Promotions for Three Staffers at the Institute for Free Speech

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September 17, 2018   •  By IFS Staff   •  ,

Alexandria, VA – The Institute for Free Speech (IFS) today announced promotions for three staffers. Scott Blackburn, Luke Wachob, and Alex Baiocco will now serve ...

Institute for Free Speech Welcomes Senior Attorney Parker Douglas to Legal Team

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September 10, 2018   •  By IFS Staff   •  ,

Alexandria, VA – The Institute for Free Speech (IFS) is pleased to welcome Parker Douglas to its legal team as a Senior Attorney. Parker’s addition ...

Court Agrees with IFS, Rejects $18 Million Campaign Finance Fine

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September 6, 2018   •  By IFS Staff   •  ,

Alexandria, VA – The Court of Appeals for the State of Washington Division II yesterday overturned part of a lower court decision that imposed an $18 million ...

Analysis: North Dakota Ballot Measure Raises First Amendment Concerns

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August 14, 2018   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

Alexandria, VA – The Institute for Free Speech released an analysis today of a proposed North Dakota constitutional amendment on the ballot in November that says the ...

Statement on Dismissal of Markley and Sampson v. SEEC

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August 3, 2018   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , ,

Alexandria, VA – The Institute for Free Speech released the following statement in response to a Connecticut court’s decision to dismiss as untimely our ...

IFS Praises IRS Reforms to Protect Donor Information

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July 17, 2018   •  By IFS Staff   •  ,

Alexandria, VA – The Institute for Free Speech, America’s largest nonprofit defending First Amendment political speech rights, released the following statement praising Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s decision ...

2017 DISCLOSE Act Would Unconstitutionally Restrict Speech, CCP Analysis Finds

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September 22, 2017   •  By IFS Staff   •  ,

"The DISCLOSE Act is a misnomer. Rather than implement meaningful disclosure requirements, the bill attempts to make speaking so burdensome that groups will decide ...

CCP: Warrantless Location Tracking Imperils Right to Free Association

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August 15, 2017   •  By Matt Nese   •  , ,

The Supreme Court case Carpenter v. US has important implications for the First Amendment Alexandria, VA – The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) and ...

New CCP Issue Analysis: Tax-Financed Campaigns Fail to Increase Political Competitiveness

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June 7, 2017   •  By Matt Nese   •  ,

States with taxpayer-funded campaigns have more candidates – but incumbents still dominate Alexandria, VA – Subsidizing candidate campaigns with tax dollars does not increase the ...

Colorado closes free speech case, changes law, pays $220K in attorney’s fees

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April 7, 2017   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

Alexandria, VA – Attorneys for Colorado and the Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) filed a notice in federal court today ending a free speech ...

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