FSFP Legal Fellow Ben Horton Discusses Why The January 6th Insurrection Further Highlights The Dangers of Corporate Political Spending. Posted on December 6, 2021 (May 23, 2022) Challenging Foreign Influence Truthout recently published an oped by Free Speech For People Legal Fellow Ben Horton on why the January 6 insurrection further highlights the danger that corporate political spending poses to our democracy. The following is an excerpt from the new piece: To save our democracy, we can’t rely on corporations — we need to understandRead More
New Free Speech For People Oped In Truthout on Why The U.S. Senate Must Convict And Disqualify Trump From Future Federal Office. Posted on February 12, 2021 Impeachment Truthout recently published a new oped by FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein, FSFP Board Chair and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements, and FSFP President John Bonifaz on why the U.S. Senate must convict and disqualify Trump from future office for his role in the deadly January 6th insurrection. When Trump told supporters to march toRead 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
Truthout: Turkish Bodyguards Attacked US Demonstrators. Why Has Trump Said Nothing? Posted on June 25, 2017 (October 3, 2018) Our Legal Director Ron Fein shares analysis of President Trump’s inaction following the attack of US demonstrators by Turkish Bodyguards, while the President met with Turkish President Erdoğan.Read More
Truthout.org: Democracy vs. the Supreme Court Posted on November 7, 2016 (November 7, 2016) Free Speech For People Democracy Honors Fellow, Jasmine Gomez is published today in Truthout with a new op-ed on democracy, the power of the people, and why the Supreme Court is not the best option for overturning Citizens United.Read More
Truth Out: The Overturn Citizens United Act, One Step Closer Posted on May 20, 2016 (November 29, 2018) Michele Sutter, co-founder of Money Out Voters In, penned an op-ed posted to Truthout on the importance of the California State Assembly voting in support of The New Overturn Citizens United Act. 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
How Do Potential Supreme Court Nominees Stack Up on Citizens United? Posted on March 14, 2016 (October 2, 2018) Hours within the death of Justice Scalia, Senate Republicans vowed they would refuse to hold a hearing on any of the nominees presented by President Obama. Despite their refusals, the president has continued with the nominate process. In an interview with Truthout, Scott Greytak, counsel at Free Speech for People, discusses how the potential nominees stack upRead More
How Grassroots Fundraising is Defying the “Billionaire Primary” Posted on February 10, 2016 (October 2, 2018) Truthout writes on how Bernie Sanders’ grassroots ‘fundraising machine’ is defying the wealth primary. John Bonifaz is interviewed.Read More