Watch: Queer + Trans Concerns Around Big Money in Politics and Voter Suppression

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BREAKING: A Manhattan grand jury has indicted former president Trump in connection with his illegal “hush money” payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Posted on March 30, 2023

The grand jury’s indictment emerged from the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation of a 2016 payment of $130,000 by Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen to Daniels one month before the election to prevent revelations of a 2006 sexual encounter between Daniels and Trump. Cohen was arrested in 2018 for campaign finance violations related to this payment,
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Free Speech For People Welcomes Chris Vines As Campaign Organizer

Posted on March 30, 2023

FSFP Updates

Free Speech For People is excited to welcome Chris Vines to the staff as our new Campaign Organizer! Prior to joining the staff of Free Speech For People, Vines served as a Campaign Manager & Strategist for various political and non-profit campaigns across the country, and served as the National Field Director for the SisterDistrict
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New report explains why states can enforce Fourteenth Amendment’s Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause without any new federal legislation

Posted on March 30, 2023

Challenging Corruption

Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment (the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause) bars insurrectionists from public office. It is sometimes suggested that enforcing Section 3 against those involved in the January 6, 2021 insurrection–such as former president Donald Trump– would require new federal legislation. Free Speech For People has issued a report, co-written with Professor Gerard Magliocca
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Watch a livestream from our panel on “Queer + Trans Concerns Around Big Money in Politics and Voter Suppression.” This event took place on Sunday, June 25 in Washington DC.

Event co-sponsors included: Free Speech For People, Demos, Public Citizen, Democracy Initiative, Communications Workers of America, Pride at Work, Every Voice

To read more about the event, click here.