For The People Act Will Protect and Strengthen our Democracy Posted on March 12, 2019 (March 12, 2019) For too long, big money interests have been drowning out the voices of everyday Americans and corrupting our political process. And, combined with that, our right to vote today is under attack by voter suppression efforts across the country. Thanks to millions of people from all across the country demanding Congress take action, the HouseRead More
Watch The Case For Impeaching Trump Posted on March 11, 2019 (March 11, 2019) Impeachment Has President Trump committed impeachable offenses? Watch former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, Free Speech For People Legal Director Ron Fein, and Fordham Law Professor Jed Shugerman discuss the case for impeaching Trump.Read More
Will New Hampshire Become the 20th State to Call for a 28th Amendment? Posted on March 7, 2019 The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted today to pass HB504 to end big money in politics and partisan gerrymandering. The bi-partisan legislation puts New Hampshire on track to be the twentieth state to call on Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to overturn Citizens United v. FEC and Buckley v. ValeoRead More
Rep. Rashida Tlaib Plans to Introduce a Resolution to Start Impeachment Proceedings Against President Trump Posted on March 7, 2019 At a press conference held on Wednesday, March 6, Representative Rashida Tlaib announced that she plans to file a resolution this month to start an impeachment investigation of President Trump. Representative Tlaib emphasized the urgency of impeachment and addressed concerns: “I think every single colleague of mine agrees there’s impeachable offenses. That’s one thing thatRead More
Ron Fein on the Thom Hartmann Program: The Case that Could End Super PACs Posted on March 4, 2019 Our Legal Director Ron Fein joined Thom Hartmann on March 4 to discuss new developments in Lieu v. Federal Election Commission, the case that could end super PACs. Watch the video below. Read more about our broader efforts to challenge super PACs and the SpeechNow decision that created them.Read More
Impeach Trump Advocacy Day Press Conference Posted on February 28, 2019 Need To Impeach and Free Speech For People hosted a press conference last month ahead of an impeach Trump advocacy day on Capitol Hill where 300 citizens from across the country met with their Members of Congress to deliver draft articles of impeachment and copies of the book The Constitution Demands It: The Case ForRead More
Federal Appeals Court to Review a Case that Could End Super PAC Spending in U.S. Elections Posted on February 28, 2019 (March 1, 2019) A federal appeals court will soon have the opportunity to review its 2010 ruling which created super PACs, following a federal district court decision on February 28 in a case led by Members of Congress seeking to end super PAC spending in U.S. elections. Lieu v. Federal Election Commission, which was filed in federal districtRead More
State Legislators Lead the Fight to Defend The Constitution by Calling for Impeachment Proceedings against President Trump Posted on February 27, 2019 Impeachment State legislators in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania have introduced resolutions calling on Congress to begin impeachment proceedings now against President Trump, citing 10 legal grounds for impeachment. BOSTON, MA (Wednesday, February 27) – Massachusetts and Pennsylvania legislators have introduced resolutions calling on Congress to start impeachment proceedings now against President Donald Trump. The resolutions cite tenRead More
The Case For Impeaching Trump at Fordham University Posted on February 20, 2019 (February 22, 2019) Impeachment Read More
Trump’s Abuse of Emergency Powers is Another Ground for Impeachment Posted on February 15, 2019 (February 21, 2019) Impeachment President Trump has declared a national emergency in order to build a wall across the southern border of the United States without congressional authorization. This is a ground for impeachment: abusing emergency powers to fund and build a border wall that Congress has explicitly refused to fund. Background The Framers of the Constitution gave eachRead More