Public Pension Funds are Paying President Trump’s Hotel Business, and it Probably Violates the Constitution Posted on April 26, 2017 (May 11, 2020) A recent investigative report by Julia Harte at Reuters reveals that several major public employee pension funds are making regular fee payments to a real estate fund that in turn pays President Trump’s hotel management company. The facts reported in the article, and other information which Free Speech For People has learned, reveal an arrangement that appears to violate the Domestic Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution, and may implicate the First Amendment rights of state workers. Read More
FSFP files FEC Complaint Against Citgo and Trump’s Inaugural Committee Posted on April 26, 2017 (October 3, 2018) We filed an FEC complaint that alleges “foreign nationals” from Citgo, may have violated federal law by donating to President Trump’s inaugural committee. Read More
New York Daily News: Time To Dissolve The Trump Organization Posted on March 14, 2017 (October 3, 2018) Ron Fein, Free Speech For People Legal Director, and Jed Shugerman, Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, penned an op-ed in the New York Daily News on why it’s “Time To Dissolve The Trump Organization.”Read More
Free Speech For People Calls on the NY Attorney General to Revoke the Trump Organization’s Charter Posted on February 15, 2017 (February 15, 2017) Free Speech for People demands an investigation into President Trump’s unconstitutional conflicts of interest and dissolution of Trump Organization.Read More
Ron Fein to American Constitution Society: “If Discovered, He May Be Impeached” Posted on February 3, 2017 Ron Fein, Free Speech For People’s Legal Director outlined President Trump’s ongoing violation of the Foreign Emoluments Clause in a recent blog posting to the American Constitution Society For Law And Policy’s blog on February 2nd, 2017.Read More
Ron Fein joins The Young Turks to discuss the impeachment charges against Donald Trump Posted on January 27, 2017 (January 27, 2017) Ron Fein joined The Young Turks on January 24 to discuss why Donald Trump already liable to be impeached. Read More
Newsweek: Will Trump be Allowed to Defy the Constitution? Posted on January 25, 2017 (March 3, 2017) Free Speech For People’s Chair of the Board, Ben Clements, and Legal Director, Ron Fein, pen an op-ed for Newsweek highlighting President Trump’s willful violation of the Constitution. Read More
Watch Rep. Ted Lieu & Rep. Walter Jones Discuss The Case To End Super PACs Posted on December 6, 2016 (November 29, 2018) Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal to discuss efforts to end super PACs. Read More
Post-Election: How We Can Win Campaign Finance Reform Cases Before the Supreme Court Posted on November 9, 2016 (December 13, 2016) Read our post-election summary on how we can win campaign finance reform cases before the Supreme Court.Read More
Federal judge rejects suit challenging Alaska limits on campaign donations Posted on November 8, 2016 (November 8, 2016) In what might signal a light at the end of the tunnel, a federal judge rejected a challenge to Alaska’s limits on state-level campaign contributions.Read More