Government Watchdog Calls for Recusal of Judge Cannon from United States v. Donald Trump Posted on June 14, 2023 Challenging Corruption Letter to Chief Judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida urges her to exercise her authority under federal law and internal court procedure to reassign the case if Judge Cannon does not recuse herself in ten days MIAMI, FL (June 14, 2023) Free Speech For People, a non-profit organization dedicatedRead More
“States Must Act,” Read this New Oped by Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on Why Donald Trump is Disqualified from Future Public Office and Must be Barred From the Ballot Posted on April 25, 2023 Challenging Corruption The Guardian recently published a new op-ed by former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on why Donald Trump’s incitement of the January 6 insurrection disqualifies him from future public office under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. He goes on to make the case for why Secretaries of State across the country must bar the formerRead More
Free Speech For People’s Campaign to Uphold Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment and Bar Trump from the Ballot Featured in New Washington Post Piece Posted on April 24, 2023 Challenging Corruption The Washington Post recently published a new piece entitled, “Trump team prepares to fight efforts to block him from ballots over Jan. 6”. The article discusses Free Speech For People and Mi Familia Vota’s joint 14point3 campaign, and details our efforts across the country to uphold Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment and bar theRead More
Free Speech For People’s Statement on Trump Indictment and the Need for Accountability for his Other Crimes Posted on April 4, 2023 Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People, a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization founded in 2010 to fight for constitutional democracy, and the first national organization to call for Trump’s impeachment, applauds the Manhattan district attorney and grand jury for finally holding Trump to account in a court of law for one of his many violations of state andRead More
BREAKING: A Manhattan grand jury has indicted former president Trump in connection with his illegal “hush money” payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Posted on March 30, 2023 Challenging Corruption The grand jury’s indictment emerged from the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation of a 2016 payment of $130,000 by Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen to Daniels one month before the election to prevent revelations of a 2006 sexual encounter between Daniels and Trump. Cohen was arrested in 2018 for campaign finance violations related to this payment,Read More
New report explains why states can enforce Fourteenth Amendment’s Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause without any new federal legislation Posted on March 30, 2023 Challenging Corruption Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment (the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause) bars insurrectionists from public office. It is sometimes suggested that enforcing Section 3 against those involved in the January 6, 2021 insurrection–such as former president Donald Trump– would require new federal legislation. Free Speech For People has issued a report, co-written with Professor Gerard MaglioccaRead More
“TRUMP IS DISQUALIFIED,” MI FAMILIA VOTA HOLDS DEMONSTRATION AND BANNER DROP IN DENVER ON ANNIVERSARY OF JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION Posted on January 6, 2023 (January 6, 2023) Challenging Corruption On the second anniversary of the violent January 6th insurrection, nonpartisan civic action group is urging Colorado Secretary of State to use her power and to follow the mandate of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to bar Trump from the ballot. DENVER, CO (January 6, 2022) – Mi Familia Vota, a national organization workingRead More
New FSFP Oped in Jurist: “Merrick Garland Has Abandoned Prosecuting Trump’s Pre-2020 Crimes.” Posted on January 6, 2023 Challenging Corruption Jurist recently published a new oped by FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein, FSFP President John Bonifaz, and FSFP Board Chair and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements on the Department of Justice’s decision to ignore “substantial evidence” that Trump tried to obstruct its investigation into Russia’s election interference in 2016 and that he directed campaign financeRead More
Alaska Court Denies State “Disloyalty Clause” Challenge Against State Legislator Involved with Oath Keepers; No Impact on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment Posted on December 29, 2022 (January 4, 2023) Challenging Corruption On December 23, an Alaska superior court judge issued findings of fact and conclusions of law rejecting a challenge to the eligibility of state representative David Eastman under the Alaska state constitution’s “disloyalty clause.” Eastman has been a member of the Oath Keepers, an extremist group whose leaders were recently found guilty of seditious conspiracyRead More
Free Speech For People and MoveOn Release Joint Petition Pressuring House Members Not to Seat Insurrectionists When New Congress Convenes Posted on December 16, 2022 Challenging Corruption The petition identifies Representatives Paul Gosar, Lauren Boebert, and Marjorie Taylor Greene as ineligible for Congressional office for having “voiced support for and helped facilitate” the deadly insurrection on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021. (WASHINGTON, DC) – Free Speech For People and MoveOn issued a joint petition today calling on voters to urgeRead More