“Our democracy is on the line”: FSFP President John Bonifaz Featured in an Article on the Call for Congress to Delay Its August Recess to Pass the For The People Act. Posted on July 28, 2021 (July 28, 2021) Defending Key Reforms FSFP President John Bonifaz was recently featured in a new Common Dreams piece on a twenty-two-member coalition call for the U.S. Senate to delay the August recess in order to pass the For the People Act. Since the House of Representatives passed H.R.1 in March 2021, Free Speech For People has been urging the U.S.Read More
“The eyes of history are on him”: New FSFP Oped Published by Newsweek On Why President Biden Must Push The U.S. Senate To End The Filibuster And Pass The For The People Act And The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Posted on July 16, 2021 Defending Key Reforms Newsweek recently published a new oped by FSFP President John Bonifaz and FSFP Board Chairman Ben Clements on why President Biden must utilize his presidential power to push the U.S. Senate to end the filibuster and pass the For The People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The following is an excerptRead More
New FSFP Oped Published By Moyers On Democracy On The Fight Against Growing Threats To Voting Rights And Passing The For The People Act And The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Posted on March 22, 2021 (April 5, 2021) Defending Key Reforms Moyers On Democracy 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 growing threats to voting rights across the country and the urgent need to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting RightsRead More
#DefendOurElections: The 2020 Election and How We Fight New Threats to Our Democracy. Posted on March 11, 2021 Election Protection On March 4, Free Speech For People held a briefing to review key highlights of our election protection cases in 2020, as well as to outline our voting rights work moving forward, as we continue the fight to defend our democracy. You can see the full video of the briefing presentations below, featuring our BoardRead More
FSFP President John Bonifaz Discusses Unanswered Questions Following the Impeachment Trial of Former President Trump on WPFW Radio. Posted on February 19, 2021 Impeachment FSFP President John Bonifaz recently appeared on WPFW Radio to discuss the impeachment trial of former President Trump and areas of inquiry with unanswered questions after the Senate refused to call witnesses at the trial. WPFW’s Monday Morning QB · Why No Impeachment Witnesses? “Trials require witnesses in addition to all the powerful evidence thatRead More
New FSFP Oped In Business Insider on The Alaska Court Case That Could End Super PACs and Reshape Our Democracy. Posted on February 17, 2021 Challenging Super PACs Business Insider 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 Alaska court case that could end super PACs and reshape our democracy. The Alaska case hinges on a simple question: is this practice corrupt? Under SupremeRead More
John Nichols: “The Senate Has Failed America” Posted on February 15, 2021 Impeachment On February 13, The Nation national affairs correspondent John Nichols published a scathing indictment of the Senate’s decision to acquit President Trump for his incitement of the January 6th Capitol insurrection and its decision not to call witnesses at the impeachment trial, saying that both marked “a tragic abandonment of accountability.” Nichols’ condemnation of theRead More
FSFP President John Bonifaz Discusses The Case For Having Live Witness Testimony At Donald Trump’s Impeachment Trial on KALW. Posted on February 13, 2021 (February 13, 2021) Impeachment FSFP President John Bonifaz recently appeared on KALW to outline the case for having live witness testimony at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. “The evidence is overwhelming that the Senate ought to convict Donald Trump and disqualify him from ever holding future federal office. That being said, the focus here needs to be to present notRead More
New Free Speech For People Oped In Truthout on Why The U.S. Senate Must Convict And Disqualify Trump From Future Federal Office. Posted on February 12, 2021 Impeachment Truthout recently published a new oped by FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein, FSFP Board Chair and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements, and FSFP President John Bonifaz on why the U.S. Senate must convict and disqualify Trump from future office for his role in the deadly January 6th insurrection. When Trump told supporters to march toRead More
FSFP President John Bonifaz Discusses The Second Impeachment Trial Of Former President Donald Trump on Between The Lines. Posted on February 3, 2021 (February 3, 2021) Impeachment FSFP President John Bonifaz recently appeared on Between The Lines to discuss the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump and the consequences of an acquittal for our democracy. “This is a critical moment for our history and for our Constitution and our democracy. What’s at stake here really is whether or not aRead More