10,000,000 + For Impeachment: Join us this Thursday in DC! Posted on May 8, 2019 (May 8, 2019) Tomorrow, Thursday, May 9, Free Speech For People is coming together with allied groups from across the country to deliver what is likely the largest online petition in history. We will be delivering ten million petition signatures in support of an impeachment investigation of the president to Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and the other Members ofRead More
Free Speech For People Joins Nationwide Day of Action in Support of Impeachment Resolution Posted on May 2, 2019 (May 2, 2019) Today, Free Speech For People, with a coalition of groups in support of impeachment investigations of President Trump, is organizing supporters across the country to urge their members of Congress to sign on to Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s impeachment resolution. The day of action follows Attorney General William Barr’s testimony before Congress regarding Russian interference inRead More
Expert Watergate Reporter for the New York Times: The Danger in Not Impeaching Trump Posted on April 25, 2019 In a recent opinion piece in the New York Times, Elizabeth Drew, a veteran reporter who covered Watergate, lays out a clear argument for why the House should begin impeachment investigations of President Donald Trump. She states: The founders put the impeachment clause in the Constitution to allow Congress to hold accountable, between elections, aRead More
Victory: Federal Election Commission Adopts Our Recommendations on Cryptocurrency Mining for Campaigns Posted on April 25, 2019 Today, the Federal Election Commission voted 4-0 to adopt an advisory opinion that embraces Free Speech For People’s recommendations regarding a platform to enable use of distributed computers to mine cryptocurrency for political campaigns. Free Speech For People was the only campaign finance reform organization involved in the regulatory process. BACKGROUND In September 2018, aRead More
Watch Now: Board Chair Ben Clements on WGBH to Discuss an Impeachment Investigation of the President Posted on April 24, 2019 (April 24, 2019) Free Speech For People Board Chair, Ben Clements, was on WGBH News to discuss the possibility of Congress beginning an impeachment investigation of the president, in the wake of the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, which is widely viewed as an impeachment referral to Congress. As Clements recently noted in an op-ed for theRead More
Ben Clements and Ron Fein for the Boston Globe: The Mueller report is a roadmap for impeachment Posted on April 23, 2019 In an oped for the Boston Globe, Free Speech For People Board Chair, Ben Clements, and Legal Director, Ron Fein, explore how the recently released report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is both an impeachment referral and roadmap for Congress to begin an impeachment investigation of the president. While we have identified eleven legal groundsRead More
Organizations Urge Congress to Investigate Justice Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Posted on April 18, 2019 (April 18, 2019) Impeachment On April 11, 2019, Free Speech For People joined Demand Justice and a coalition of sexual assault survivors’ organizations and other progressive groups to urge House Democrats to investigate Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation. Free Speech For People first called for an impeachment investigation of Brett Kavanaugh in October 2018, due to multiple allegationsRead More
Amicus Brief by Election Security Experts Highlights Major Flaws in South Carolina Election Systems Posted on April 17, 2019 (April 17, 2019) “With this brief, election security experts are sounding the alarm about the vulnerability of voting systems in South Carolina and in other states using electronic voting machines which cannot be trusted for properly counting our votes. With the 2020 election looming, this case provides the opportunity for the courts to intervene and protect the fundamentalRead More
Response to Arguments Against Closing New York’s Pardon Loophole Posted on April 12, 2019 (April 12, 2019) Free Speech For People has issued a memorandum responding to arguments that have been raised against closing New York’s presidential pardon loophole. As explained in the New York Daily News by Ron Fein and Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe, current New York state law could allow certain defendants pardoned by the president for their federalRead More
Former Montana Supreme Court Justice James Nelson: Trump must be bound by Constitutional chains Posted on April 11, 2019 In an important new oped for the the Independent Record, former Montana Supreme Court Justice James C. Nelson discusses why we must hold President Trump accountable for his violations of the US Constitution, our democratic values, and the rule of law. Our Constitution and the rules, guardrails, norms and values that it embodies must beRead More