Alaska Speaks Up For Self-Government Posted on February 3, 2016 (March 18, 2016) On Monday, the State of Alaska filed an important legal brief setting forth a bold argument for self-government as a theory for limiting out-of-state money in local and state election campaigns.Read More
Corporate Lobby Drops Equal Protection Challenge to Seattle Minimum Wage Law Posted on February 2, 2016 (November 29, 2018) Is this the end of corporate equal protection challenges to living wage laws?Read More
BREAKING: California Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Voters’ To Vote on the Call for a 28th Amendment Posted on January 4, 2016 (January 14, 2016) Last week, the California Supreme Court issued a ruling to restore Prop 49 as The Overturn Citizens United Act, to the ballot.Read More
BREAKING: DC Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc in Conflict Minerals Case Posted on November 10, 2015 (October 2, 2018) In August, two judges of the D.C. Circuit (over a strong dissent by Judge Srinivasan) issued an opinion holding that this corporate disclosure rule violates the freedom of speech of publicly traded corporations. With the full court’s denial of en banc rehearing, the D.C. Circuit leaves a dangerous precedent in place.Read More
Cass Sunstein: Court Should Get Out Of The Way Of Conflict Minerals Disclosure Rule Posted on October 26, 2015 (October 27, 2015) Harvard Law School professor and former White House regulatory director Cass Sunstein has written an important post about the ongoing “conflict minerals” case and its implications for democracy. Read analysis from our legal director, Ron FeinRead More
TOMORROW in Durham, NC: A Conversation On “Money In Politics As A Civil Rights Issue” Posted on October 14, 2015 If you are in or around the Durham, North Carolina area, we invite you to join us for this special forum, entitled “Money in Politics as a Civil Rights Issue,” hosted at the Hayti Heritage Center (6:30-8:30pm).Read More
Tim Danahey Show Interviews Ron Fein On Corporate Personhood In IFA v. Seattle Posted on July 30, 2015 (July 30, 2015) On Thursday, July 30, Ron Fein joined the Tim Danahey radio show to discuss our amicus brief in the case, International Franchise Association v. Seattle. In this interview, Fein discusses the era of corporate personhood, the Fourteenth Amendment, and how the International Franchise Association is claiming access and protection by this amendment. Stream the interview after the jump.Read More
FSFP And Partners File Amicus Brief Defending The City Of Los Angeles And Its Hotel Worker “Living Wage Ordinance” Posted on July 23, 2015 (October 2, 2018) Free Speech For People, Courage Campaign, Equal Justice Society and Western Center on Law and Poverty, filed an amicus brief supporting the City of Los Angeles and its new hotel worker “living wage” ordinance against an Equal Protection Clause challenge from the American Hotel & Lodging Association. 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
FSFP Filed An Amicus Brief in Grocery Manufacturers Association, et. al. v. William H. Sorrell, Attorney General Posted on November 14, 2014 (September 17, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Free Speech For People has filed an amicus brief before the federal district court in Vermont in defense of Vermont’s recently-passed law requiring the labeling of food produced with genetic engineering. The law requires food sold in Vermont that was produced with genetic engineering to be labeled “produced with genetic engineering.” Major agribusiness and industrialRead More