Free Speech For People Is Looking For Summer 2017 Legal Interns Posted on January 9, 2017 (March 1, 2017) Come join the campaign to reclaim democracy for the people! Find out more about our internship opportunities for law students. Read More
TruthOut: “It’s Time for an Uprising Against Citizens United” Posted on January 7, 2017 (January 7, 2017) Martha Stone, Communications Director for America Promise, recently penned an op-ed with TruthOut about the need for a citizen-led “uprising” against the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling.Read More
Truthout.org: Democracy vs. the Supreme Court Posted on November 7, 2016 (November 7, 2016) Free Speech For People Democracy Honors Fellow, Jasmine Gomez is published today in Truthout with a new op-ed on democracy, the power of the people, and why the Supreme Court is not the best option for overturning Citizens United.Read More
Jasmine Gomez: Citizens United, the First Amendment, and the Ballot Posted on November 3, 2016 (October 2, 2018) Our Democracy Honors Fellow, Jasmine Gomez published an op-ed today to Common Dreams, on “Citizens United, the First Amendment, and the Ballot.” In Jasmine’s latest piece, she rebuts the critics of a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, and reminds us all of our democracy’s aim for “political equality” — that is before the Court’s Buckley v. Valeo ruling. Jasmine writes, Read More
Former MT Supreme Court Justice James Nelson & Jeff Clements: Why Montanans Should Support 28th Amendment Posted on August 4, 2016 (August 4, 2016) Free Speech For People Board Member James C. Nelson co-authored an op-ed in the Billings Gazette with Free Speech For People Co-Founder and American Promise founder, Jeff Clements. Read More
New York Becomes The 17th State To Call For A Constitutional Amendment To Reclaim Our Democracy Posted on June 15, 2016 (June 15, 2016) New York is now the 17th state in the country to call for a 28th Amendment to the US Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC ruling and to reclaim our democracyRead More
Doris Kearns Goodwin: A 28th Amendment to Restore The American Promise Posted on May 17, 2016 (May 17, 2016) Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses the Democracy For All Amendment, a solution to reclaim our republic to ensure that America is governed by ‘we the people’, not big money. Read More
Free Speech For People and Money Out Voters In Host Event With Actress Debra Winger to Fight Big Money and Reclaim Our Democracy Posted on May 10, 2016 (May 10, 2016) Free Speech For People and Money Out Voters In hosted a house party on Sunday, April 10, at the home of actress Debra Winger in Los Angeles, California.Read More
John Bonifaz Speaks at the Democracy Awakening Posted on April 22, 2016 (May 5, 2016) From April 16-18, we joined the Democracy Awakening and mobilized in DC to protect voting rights and get big money out of politics. John Bonifaz delivered remarks on solutions to #FightBIgMoney in our politics. Read More
Jeff Clements To The Hill: Justices Matter But Amendments Matter More Posted on February 26, 2016 (February 26, 2016) When it comes to social change, we might want to shift our focus to the significance of constitutional amendments, rather than Supreme Court Justices.Read More