Free Speech For People Endorses Legislation to Overturn the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Trump v. United States Posted on August 22, 2024 (August 22, 2024) Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People strongly endorses the “No Kings” bill, introduced by Senate Majority Leader Schumer and joined by 29 co-sponsors, which will undo the Supreme Court’s damaging and wrongly decided ruling in Trump v. United States and ensure that neither the President nor Vice President is above the law. The proposed law provides thatRead More
Pro-Democracy Groups Urge Congress to Hold The Supreme Court Accountable with Week of Action Posted on July 15, 2024 (July 17, 2024) Supreme Court WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 15, 2024) – Free Speech For People, Indivisible, Women’s March, and Money Out Voters In have launched a Week of Action urging Congress to investigate corruption on the Supreme Court. Investigative reporting from ProPublica has exposed that at least two justices have accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts from billionaires.Read More
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito Posted on July 10, 2024 (July 17, 2024) Supreme Court The articles presented to the House Judiciary Committee argue that the Supreme Court justices’ acceptance of lavish gifts and clear conflicts of interest constitute “high Crimes and Misdemeanors” under Article II of the Constitution. WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 10, 2024) – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) introduced articles of impeachment in the US House of Representatives todayRead More
Alexandra Flores-Quilty, Free Speech For People’s Campaign Director, Featured Speaker at the ‘Power Back to the People’ rally outside the Supreme Court Posted on July 4, 2024 Supreme Court Free Speech For People joined United For Democracy, a coalition of 140+ national organizations outside the Supreme Court, to call out extreme corruption and demand accountability. Speaking at the rally, Alexandra cast a spotlight on the current crisis of American democracy: The United States Supreme Court, our highest judicial institution, is mired in corruption andRead More
In dangerous ruling, the Supreme Court leaves open the question of Trump’s immunity and further delays federal prosecution for his role in trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election Posted on July 1, 2024 Supreme Court BREAKING: In a dangerous ruling, the Supreme Court today left open the question of Donald Trump’s immunity for crimes that he committed while in office. Rather than confirming that Trump is not immune from prosecution for his crimes while serving as President of the United States, the Court has manufactured an unprecedented concept of presidentialRead More
The Supreme Court is Attacking Our Voting Rights Posted on September 15, 2021 (October 26, 2021) Election Protection The Supreme Court gutted the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act twice. First, in their 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder, they stripped away the preclearance provision that protected voting rights in states with a history of voter suppression. Then this summer, in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, Justice Alito issued a majority opinion underminingRead More