Watch The Case For Impeaching Trump Posted on March 11, 2019 (March 11, 2019) Impeachment Has President Trump committed impeachable offenses? Watch former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, Free Speech For People Legal Director Ron Fein, and Fordham Law Professor Jed Shugerman discuss the case for impeaching Trump.Read More
State Legislators Lead the Fight to Defend The Constitution by Calling for Impeachment Proceedings against President Trump Posted on February 27, 2019 Impeachment State legislators in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania have introduced resolutions calling on Congress to begin impeachment proceedings now against President Trump, citing 10 legal grounds for impeachment. BOSTON, MA (Wednesday, February 27) – Massachusetts and Pennsylvania legislators have introduced resolutions calling on Congress to start impeachment proceedings now against President Donald Trump. The resolutions cite tenRead More
The Case For Impeaching Trump at Fordham University Posted on February 20, 2019 (February 22, 2019) Impeachment Read More
Trump’s Abuse of Emergency Powers is Another Ground for Impeachment Posted on February 15, 2019 (February 21, 2019) Impeachment President Trump has declared a national emergency in order to build a wall across the southern border of the United States without congressional authorization. This is a ground for impeachment: abusing emergency powers to fund and build a border wall that Congress has explicitly refused to fund. Background The Framers of the Constitution gave eachRead More
Ben Clements and Ron Fein in the Boston Globe: The case for starting impeachment hearings against Trump Posted on February 4, 2019 Impeachment In an op-ed in the Boston Globe (online and print), Free Speech For People’s Board Chair Ben Clements and Legal Director Ron Fein argue the case for starting impeachment hearings. The op-ed rebuts a common argument against impeachment by explaining how impeachment actually works: It’s time to begin impeachment hearings against President Trump. The political-mediaRead More
Free Speech For People Joins National Impeachment Summit Posted on January 31, 2019 (February 4, 2019) Impeachment Earlier this week, Free Speech For People joined Need to Impeach for a critical two-day Impeachment Summit. The Summit featured a panel by Free Speech for People legal experts, a press conference, activist trainings, and an advocacy day. On Monday, our legal experts addressed over 250 activists from around the country on the 10 legalRead More
Trump Reportedly Ordered Michael Cohen to Lie to Congress Posted on January 18, 2019 Impeachment According to a bombshell new report by BuzzFeed News, President Trump personally ordered his former attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about Trump’s efforts to pursue a real estate deal in Moscow. As background, throughout the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump denied any efforts to pursue deals in Russia. In 2017, Michael Cohen testified toRead More
Inspector General: GSA Ignored Constitutional Problems with Trump Hotel Lease Posted on January 16, 2019 (January 16, 2019) Impeachment The Office of Inspector General of the General Services Administration issued a scathing report on “Evaluation of GSA’s Management and Administration of the Old Post Office Building Lease.” As the Inspector General concludes, GSA lawyers essentially ignored a glaring constitutional problem with leasing this federally-owned building to the Trump Organization. As background, the GSA administersRead More
Ron Fein and Ben Clements Speak at the Boston #NotAbovetheLaw Rally Posted on November 9, 2018 (November 15, 2018) Impeachment On November 8, 2018, Free Speech For People Legal Director Ron Fein and Board Chair Ben Clements spoke at the Boston #NotAbovetheLaw rally regarding the importance of protecting the Mueller investigation and pursuing impeachment to challenge the President’s egregious violations of the Constitution and abuses of office. The #NotAbove theLaw rallies took place last nightRead More
No Supreme Court Confirmation Until Impeachment Hearings and Criminal Investigation Have Concluded Posted on June 28, 2018 (June 28, 2018) Impeachment We call upon the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to postpone the confirmation hearings for any potential nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court until both Congressional impeachment proceedings and Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s criminal investigation have concluded. This is the first time in American history that a president’s campaign has been under criminal investigation for potentialRead More