Ron Fein Interview With Boston Herald Radio Posted on May 11, 2016 (May 11, 2016) Our Legal Director, Ron Fein joined the team at Boston Herald Drive for a special conversation on money in politics. Read More
Free Speech For People and Money Out Voters In Host Event With Actress Debra Winger to Fight Big Money and Reclaim Our Democracy Posted on May 10, 2016 (May 10, 2016) Free Speech For People and Money Out Voters In hosted a house party on Sunday, April 10, at the home of actress Debra Winger in Los Angeles, California.Read More
Free Speech For People Announces Jasmine Gomez as Winner of 2016-18 Democracy Honors Fellowship Posted on May 9, 2016 (May 9, 2016) Free Speech For People, a national non-profit public interest advocacy organization dedicated to challenging unchecked corporate power and big money in politics, is pleased to announce Jasmine Gomez as the winner of the 2016-18 Democracy Honors Fellowship.Read More
Supreme Court Defeat For Corporations Raising Constitutional Challenge to Seattle Minimum Wage Posted on May 6, 2016 (November 29, 2018) This week, the Supreme Court announced that it would not hear an appeal of a constitutional challenge to Seattle’s minimum wage law brought by a franchise industry trade group.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
John Bonifaz Speaks at the Democracy Awakening Posted on April 22, 2016 (May 5, 2016) From April 16-18, we joined the Democracy Awakening and mobilized in DC to protect voting rights and get big money out of politics. John Bonifaz delivered remarks on solutions to #FightBIgMoney in our politics. Read More
Ron Fein: A Democracy Agenda for a Post-Scalia Supreme Court Posted on March 23, 2016 (March 23, 2016) In The Hill, Ron Fein writes about an “emerging pro-democracy litigation strategy” to challenge the influence of unchecked political spending.Read More
Apple’s Fight with the FBI is the Corporate Personhood Case of 2016 Posted on March 22, 2016 (November 29, 2018) Legal Director Ron Fein published a piece on Truthout, discussing Apple’s ongoing legal feud with the FBI about unlocking an iPhone belonging to terror suspects and what this means for corporate constitutional rights. Read More
Ron Fein In U.S. News & Report: How Apple Could Best the FBI Posted on February 22, 2016 (October 2, 2018) Ron Fein explains to U.S. News & Report how a 40-year old case about Oklahoma’s drinking age may be a convincing argument for Apple’s refusal to provide access to its consumers’ phone data to the FBI.Read More