4 Years Later: Remembering Massey Energy Mining Victims Posted on April 4, 2014 (June 17, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power Four years ago, one of the worst coal-mining accidents in U.S history occurred. 3:57PM on April 5th, 2010, in Raleigh County, West Virginia, the Massey Energy Upper Big Branch coal mine located in Montcoal exploded and killed 29 of the 31 miners on site. Read More
Free Speech For People Goes To St. Louis Posted on April 1, 2014 (June 17, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power This week Free Speech For People’s Legal Director Ron Fein traveled to St. Louis MO to join Take Back St. Louis as Legal Co-Counsel on behalf of their claim against Peabody Energy. On March 31st, St. Louis Circuit Judge Robert Dierker was set to rule on a permanent injunction, after granting a temporary restraining order earlier this year. Read More
The Gospel of Citizens United: Hobby Lobby Posted on March 28, 2014 (June 17, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power A new report, The Gospel of Citizens United: In Hobby Lobby Corporation pray for the right to Deny Workers Contraceptions released by People For the American Way Senior Fellow, Jamie Raskin chronicles what’s really at stake in the Hobby Lobby case: Read More
New Partnership With Take Back St. Louis Posted on March 26, 2014 (June 17, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power [Image: Take Back St. Louis] Read More
Update On Hobby Lobby From Inside The Supreme Court Posted on March 25, 2014 (June 17, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power On March 25th Free Speech For People’s Legal Director Ron Fein sat in to hear legal arguments on the Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius Supreme Court Case in addition to the Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores Supreme Court Case. Outside were hundreds of protesters from both sides eager to voice their divided opinions about the case. [Photo: Emily Brandon] Read More
The Hobby Lobby & Conestoga Wood Supreme Court Cases Posted on March 24, 2014 (June 17, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power Tomorrow, March 25th, the Supreme Court will be hearing arguments from both Hobby Lobby and Conestoga and will ultimately decide if corporations may assert the right of religious freedom, along with the “free speech right” to spend unlimited corporate money in our elections, as the Court ruled in the 2010 Citizens United case. Read More
License-reader firm says new law curbs free speech rights gained from 2010 Citizens United decision Posted on February 26, 2014 (August 20, 2021) Corporate Abuse of Power Read More
Free Speech For People Featured On WHMP Radio Posted on February 10, 2014 (August 20, 2021) Corporate Abuse of Power Listen to this new podcast from The Bill Newman Show featuring Executive Director John Bonifaz and Legal Director Ron Fein discuss Free Speech For People’s Amicus Brief in the Contestoga Wood Specialties v. Sebelius Supreme Court Case. Tune in here. Click here to read the brief. Read More
Four years later, Citizens United is about more than money in politics Posted on January 20, 2014 (July 28, 2021) Corporate Abuse of Power Tuesday January 21st, 2014 will mark the fourth anniversary of the Citizens United ruling. A new op-ed by FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein, published recently in McClatchy, talks about how this ruling means far more than solely an increase of big money’s influence in our politics. Check out the piece below. Read More
How corporations are using the First Amendment to destroy government regulation Posted on December 30, 2013 (July 16, 2021) Corporate Abuse of Power A recent and important article The Corporate Free Speech Racket from Washington Monthly dives into the misuse of the First Amendment and free exercise rights by corporations and how these entities are effectively using the claim of corporate personhood to subvert government regulation.Read More