Democracy By The People: A Symposium With Seton Hall School of Law Posted on April 28, 2016 (May 2, 2016) On Friday, April 1, 2016, Free Speech For People and Seton Hall School of Law co-hosted a symposium titled, “Democracy by the People: Reforming Campaign Finance in America Today.”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
Ron Fein: A Democracy Agenda for a Post-Scalia Supreme Court Posted on March 23, 2016 (March 23, 2016) In The Hill, Ron Fein writes about an “emerging pro-democracy litigation strategy” to challenge the influence of unchecked political spending.Read More
President Obama Nominates Merrick Garland to Serve as 113th Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Posted on March 16, 2016 (November 29, 2018) Judge Garland’s judicial philosophy could determine the fate of Citizens United. Read our press release on the nominee. Read More
How Do Potential Supreme Court Nominees Stack Up on Citizens United? Posted on March 14, 2016 (October 2, 2018) Hours within the death of Justice Scalia, Senate Republicans vowed they would refuse to hold a hearing on any of the nominees presented by President Obama. Despite their refusals, the president has continued with the nominate process. In an interview with Truthout, Scott Greytak, counsel at Free Speech for People, discusses how the potential nominees stack upRead More
UPDATE: The Overturn Citizens United Act is back in the California State Legislature Posted on March 9, 2016 (March 16, 2016) The Overturn Citizens United Act SB-254 (previously SB 1272) was reintroduced by California legislators. 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
Bill Moyers: It’s Time For the President to Make Federal Contractors Disclose their Political Spending. Posted on January 28, 2016 (September 4, 2018) In a column posted to his website, journalist and political commenter, Bill Moyers reported on President Barack Obama’s relationship with money in politics.Read More
Washington Voters To Decide on Campaign Finance Reform Posted on January 27, 2016 (January 27, 2016) This week, the Washington Secretary of State certified I-735, and the initiative will now go before voters.Read More
John Bonifaz At Brookings Event On Solutions To Citizens United Posted on January 25, 2016 (February 2, 2016) On the sixth anniversary of Citizens United, momentum grows in favor of solutions AT “The Campaign Finance Crisis in America and How to Fix It: A Solutions Summit.”Read More