Category: Challenging Corruption

Free Speech For People Statement on US Supreme Court’s denial of review of Castro v. Trump
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On October 2, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in a pro se lawsuit filed by John Anthony Castro against Donald Trump, concerning whether Castro, apparently a Republican presidential candidate, has standing to challenge Trump’s candidacy in federal court under section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. The federal district court ruled that federal courts do
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“Trump is Legally Barred from the Ballot” Michigan Voters Challenge Trump’s Eligibility Under Fourteenth Amendment’s Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause
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Led by Free Speech For People, a nonpartisan legal advocacy organization, the lawsuit argues the former president is disqualified from holding public office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment for his role in inciting and facilitating the January 6th insurrection. LANSING, MI (September 29, 2023) – Free Speech For People and Michigan attorney Mark
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FSFP Counsel Amira Mattar Discusses the Trump Is Disqualified Campaign on YES Presents: Rising Up With Sonali
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Free Speech For People Counsel Amira Mattar recently appeared on YES Presents: Rising Up With Sonali to discuss the Trump Is Disqualified Campaign and the ongoing effort to ensure chief election officials bar Trump from the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment based on his involvement in the Jan 6 insurrection. Mattar discussed
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Minnesota Supreme Court Schedules Briefing to Hear Oral Arguments in Legal Challenge Seeking to Bar Trump from the Ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment
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Minnesota’s highest court this week signaled that it will hear oral arguments on a legal petition filed by Free Speech For People on behalf of a group of Minnesota voters to bar former president Trump from the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, also known as the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause. The hearing is
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New Letters Urge Chief Election Officials to Abide by the Constitution and Bar Trump from the Ballot in Arizona and Maine
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Under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause, Trump’s incitement of the January 6th insurrection bars him from holding public office. Free Speech For People (FSFP) and Mi Familia Vota Education Fund (MFVEF) issued letters today to Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, urging them to abide by the
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Minnesota Voters Challenge Trump’s Eligibility to Appear on Primary Ballot Under Fourteenth Amendment’s Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause
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Led by Free Speech For People, a nonpartisan legal advocacy organization, the lawsuit argues the former president is disqualified from holding public office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment for his role in inciting and facilitating the January 6th insurrection. ST. PAUL, MN (September 12, 2023) – Free Speech For People, on behalf of
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Free Speech For People’s Statement on Florida Caplan v. Trump ruling
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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 to
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“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
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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 to
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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.
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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 the
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FSFP President John Bonifaz Featured in The Nation Magazine: “The Biggest Threat to Donald Trump Could Be the Constitution Itself”
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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 the
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