Joint Committee of Connecticut Legislature Approves Cutting-Edge Law Challenging Super PACs and Foreign-Influenced Corporate Political Spending Posted on March 28, 2017 (March 28, 2017) Last night, a joint committee of the Connecticut General Assembly took a big step in the movement to push back against Citizens United. The legislature’s joint Government Administration and Elections Committee approved House Bill 5589. With the leadership of Senator Ted Kennedy Jr. and House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, Connecticut has taken a big step towardRead More
GSA’s Absurd Decision to Allow Trump to Continue his Hotel Lease Posted on March 23, 2017 (March 23, 2017) Today, the General Services Administration (the federal government’s property management agency) announced its long-awaited decision on whether the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., was violating its lease from the federal government.Read More
New York Attorney General Hires Public Corruption Prosecutor to Investigate Trump; Free Speech For People filings pending before the NY AG Office Posted on March 22, 2017 (March 22, 2017) Eric Schneiderman, the New York state attorney general, has hired a top public corruption prosecutor to focus specifically on Donald Trump.Read More
Postpone Gorsuch Hearings Until Russia Investigation Complete Posted on March 21, 2017 (October 3, 2018) We call upon the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to postpone the confirmation hearings for Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court until the questions of Russian interference in the election, and potential Trump campaign coordination or collusion, have been fully investigated. On Monday, March 20th, FBI Director James Comey told the U.S. HouseRead More
The Hill: Trump’s Link to Private Prisons Proves Why Citizens United Must Go Posted on March 17, 2017 (October 3, 2018) Free Speech For People Democracy Honors Fellow, Jasmine Gomez is published today in The Hill, with a new piece explaining why President Trump’s connection to private prisons makes the case for ending Citizens United. Read More
It’s Time To Investigate Allegations of Corruption Involving President Trump and Trump Industries Posted on March 17, 2017 (March 23, 2017) Free Speech For People urges Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and New York Attorney General to begin investigations.Read More
FSFP Urges NY Attorney General & Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York to Investigate Allegations of Corruption Involving President Trump, Trump Organization Posted on March 17, 2017 (October 3, 2018) Free Speech For People called on the Attorney General of New York and the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan) to investigate serious allegations of potential corruption involving President Trump and the Trump Organization.Read More
FSFP Joins 120 Groups in Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee: Press Gorsuch on Money In Politics Views Posted on March 14, 2017 (October 3, 2018) Today, more than 100 U.S. Representatives and more than 120 labor, environmental, civil rights, and democracy reform groups delivered letters to the Senate Judiciary Committee urging them to thoroughly vet Judge Gorsuch’s views on money in politics.Read More
New York Daily News: Time To Dissolve The Trump Organization Posted on March 14, 2017 (October 3, 2018) Ron Fein, Free Speech For People Legal Director, and Jed Shugerman, Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, penned an op-ed in the New York Daily News on why it’s “Time To Dissolve The Trump Organization.”Read More
Connecticut Moves Forward with Challenges to Super PACs and Foreign-Influenced Corporate Political Spending Posted on February 27, 2017 (June 7, 2017) The movement to push back against Citizens United took another step forward today. As we’ve written elsewhere, two particular threats to democracy can be tackled even while Citizens United stands and no matter who is confirmed as the next Supreme Court Justice. Read More