Just Released: A short documentary on our journey to victory in St. Petersburg! Posted on February 20, 2018 (March 2, 2018) Check out this inspiring short video on our recent victory in St. Petersburg, FL. Last October, the St. Petersburg City Council passed our model law to abolish super PACs and foreign corporate money in local elections.Read More
New FEC Complaint Alleges that American Media, Inc. and Trump Campaign Violated Federal Campaign Finance Laws With “Catch and Kill” Payment for Trump Adultery Story Posted on February 20, 2018 (October 3, 2018) Free Speech For People Files FEC Complaint Against American Media, Inc. and Trump Campaign calling for “an immediate investigation” WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 20, 2018 – On Friday, February 16, 2018, Free Speech For People filed a complaint before the Federal Election Commission demanding “an immediate investigation” into a payment of $150,000 from American Media,Read More
The Hill: Trump’s ‘treason’ talk is unprecedented, un-American Posted on February 14, 2018 Democracy Amendments As a piece in The Hill today noted, President Trump recently suggested congressional Democrats were guilty of “treason” for failing to applaud his State of the Union speech. As he put it, “Can we call that treason? Why not?” Here’s why not: The Constitution specifically defines treason, and failing to applaud the president isn’t treason—not by a longRead More
Watch now: Interview by the Young Turks with Senior Counsel Shanna Cleveland on Our Recent Victory to Divest Trump SoHo Posted on February 12, 2018 (November 29, 2018) Free Speech For People Senior Counsel Shanna Cleveland recently talked with the Young Turks for a two-part interview about our campaign to divest public pension funds from Trump-owned businesses and the emergence of support for Russia in modern-day white supremacy. Part 1: Part 2: Read More
Massachusetts Legislature to Consider an Act to Stop Corporations from Claiming Religious Exemptions from Anti-Discrimination Laws Posted on February 8, 2018 (February 8, 2018) In an effort to protect civil rights, the Massachusetts legislature will consider an act to stop corporations from claiming religious exemptions from anti-discrimination laws, sponsored by Representative Michael Day of Stoneham. Late Wednesday evening, the Massachusetts legislature’s Joint Committee on the Judiciary favorably reported H.767 (officially called “An Act to strengthen civil rights,” and unofficially theRead More
Free Speech For People Calls for Urgent Release of Pentagon Information on Trump’s Military Parade Posted on February 7, 2018 (October 3, 2018) Today, Free Speech For People submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the Department of Defense, calling for the urgent release of communications, documents, and other records regarding President Trump’s proposed military parade through Washington, D.C. As reported in the Washington Post on February 6, while President Trump has long expressed a desire for aRead More
Trump Officials Are Exploring Mass Arrests of US Mayors Posted on January 30, 2018 Impeachment Trump administration officials are openly floating the idea of mass arrests of mayors of sanctuary cities. Two different high-ranking officials discussed this on national television in January alone. On January 16, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen told the Senate Judiciary Committee that, at her department’s request, federal prosecutors are “reviewing what avenues might be available” to arrestRead More
Free Speech For People Joins Watchdog Groups’ Letter to House Speaker Ryan About Rep. Nunes Posted on January 29, 2018 Free Speech For People joined Democracy 21 and fourteen other watchdog groups and individuals in a letter to House Speaker Ryan today, challenging the continued involvement of Rep. Devin Nunes in the House’s Russia investigations. The letter called on Speaker Ryan “to act promptly to remove Chairman Nunes from any further participation in any aspect of the RussiaRead More
What the Ninth Circuit’s Prostitution Decision Can Teach Us About Money in Politics Posted on January 29, 2018 (October 3, 2018) Democracy Amendments A federal court of appeals just rejected a case challenging prostitution laws as unconstitutional. A Newsweek piece published this Saturday—as it happens, the anniversary of oral argument in the case that created super PACs—explained how this decision, perhaps unexpectedly, shows what’s wrong with the way the Supreme Court thinks about money in politics. The analysis draws on scholarship byRead More
SpeechNow v. FEC – The Case that Created Super PACs, and Our Challenge Posted on January 27, 2018 (January 24, 2018) January 27 marks the eighth anniversary of oral argument in the case that created super PACs. Contrary to popular belief, super PACs were not created by the Supreme Court in Citizens United, but rather by a subsequent lower court decision called SpeechNow v. FEC, argued on January 27, 2010 (just six days after the Citizens United decision). As weRead More