Event Resources: “Queer+Trans Concerns Around Democracy, Money & Politics” Posted on April 23, 2017 (May 2, 2017) This event is part of Free Speech For People’s efforts to broaden and diversify the movement to overturn Citizens United, and to reach new audiences who have historically not been included in these discussions. Click to learn more.Read More
Event: Queer+Trans Concerns Around Democracy, Money & Politics Posted on April 6, 2017 (May 2, 2017) On Saturday, April 22, Free Speech For People will be hosting a conversation with Black and Pink, the Mass Trans Political Coalition, and Demos about how we can promote democracy for the Trans and Queer community by getting big money out of politics.Read More
FSFP Joins 120 Groups in Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee: Press Gorsuch on Money In Politics Views Posted on March 14, 2017 (October 3, 2018) Today, more than 100 U.S. Representatives and more than 120 labor, environmental, civil rights, and democracy reform groups delivered letters to the Senate Judiciary Committee urging them to thoroughly vet Judge Gorsuch’s views on money in politics.Read More
Supreme Court Delivers Victory For Seattle Living Wage Law and Fight Against Corporate Claims of Constitutional Rights Posted on May 2, 2016 (October 2, 2018) In a major win for the movement against corporate personhood, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a constitutional challenge by franchise owners in Seattle. Read More
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
Join us for a special symposium at Seton Hall Law School in Newark, NJ Posted on March 16, 2016 (March 25, 2016) Join Free Speech For People and Seton Hall University Law School for a special symposium on reforming campaign finance in America today.Read More
FSFP And Partners File Joint Brief In US Court of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit Defending Seattle Wage Law Posted on May 22, 2015 (June 27, 2016) Seattle’s living wage law should be upheld against claims by the International Franchise Association and other industry trade groups that it violates alleged rights of corporations under the U.S. Constitution, Free Speech For People, Courage Campaign, Equal Justice Society, and Demos argue in an amicus brief filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Read More