlined the constitutionality ofRead More
FSFP President John Bonifaz Discusses The Second Impeachment Trial Of Former President Donald Trump on Between The Lines. Posted on February 3, 2021 (February 3, 2021) Impeachment FSFP President John Bonifaz recently appeared on Between The Lines to discuss the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump and the consequences of an acquittal for our democracy. “This is a critical moment for our history and for our Constitution and our democracy. What’s at stake here really is whether or not aRead More
Virginia Becomes the 22nd State to Support a Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United Posted on January 28, 2021 Democracy Amendments (Richmond, Virginia) — Today, the Virginia General Assembly passed a resolution supporting a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United, which swept away a century of precedent barring corporate money in our elections. The resolution makes Virginia the twenty-second state to support this amendment to restore democratic power to theRead More