The Nation Features Free Speech For People’s 14Point3 Campaign in John Nichols latest Column about the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Insurrection. Posted on July 27, 2021 Challenging Corruption The Nation national affairs correspondent John Nichols recently published a new article on the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 insurrection and the constitutional duty of Secretaries of State to abide by section 3 of the 14th amendment and bar Trump and other insurrectionists from the 2024 ballot. Late last month, constitutional lawyersRead More
FSFP Petition Urging Attorney General Garland to Investigate Trump and Associates Featured On Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner. Posted on June 16, 2021 Challenging Corruption Glenn Kirschner, host of Justice Matters, recently produced a video where he discusses Free Speech For People’s petition for Attorney General Garland to create an independent task force within the Department of Justice to investigate Trump and his associates for potential federal crimes. “There is a petition that caught my attention and it’s posted onlineRead More
FSFP Board Member and Professor Jennifer Taub Addresses Attorney General Garland’s Defense of Trump Justice Department Actions in New Op-ed. Posted on June 15, 2021 Challenging Corruption The Washington Monthly recently published a new op-ed by Free Speech For People Board Member and Professor Jennifer Taub on Attorney General Garland’s defense of the Trump administration’s Justice Department actions. “In late May, Attorney General Garland chose to back several of Bill Barr’s bad faith legal moves. When publicly confronted at a Congressional hearingRead More
“The Case For Prosecuting Donald Trump”: Boston Globe Editorial Board Publishes New Editorial on Holding Trump Accountable. Posted on June 14, 2021 (June 14, 2021) Challenging Corruption The Boston Globe Editorial Board recently published a new editorial, as part of a series, on the importance of holding former President Trump accountable for federal crimes he has committed. The following are some excerpts from the new editorial. Norms in a democracy are only as good as our willingness to enforce them. After theRead More
Take Action: Tell Congress To Make Clear That Trump Is Disqualified From Holding Future Public Office Under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. Posted on March 6, 2021 (March 6, 2021) Challenging Corruption Impeachment and conviction are not the only tools that the Constitution provides for dealing with threats to our republic. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies from public office any public official who engages in insurrection or rebellion against the United States. By fomenting and encouraging a violent attack on Congress in an effort toRead More
Coalition Urges Congress To Disqualify Former President Trump From Future Office Under The Fourteenth Amendment. Posted on February 19, 2021 Challenging Corruption In a letter addressed to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the coalition presses Congress to recognize that former President Trump is disqualified from future office under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 19, 2021) – A broad coalition of legal and advocacy organizations sent a letter yesterday to Senator Chuck Schumer urgingRead More
Coalition Urges Biden’s Attorney General-Designate To Establish Justice Department Task Force To Investigate Trump And Associates’ Crimes. Posted on February 18, 2021 Challenging Corruption In a letter addressed to the AG-designate Merrick Garland, the coalition asks for a DOJ task force to investigate “any potential federal criminal or civil violations” committed by the president, members of his administration, his campaign, business, or others. WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 18, 2021) – A coalition of public interest organizations released a letter todayRead More
Free Speech For People Legal Director Ron Fein Discusses The Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump On The BradCast. Posted on January 28, 2021 Impeachment FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein recently appeared on The BradCast to discuss the impeachment trial of Donald Trump and the constitutionality of holding him accountable for inciting the deadly January 6th insurrection after he’s left office. “Even if Trump never wants to run for president again, the United States Senate needs to say that thisRead More
Free Speech For People Joins Groups Calling For Possible Expulsion of U.S. House Members, Trump Impeachment Posted on January 12, 2021 Impeachment WASHINGTON — More than 70 groups sent a letter on Friday requesting that Speaker Pelosi pass a resolution authored by Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), introduced on Monday, that would start an ethics investigation into the behavior and actions of Members of the U.S. House of Representatives to overturn the 2020 election and foment the insurrection atRead More
Free Speech For People Presents New Articles of Impeachment and Demands that Trump be Immediately Impeached, Convicted, Removed, and Disqualified from Future Federal Office Posted on January 6, 2021 (January 6, 2021) Impeachment Free Speech For People has drafted two new articles of impeachment that any Member of the United States House of Representatives may immediately introduce. Article I addresses President Trump’s inciting an angry mob which then marched toward Capitol Hill and engaged in a violent attack on the United States Capitol, taking over the House andRead More