New Center for Public Integrity analysis of out-of-state money cites Free Speech For People’s work Posted on October 11, 2018 The Center for Public Integrity just published a multi-part series on “Local Voters, Distant Donors” that cites Free Speech For People’s legal analysis. In an article entitled “Out-of-state donors pour cash into Democrats’ state races” (also co-published at USA Today), reporters Rui Kaneya and Joe Yerardi write: The influx of out-of-state contributions comes from a mix ofRead More
Former Montana Supreme Court Justice James Nelson on the confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh Posted on October 9, 2018 Read this powerful oped by James Nelson, a former Justice of the Montana Supreme Court and a member of the Board Legal Committee for Free Speech For People, entitled “Women’s Lives Don’t Matter.” As Justice Nelson writes: “The last two weeks prove that women’s lives don’t matter to the good old boys on the Hill. Read More
Leading Constitutional Lawyers Back Bill to Close Loophole Allowing Foreign Contributions to NYC Political Campaigns Posted on October 9, 2018 In a press release issued today by New York Public Advocate Letitia James, it was announced that Federal Election Commission Vice-Chair, Ellen Weintraub, and Harvard Law Professors, Charles Fried and Laurence Tribe, have submitted letters to the New York City Council in support of legislation introduced by PA James on August 8, 2018, to endRead More
Indigenous Peoples Day 2018 and the Blackout in Puerto Rico Posted on October 8, 2018 Free Speech For People observes the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day. In honor of this day, we are re-posting our July 2018 report, prepared with United for a Fair Economy, on Blackout in Puerto Rico: How 120 years of corporate dominance and political inequality stifles self-determination today. The report discusses the history ofRead More
Free Speech For People Calls for an Impeachment Investigation Against Justice Brett Kavanaugh Posted on October 6, 2018 ImpeachBrett.org, a non-partisan campaign led by Free Speech For People, launched a petition today, following the vote in the U.S. Senate to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, calling on the House Judiciary Committee to begin immediate hearings on whether to impeach Judge Brett Kavanaugh on multiple counts of sexual assault, perjury, andRead More
Newsweek: Impeach Brett Kavanaugh Petition Starts Immediately After He’s Officially Voted onto Supreme Court Posted on October 6, 2018 Free Speech For People launched a campaign to impeach Justice Brett Kavanaugh on September 9, 2018, following evidence emerging of Kavanaugh committing perjury before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. We have since expanded the grounds for impeachment to include credible allegations of sexual assault and bringing the judiciary into disrepute. Newsweek covered our campaign today,Read More
FSFP to Federal Election Commission: Don’t Allow Unlimited Bitcoin Contributions Posted on October 5, 2018 Today, Free Speech For People asked the Federal Election Commission to reject a request for an advisory opinion from a company called OsiaNetwork LLC that would allow unlimited campaign contributions in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. OsiaNetwork is proposing that donors could lend unlimited amounts of computer processing power to the company for “mining” cryptocurrency, which could thenRead More
Letitia James, John Bonifaz, and Shanna Cleveland in the Gotham Gazette: Closing the Door on Foreign Money in New York City Elections Posted on October 4, 2018 (October 4, 2018) In an opinion piece for the Gotham Gazette, Free Speech For People President John Bonifaz and Senior Counsel Shanna Cleveland join New York City Public Advocate Letitia James in calling for New York City to close the loophole that allows foreign entities to leverage ownership stakes in corporations to spend money in city elections. FreeRead More
Summer 2019 legal internships at Free Speech For People Posted on October 2, 2018 (January 14, 2019) Come join the campaign to reclaim democracy for the people! Free Speech For People, a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization, was founded in 2010 after the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision. We’re working to renew our democracy and reclaim our Constitution for We the People, not big money and corporate interests, and to challenge PresidentRead More
The Nation: Brett Kavanaugh Should Be Impeached Posted on September 28, 2018 In an article in The Nation, John Nichols cited our campaign calling on Congress to launch impeachment proceedings against Judge Brett Kavanaugh for committing perjury. Nichols discusses the background of the call for impeachment proceedings. He details how, during his confirmation hearings in 2004 and 2006, Kavanaugh was questioned regarding an incident in which privateRead More