Free Speech For People’s Statement on Florida Caplan v. Trump ruling Posted on September 1, 2023 (September 4, 2023) Challenging Corruption On August 31, a federal judge in Florida dismissed a lawsuit filed by a tax attorney, representing himself pro se, who challenged Donald Trump’s eligibility for office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. The court ruled, unsurprisingly, that federal courts do not have jurisdiction over such claims, which (in federal court) require plaintiffs toRead More
“Trump is Ineligible to Appear on the Presidential Primary Ballot,” Letters Urge Chief Election Officials to Abide by the Constitution and Bar Trump from the Ballot Posted on August 30, 2023 (August 30, 2023) Challenging Corruption Under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause, Trump’s incitement of the January 6th insurrection bars him from holding public office. BOSTON, MA (August 30, 2023) – Free Speech For People (FSFP) and Mi Familia Vota Education Fund (MFVEF) issued letters today to Secretaries of State and chief election officials in five states, urging them toRead More
RECAP: Actions Across the Country Coincides With Letters to Secretaries of State Urging Them to Uphold Section 3 of the 14th Amendment and Bar Trump from the Ballot. Posted on August 15, 2023 Challenging Corruption Last month, Free Speech For People and MiFamilia Vota launched a series of actions to mark the 155th anniversary of the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment and to urge election officials across the country to enforce Section 3 of that constitutional amendment, also known as the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause, and bar Donald Trump from theRead More
FSFP President John Bonifaz Featured in The Nation Magazine: “The Biggest Threat to Donald Trump Could Be the Constitution Itself” Posted on August 4, 2023 Challenging Corruption The Nation recently published a new article on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment and the question of whether or not former president Trump can be disqualified from the ballot. The piece features FSFP President John Bonifaz discussing the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause and the ongoing campaign to pressure chief election officials to abide by theRead More
Free Speech For People and Mi Familia Vota Education Fund’s Statement on the U.S. Justice Department’s Criminal Indictment of Donald Trump Posted on August 1, 2023 (August 1, 2023) Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People (a national nonpartisan public interest legal advocacy organization that, in 2022, filed the first challenges, and conducted the first trial under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause in 150 years) and Mi Familia Vota Education Fund (a national civic engagement non-profit organization that unites Latino, immigrant, and allied communities to promoteRead More
“Election Officials Must Carry Out Their Duty,” Letters to Secretaries of State Make the Case for Why Trump is Constitutionally Barred from the Ballot Posted on July 12, 2023 Challenging Corruption Under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause, Trump’s incitement of the January 6th insurrection bars him from holding public office. BOSTON, MA (July 12, 2023) – Free Speech For People (FSFP) and Mi Familia Vota Education Fund (MFVEF) issued letters today to Secretaries of State and chief election officials in nine states, urging them toRead More
“A tool of discrimination”: FSFP Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements argues SCOTUS ruling on LGBTQ+ discrimination could undo decades of progress for historically marginalized groups. Posted on July 11, 2023 (May 27, 2024) Challenging Corruption In a recent op-ed published in The Hill, Free Speech For People Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements argues that the Supreme Court’s ruling in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis not only greenlights discrimination against members of the LGBTQ+ community, but it opens the door to legalizing discrimination against historically marginalized groups: “The court’sRead More
“Trump is Disqualified,” Week of Action Marks 155th Anniversary of the 14th Amendment Posted on July 10, 2023 (July 11, 2023) Challenging Corruption Actions across the country from July 9th to July 15th highlight Trump’s ineligibility under the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause. WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 10, 2023) – Free Speech For People and MiFamilia Vota on Sunday launched a week of action to urge election officials across the country to bar Donald Trump from the ballot under Section 3Read More
Letter to Nevada Secretary of State Seeks to Bar Trump from the Ballot Posted on June 28, 2023 Challenging Corruption Under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause, Trump’s incitement of the January 6th insurrection bars him from holding public office. CARSON CITY, NV (June 28, 2023) – Free Speech For People (FSFP) and Mi Familia Vota Education Fund (MFVEF) released a letter today which they recently delivered to Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar urgingRead More
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