FSFP Board Chair and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements Discusses The Need For Congress To Impeach Donald Trump Again On The BradCast. Posted on January 11, 2021 Impeachment Free Speech For People Board Chair and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements recently appeared on The BradCast to discuss why Congress must impeach Donald Trump again. “When you look at the speech that Trump gave to those people who attacked Congress yesterday…and you look at his promotion of violence in general over the last fourRead More
Coalition Urges Biden’s Attorney General-Designate to Establish Justice Department Task Force to Investigate Trump and Associates’ Crimes Posted on January 7, 2021 (January 12, 2021) Challenging Corruption In a letter addressed to the AG-designate Merrick Garland, the coalition asks for a DOJ task force to investigate “any potential federal criminal or civil violations” committed by the president, members of his administration, his campaign, business, or others. WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 7, 2021) – A coalition of public interest organizations released a letter todayRead More
Free Speech For People Presents New Articles of Impeachment and Demands that Trump be Immediately Impeached, Convicted, Removed, and Disqualified from Future Federal Office Posted on January 6, 2021 (January 6, 2021) Impeachment Free Speech For People has drafted two new articles of impeachment that any Member of the United States House of Representatives may immediately introduce. Article I addresses President Trump’s inciting an angry mob which then marched toward Capitol Hill and engaged in a violent attack on the United States Capitol, taking over the House andRead More
New Free Speech For People Oped In The Boston Globe On Why Congress Must Impeach Donald Trump Again And Bar Him From Future Office. Posted on January 5, 2021 Impeachment The Boston Globe today published a new oped by FSFP Board Chair and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements, FSFP President John Bonifaz, and FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein on why Congress must impeach Donald Trump again and bar him from future office. “Trump has proved that he should not be allowed anywhere near public office.Read More
“Congress should immediately vote on new articles of impeachment against this lawless president”: FSFP President John Bonifaz Urges Congress To Vote On New Articles Of Impeachment Against Donald Trump In The Nation. Posted on January 4, 2021 Impeachment The Nation magazine recently featured FSFP President John Bonifaz in a new article on Donald Trump’s most recent attempt to overturn the result of the 2020 election. In a newly-released phone call obtained by The Washington Post, the President can be heard urging Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find 11,780 votes” in orderRead More
FSFP Joins Coalition of Advocacy Groups Urging The Biden-Harris Administration to Treat Disinformation as a Fundamental and Intersectional Threat to Key Issues. Posted on December 22, 2020 FSFP Updates Free Speech For People recently joined a coalition of advocacy organizations in a letter urging the Biden-Harris administration to recognize and treat disinformation as a fundamental threat to our democracy and our ability to make progress on every major issue affecting the security and welfare of our people and our planet. “Your administration faces urgentRead More
Free Speech For People applauds provision in Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act banning political spending by foreign-influenced corporations Posted on December 22, 2020 Challenging Foreign Influence Free Speech For People applauds a provision in the newly-proposed Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act (S.5070/H.R.9029), introduced by Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Pramila Jayapal, that prohibits political spending by corporations partially owned by foreign investors. The bill follows a model established by Seattle’s Clean Campaigns Ordinance (enacted in January 2020), as well as legislationRead More
“Permanent Stain On Your Firm’s Reputation”: Group of Constitutional Lawyers Cautions U.S. Law Firms Against Hiring Legal Alumni of the Trump Administration Posted on December 16, 2020 (December 16, 2020) Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People Authors Letter Encouraging U.S. Law Firms to Protect Their Legal Reputations and Abstain From Hiring Lawyers Who Served in the Trump Administration WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec.16, 2020) – Free Speech For People, a nonpartisan group of Constitutional lawyers, issued a letter today encouraging prestigious U.S. law firms to abstain from hiring legalRead More
Victory! Facebook Will Add Protections For Georgia Election Workers. Posted on December 15, 2020 (December 17, 2020) Election Protection Facebook recently announced that the company is working to enroll poll workers in the Facebook Protect program, in line with a coalition’s demands to provide added protections to election workers in order to prevent disinformation and violence in Georgia amid the upcoming Senate runoff election in January 2021. Free Speech For People was a memberRead More
FSFP’s Motion To File An Amicus Brief Challenging Trump’s Pardon Of Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn As Corrupt and Unconstitutional Is Featured On Justice Matters. Posted on December 4, 2020 Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People’s motion to file an amicus brief outlining Trump’s unconstitutional pardon of Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was recently featured on Justice Matters with host Glenn Kirschner. “Another organization has filed a motion with Judge Sullivan in Mike Flynn’s case seeking permission to provide an amicus brief. An amicus brief isRead More