Resolution for Impeachment Proceedings Against President Introduced in MA State Senate Posted on January 25, 2019 (January 25, 2019) Massachusetts is poised to become the first state to pass a resolution calling on Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against the President. On January 24, 2019, Massachusetts State Senator Jo Comerford introduced Resolution SD. 1565, drafted from our model resolution and citing our ten legal grounds for impeachment, urging Congress to conduct an impeachment investigation ofRead More
The anniversary of the 24th Amendment reminds us that poll taxes are not dead Posted on January 23, 2019 Democracy Amendments Fifty-five years ago today, the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The main provision of the amendment reads: The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress,Read More
Will Bunch for The Philadelphia Inquirer: The huge problem with Mueller’s Trump-Russia probe that no one talks about Posted on January 21, 2019 (January 21, 2019) In an article for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Will Bunch calls for Congress to launch an impeachment inquiry into the President, in parallel with the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Bunch notes Congress has delegated its responsibility to hold the President accountable for his impeachable offenses to Mueller, stating, “Congress and other key players haveRead More
Trump Reportedly Ordered Michael Cohen to Lie to Congress Posted on January 18, 2019 Impeachment According to a bombshell new report by BuzzFeed News, President Trump personally ordered his former attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about Trump’s efforts to pursue a real estate deal in Moscow. As background, throughout the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump denied any efforts to pursue deals in Russia. In 2017, Michael Cohen testified toRead More
The Atlantic: Impeach Donald Trump Posted on January 17, 2019 The March 2019 issue of The Atlantic features an important piece by historian Yoni Applebaum, in which he lays out the case for why we must begin the impeachment process against President Trump. Applebaum details Trump’s many constitutional violations in his article: …[Trump] has mounted a concerted challenge to the separation of powers, to theRead More
Inspector General: GSA Ignored Constitutional Problems with Trump Hotel Lease Posted on January 16, 2019 (January 16, 2019) Impeachment The Office of Inspector General of the General Services Administration issued a scathing report on “Evaluation of GSA’s Management and Administration of the Old Post Office Building Lease.” As the Inspector General concludes, GSA lawyers essentially ignored a glaring constitutional problem with leasing this federally-owned building to the Trump Organization. As background, the GSA administersRead More
Victory for Contribution Limits: Supreme Court Allows Ninth Circuit’s Lair Decision to Stand Posted on January 14, 2019 Today the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear a challenge to Montana’s political contribution limits in a case that Free Speech For People has been working on since 2014. The history of the Lair case dates back to September 2011. The plaintiffs alleged that Montana’s campaign contribution limits are unconstitutionally low and violate the First Amendment.Read More
John Bonifaz joins John Iadarola on The Damage Report Posted on January 10, 2019 (January 10, 2019) Free Speech For People President, John Bonifaz, joined John Iadarola of The Damage Report to discuss the recent op-ed, authored by John Bonifaz and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, in the Detroit Free Press, ‘Now is the Time to Begin Impeachment Proceedings Against President Trump‘, and to discuss why we do not need to wait for theRead More
Supreme Court Rejects Exxon’s Frivolous Appeal Posted on January 7, 2019 Today the Supreme Court dealt a harsh blow to Exxon’s latest attempts to derail investigations into whether the company committed fraud by misleading consumers and investors about climate change. While the decision is unsurprising given the legal infirmity of Exxon’s claims – challenging the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Attorney General – it is a welcomeRead More
Bipartisan Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United Introduced Posted on January 4, 2019 (January 4, 2019) Free Speech For People is proud to join Public Citizen, Common Cause, People for the American Way, and American Promise, in support of the re-introduction of the Democracy for All Amendment, to get big money out of politics and overturn the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC. Free Speech For People was foundedRead More