Category: Democracy Amendments

Shattering Glass Leads 84 Organizations in Calling For President Biden to Publish The Equal Rights Amendment

On December 5th, Free Speech For People joined Shattering Glass and 83 organizations and professional associations from across the country in calling on President Biden to instruct the US Archivist (“Archivist”) to publish the Equal Rights Amendment (“ERA”) as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. For the past two years, Shattering Glass has been educating
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New FSFP Video: President Biden Must Instruct the National Archivist to Certify the Equal Rights Amendment

Check out our new video featuring FSFP Legal Counsel Courtney Hostetler, Kate Kelly Esq. of Equal Rights Action, and Claudia Nachega of Generation Ratify, on why President Biden must instruct the National Archivist to certify the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Sign our petition and demand action here.
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Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern Introduces Free and Fair Elections Amendment

The constitutional amendment would ban corporate political spending, directly limit the amounts of money that political donors can contribute or spend, require Congress to enact public campaign financing or lose their salaries, and empower states to develop their own campaign finance limits while overturning Supreme Court decisions like Citizens United that have licensed corporations and
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Democracy and Gender Equality Advocates Urge President Biden to Take Executive Action to Certify The Equal Rights Amendment

The Equal Rights Amendment, first introduced in 1972, met the criteria for publication in January 2020, when Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it.   WASHINGTON, DC (April 26, 2023) A coalition of democracy and gender equality advocates issued a letter to President Biden today urging him to instruct the Acting Archivist of the
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Schiff, Phillips, Jayapal, McGovern Introduce Constitutional Amendment to Rein In Unrestricted Campaign Spending

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) introduced the Democracy For All Amendment at the start of the 118th Congress, which would overturn legal precedents that have allowed unrestrained campaign spending and dark money to corrupt American democracy. The Democracy for All Amendment would overturn Citizens United v. FEC – ahead
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FSFP Legal Counsel Courtney Hostetler Discusses The Equal Rights Amendment on The Damage Report.

FSFP Legal Counsel Courtney Hostetler recently appeared on The Damage Report to discuss the Equal Rights Amendment, the Constitutional amendment banning sex and gender discrimination. During the discussion with host John Iadarola, Hostetler discussed the Trump-era Department of Justice (DOJ) opinion that has, to date, blocked the publishing of the Amendment as the 28th Amendment
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COALITION URGES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO INSTRUCT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVIST TO PUBLISH THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT IN THE CONSTITUTION

In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, organizations call for reversing Trump-era DOJ opinion which had blocked the recording of the ERA, the Constitutional amendment banning sex and gender discrimination WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 7, 2021) – Free Speech For People, Generation Ratify, and six other organizations today issued a letter to Attorney General Merrick
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Virginia Becomes the 22nd State to Support a Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United

(Richmond, Virginia) — Today, the Virginia General Assembly passed a resolution supporting a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United, which swept away a century of precedent barring corporate money in our elections.  The resolution makes Virginia the twenty-second state to support this amendment to restore democratic power to the
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Free Speech For People Supports Newly Reintroduced Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United

(WASHINGTON) — Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (D-FL), Jim McGovern (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and John Katko (R-NY) reintroduced H.J. Res.1, a bipartisan constitutional amendment to get big money out of politics and restore democratic power to the American people. Free Speech For People supports H.J. Res.1, also known as the Democracy For All Amendment.
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