FSFP Legal Fellow Ben Horton Discusses Why The January 6th Insurrection Further Highlights The Dangers of Corporate Political Spending. Posted on December 6, 2021 (May 23, 2022) Challenging Foreign Influence Truthout recently published an oped by Free Speech For People Legal Fellow Ben Horton on why the January 6 insurrection further highlights the danger that corporate political spending poses to our democracy. The following is an excerpt from the new piece: To save our democracy, we can’t rely on corporations — we need to understandRead More
Victory: Corporate Challenge to Contribution Ban Fails as U.S. Supreme Court Lets Massachusetts Decision Stand Posted on June 3, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Defending Key Reforms We recently celebrated a victory as the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear 1A Auto, Inc. v. Sullivan, a challenge to a Massachusetts state law banning corporate contributions to political candidates. Free Speech For People worked with Common Cause Massachusetts on an amicus brief in the state supreme court. The corporate challenge Massachusetts has prohibitedRead More
Laurence Tribe & Scott Greytak: “Get foreign political money out of US Elections” Posted on June 22, 2016 (June 22, 2016) Our Scott Greytak and Harvard Law Professor, Laurence Tribe, co-authored an op-ed posted to The Boston Globe on how foreign political money and U.S. political spending.Read More