Updated: 2010 State Resolutions Introduced in Support of Amending the Constitution

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U.S. Department of Justice Files Amicus Brief to Support Appeal by Colorado Civil Rights Organizations in Voter Intimidation Suit

Posted on November 15, 2024 (November 20, 2024)

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in support of NAACP Colorado, League of Women Voters of Colorado, and Mi Familia Vota. These groups, represented by Free Speech For People and co-counsel Bryan Sells, filed their appeal brief last week, challenging the
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Computer Scientists: Breaches of Voting System Software Warrant Recounts to Ensure Election Verification

Posted on November 13, 2024 (November 18, 2024)

Election Protection

A group of computer security experts have written to Vice President Kamala Harris to alert her to the fact that voting systems were breached by Trump allies in 2021 and 2022 and to urge her to seek recounts in key states to ensure election verification. Following the 2020 election, operatives working with Trump attorneys accessed
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Free Speech For People’s Statement on the 2024 Election

Posted on November 8, 2024 (November 12, 2024)

FSFP Updates

Our democracy is worth saving. This election cycle, our democracy has been staggered by blow after blow. We cannot pretend otherwise; to do so would be to accept that this hamstrung system is the one with which we must live. It is not and we do not accept that it is. We will keep fighting
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California AJR 3. Assemblyman Pedro Nava (D-35). Introduced on 1/23/2009. Expresses disagreement with the Citizens United ruling and calls on the US Congress to pass a constitutional amendment. Click here for additional information, including full text and current status.

Hawaii HCR 282. Representative Bob Herkes (D-5). Introduced on 3/10/2010. Expresses disagreement with the Citizens United ruling and calls on the US Congress to pass a constitutional amendment barring the use of “person” when defining “corporate entity.” Click here for additional information, including full text and current status. Resolution passed on 4/28/10.

Idaho HJM 12. House State Affairs Committee. Introduced on 2/24/2010. Expresses disagreement with the Citizens United ruling and calls on the US Congress to take action through legislation or a constitutional amendment. Click here for additional information, including full text and current status. Referred to State Affairs on 2/25/10.

Massachusetts SD 2666. On June 21, 2010, a group of Massachusetts state legislators, led by Massachusetts State Senator Jamie Eldridge, introduced the Free Speech For People resolution in the state legislature (PDF). The resolution calls on the US Congress “to pass and send to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment to restore the First Amendment and fair elections to the people.” Click here for additional information, including full text and current status. Referred to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary on 7/15/2010.

New Jersey AR 64. Assemblyman Herb Conaway (D-7). Introduced on 3/4/2010. Expresses disagreement with the Citizens United ruling and calls on the US Congress to pass a constitutional amendment. Click here for additional information, including full text. AR 64 was referred to the Assembly State Goverment Committee on 3/4/10.

South Dakota HCR 1018. Representative Ed Iron Cloud (D-27). Introduced on 3/9/2010. Expresses disagreement with the Citizens United ruling and calls on the US Congress to pass a constitutional amendment. Click here for additional information, including full text. HCR 1018 failed to pass the House of Representatives on 3/10/2010.

Washington SJM 8027. Senator Ken Jacobsen (D-46). Introduced on 2/4/2010. Expresses disagreement with the Citizens United ruling and calls on the US Congress to pass a constitutional amendment. Click here for additional information, including full text and current status. Reintroduced and retained in present status on 3/15/10.

Information on state resolutions reposted from the People for the American Way, ‘Legislation to Fix Citizens United‘.

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