“A tool of discrimination”: FSFP Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements argues SCOTUS ruling on LGBTQ+ discrimination could undo decades of progress for historically marginalized groups. Posted on July 11, 2023 (July 11, 2023) Supreme Court In a recent op-ed published in The Hill, Free Speech For People Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements argues that the Supreme Court’s ruling in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis not only greenlights discrimination against members of the LGBTQ+ community, but it opens the door to legalizing discrimination against historically marginalized groups: “The court’sRead More
Congressman Al Green and Ron Fein in The Hill: Trump’s racist abuses demand impeachment Posted on July 17, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Impeachment Rep. Al Green of Texas and Ron Fein have an op-ed in The Hill today entitled “Trump’s racist abuses demand impeachment.” The op-ed argues: The House of Representatives has passed a resolution condemning President Trump’s racist comments directed at four members of Congress, telling them to “go back” to other countries. But the House must do more thanRead More
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
The Hill: Trump’s Link to Private Prisons Proves Why Citizens United Must Go Posted on March 17, 2017 (October 3, 2018) Free Speech For People Democracy Honors Fellow, Jasmine Gomez is published today in The Hill, with a new piece explaining why President Trump’s connection to private prisons makes the case for ending Citizens United. Read More
The Hill: If SCOTUS won’t act to overturn Citizens United, the states will Posted on November 7, 2016 (October 2, 2018) “No one expected this kind of election season, but one glimmer of light has emerged: Voters of both parties (or no party) have come to challenge what they see as a rigged system that benefits wealthy and corporate elites.”Read More
The Hill: We the Millennials, In Order To Form a More Perfect Democracy Posted on September 30, 2016 (October 2, 2018) Free Speech For People’s counsel and resident millennial, Scott Greytak, is published in The Hill, explaining how and why millennials will take leadership in restoring our democracy.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
Jeff Clements To The Hill: Justices Matter But Amendments Matter More Posted on February 26, 2016 (February 26, 2016) When it comes to social change, we might want to shift our focus to the significance of constitutional amendments, rather than Supreme Court Justices.Read More
Crony capitalism alive with Ex-Im Bank Posted on August 14, 2014 (August 27, 2014) Ron Fein and Tom Bacon of Free Speech For People take on “crony capitalism” in a new op-ed published today in The Hill. In Congress, a fight continues over whether to renew the charter of the Export/Import Bank, which Fein describes as, “an obscure government agency that supports the purchase of American products overseas with taxpayer-backedRead More