The Hill: Trump’s ‘treason’ talk is unprecedented, un-American Posted on February 14, 2018 Democracy Amendments As a piece in The Hill today noted, President Trump recently suggested congressional Democrats were guilty of “treason” for failing to applaud his State of the Union speech. As he put it, “Can we call that treason? Why not?” Here’s why not: The Constitution specifically defines treason, and failing to applaud the president isn’t treason—not by a longRead More
Free Speech For People Calls for Urgent Release of Pentagon Information on Trump’s Military Parade Posted on February 7, 2018 (October 3, 2018) Today, Free Speech For People submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the Department of Defense, calling for the urgent release of communications, documents, and other records regarding President Trump’s proposed military parade through Washington, D.C. As reported in the Washington Post on February 6, while President Trump has long expressed a desire for aRead More
Trump Officials Are Exploring Mass Arrests of US Mayors Posted on January 30, 2018 Impeachment Trump administration officials are openly floating the idea of mass arrests of mayors of sanctuary cities. Two different high-ranking officials discussed this on national television in January alone. On January 16, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen told the Senate Judiciary Committee that, at her department’s request, federal prosecutors are “reviewing what avenues might be available” to arrestRead More
What the Ninth Circuit’s Prostitution Decision Can Teach Us About Money in Politics Posted on January 29, 2018 (October 3, 2018) Democracy Amendments A federal court of appeals just rejected a case challenging prostitution laws as unconstitutional. A Newsweek piece published this Saturday—as it happens, the anniversary of oral argument in the case that created super PACs—explained how this decision, perhaps unexpectedly, shows what’s wrong with the way the Supreme Court thinks about money in politics. The analysis draws on scholarship byRead More
Williams-Yulee and the Courts, Three Years Later Posted on January 17, 2018 President Trump’s 2017 inauguration isn’t the only event with an anniversary coming on January 20. On January 20, 2015, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar, an important case on judicial fundraising and preserving public confidence in the integrity of the judiciary. And unlike Citizens United, which will have itsRead More
New England Cable News: Ron Fein Shares Updates on our Impeachment Campaign Posted on December 4, 2017 (November 29, 2018) Ron Fein joins Sue O’Connell of New England Cable News on “The Take,” with an update on our campaign to impeach President Trump.Read More
Curbing Corruption One Step at a Time: Taking Trump out of Trump SoHo. A Victory for Divest Trump SoHo Posted on November 27, 2017 (October 3, 2018) After months of pressure, the private equity fund that owns Trump SoHo will buy out the Trump Organization’s contract to market and manage the troubled luxury condo/hotel, breaking a chain of illegal payments from state and local pension funds to the President.Read More
WaPo: Federal judge refuses to erase Joe Arpaio’s conviction despiteTrump pardon Posted on October 21, 2017 (October 24, 2017) On Thursday, October 19, A Federal Judge shot down former sheriff Joe Arpaio’s bid to sweep his criminal record clean. Read More
Our Statement after Facebook Revelations Regarding Russian Interference in the 2016 Election Posted on September 7, 2017 (October 3, 2018) After Facebook revelations, FEC must act now on pending complaint for Russian election interference and Trump campaign coordination.Read More
New filing in the lawsuit that could end super PACs Posted on August 16, 2017 (October 3, 2018) On Wednesday, August 16, we took the next step in Lieu v. FEC, the lawsuit that could end super PACs, by responding to the FEC’s efforts to stop our litigation before the court can even fully consider the issues. Read More