FSFP Filed An Amicus Brief in Grocery Manufacturers Association, et. al. v. William H. Sorrell, Attorney General Posted on November 14, 2014 (September 17, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Free Speech For People has filed an amicus brief before the federal district court in Vermont in defense of Vermont’s recently-passed law requiring the labeling of food produced with genetic engineering. The law requires food sold in Vermont that was produced with genetic engineering to be labeled “produced with genetic engineering.” Major agribusiness and industrialRead More
FSFP FILES AN AMICUS BRIEF IN IFA V. SEATTLE Posted on October 2, 2014 (May 18, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power MINIMUM WAGE UNDER FIRE IN SEATTLELegal Advocacy Group Says Workers’ Rights Are At Stake SEATTLE, WA — Free Speech For People, a national non-profit legal advocacy and public education organization, is joining the defense of Seattle’s new “living wage” law, now under fire from the International Franchise Association, the National Restaurant Association, and other industryRead More
Senator Markey on SCOTUS Hobby Lobby Decision: Damaging for Women’s Health and Constitutional Rights Posted on June 30, 2014 (June 27, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the a statement today after the Supreme Court ruled that for-profit “closely held” corporations with religious objections have the right to deny providing contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act.Read More
Statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings in the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Cases Posted on June 30, 2014 (June 27, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power Today, the Supreme Court issued a sharply-divided decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell. In these cases, large for-profit corporations argued that they have religious freedom that is violated by federal Affordable Care Act rules requiring insurance plans to cover contraception.Read More
The Hobby Lobby Supreme Court Case is About More Than Just Birth Control Posted on June 27, 2014 (June 27, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power On Monday June 30th the Supreme Court will make a decision in the Conestoga Wood and Hobby Lobby Supreme Court Cases.Read More
‘Corporate Religion’ Threatens Everyone Posted on June 18, 2014 (June 27, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power In FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein’s new Huffington Post piece, ‘Corporate Religion’ Threatens Everyone he begins with with the following question and statement; "What religion does ExxonMobil observe? How about Cargill, or Ford? If the question seems absurd, that’s because it is — corporations don’t have religions." Read More
FSFP Submits Amicus Brief In Syngenta Seeds v. County of Kaua‘i Court Case Posted on June 4, 2014 (November 16, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Contact: Ed Erikson – (202) 420-9947 or Ryan O’Donnell – (413) 335-9824 [email protected] Read More
Equal protection for people, not corporations Posted on June 4, 2014 (June 27, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power Free Speech For People’s Legal Director Ron Fein and Retired Associate Justice of Hawaii, Steven Levinson, have recently published this op-ed, Equal protection for people, not corporations in the Honolulu Star Advertiser. It begins, As court after court strikes down bans on same-sex marriage, people in Hawaii could be forgiven for thinking that this has nothing to do with genetically engineered soybeans. But in Honolulu, agribusiness corporations are arguing otherwise. Read More
Blood Gold And Free Speech Posted on May 20, 2014 (June 27, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power "What do blood gold, cigarette warning labels, and employee “know your rights” posters have in common? The answer lies in a series of recent court decisions that suggest that some judges don’t see a difference between a Jehovah’s Witness and a multinational corporation" writes Ron Fein, Free Speech For People’s Legal Director in this new piece in the Daily Caller. Click here to read it in full. Read More
Polluting Our Democracy And Our Environment Posted on April 23, 2014 (June 17, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power In light of Earth Day on April 22nd, The Sierra Club has released a must-read report Polluting Our Democracy And Our Environment that draws out the parallels between big money’s influence in politics and the impact those same interests also have on the environment. It reads, Read More