Joint Statement of Free Speech For People and Lockridge Grindal Nauen, counsel for voter-petitioners in Growe v. Simon Posted on November 8, 2023 (November 8, 2023) Challenging Corruption Today, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued a ruling in Growe v. Simon, the landmark challenge to Donald Trump’s eligibility for office under section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. Unfortunately, the court granted Trump’s request to stop the proceedings at the primary stage, but specifically allowed the petitioners to refile before the general election. TheRead More
Challenges to Trump’s Eligibility Under Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause featured on ABC’s “This Week” Posted on November 6, 2023 (November 7, 2023) Challenging Corruption The movement to hold former President Donald Trump accountable under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment for his role in the January 6th insurrection is gaining momentum. With state courts in Minnesota, Michigan, and Colorado currently hearing cases against Trump citing the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause, at least one or more of these cases could beRead More
Free Speech For People’s Statement on Florida Caplan v. Trump ruling Posted on September 1, 2023 (September 4, 2023) Challenging Corruption On August 31, a federal judge in Florida dismissed a lawsuit filed by a tax attorney, representing himself pro se, who challenged Donald Trump’s eligibility for office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. The court ruled, unsurprisingly, that federal courts do not have jurisdiction over such claims, which (in federal court) require plaintiffs toRead More
RECAP: Actions Across the Country Coincides With Letters to Secretaries of State Urging Them to Uphold Section 3 of the 14th Amendment and Bar Trump from the Ballot. Posted on August 15, 2023 Challenging Corruption Last month, Free Speech For People and MiFamilia Vota launched a series of actions to mark the 155th anniversary of the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment and to urge election officials across the country to enforce Section 3 of that constitutional amendment, also known as the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause, and bar Donald Trump from theRead More
FSFP President John Bonifaz Featured in The Nation Magazine: “The Biggest Threat to Donald Trump Could Be the Constitution Itself” Posted on August 4, 2023 Challenging Corruption The Nation recently published a new article on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment and the question of whether or not former president Trump can be disqualified from the ballot. The piece features FSFP President John Bonifaz discussing the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause and the ongoing campaign to pressure chief election officials to abide by theRead More
“Trump is Disqualified,” Week of Action Marks 155th Anniversary of the 14th Amendment Posted on July 10, 2023 (July 11, 2023) Challenging Corruption Actions across the country from July 9th to July 15th highlight Trump’s ineligibility under the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause. WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 10, 2023) – Free Speech For People and MiFamilia Vota on Sunday launched a week of action to urge election officials across the country to bar Donald Trump from the ballot under Section 3Read More
“States Must Act,” Read this New Oped by Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on Why Donald Trump is Disqualified from Future Public Office and Must be Barred From the Ballot Posted on April 25, 2023 Challenging Corruption The Guardian recently published a new op-ed by former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on why Donald Trump’s incitement of the January 6 insurrection disqualifies him from future public office under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. He goes on to make the case for why Secretaries of State across the country must bar the formerRead More
Free Speech For People’s Campaign to Uphold Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment and Bar Trump from the Ballot Featured in New Washington Post Piece Posted on April 24, 2023 Challenging Corruption The Washington Post recently published a new piece entitled, “Trump team prepares to fight efforts to block him from ballots over Jan. 6”. The article discusses Free Speech For People and Mi Familia Vota’s joint 14point3 campaign, and details our efforts across the country to uphold Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment and bar theRead More
“It’s absolutely absurd”: FSFP Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh Featured in the Los Angeles Times on Trump Allies’ Multi-State Effort to Access Election Systems and the DOJ’s Failure to Investigate Potential Crimes. Posted on March 9, 2023 Election Protection The LA Times recently published a new piece on Trump allies’ multi-state effort to access election systems and the apparent lack of a federal probe into the matter. The piece features contributions from FSFP Senior Advisor on Election Security Susan Greenhalgh. “If this was the electrical grid or nuclear energy plants, or the water supply,Read More
New FSFP Oped in Jurist: “Merrick Garland Has Abandoned Prosecuting Trump’s Pre-2020 Crimes.” Posted on January 6, 2023 Challenging Corruption Jurist recently published a new oped by FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein, FSFP President John Bonifaz, and FSFP Board Chair and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements on the Department of Justice’s decision to ignore “substantial evidence” that Trump tried to obstruct its investigation into Russia’s election interference in 2016 and that he directed campaign financeRead More