FEF Publishes Update
In the May 25, 2020 edition of American Free Press, Merlin Miller FEF board member, summarizes FEF’s achievements and plans for the future. See the article here.
In the May 25, 2020 edition of American Free Press, Merlin Miller FEF board member, summarizes FEF’s achievements and plans for the future. See the article here.
From Glen Allen, Esq., FEF President We all, I hope, have heroes. Near the pinnacle in my hierarchy of heroes is a diminutive, soft-spoken man with gigantic intellect, scholarship, vision, and integrity: James Madison. Academics and a significant part of the American public recognize that Madison was the primary draftsman of the Constitution, which was written in 1787 and ratified…
FEF’s supporters will recall that the Department of Justice has two ongoing prosecutions against members of the Rise Above Movement (“RAM”). One was commenced in Charlottesville, Virginia; the other, in San Francisco, California. Both have now reached the Circuit Court of Appeal level, one in the Fourth Circuit and the other in the Ninth Circuit. Both circuit courts have ruled…
This week, Free Expression Foundation co-founder and Chief Legal Officer, Glen Allen, together with local counsel, filed a Federal lawsuit in Washington state against infamous “antifascist” activist, David Capito. The suit has been filed on behalf of several individuals Capito allegedly maliciously doxxed in late 2021. The six-count complaint alleges that Mr. Capito, who changed his name to the exotic…
Jacob Goodwin attended the Charlottesville demonstrations as a pro-monument demonstrator. At some point in the melee, Goodwin, along with other persons, kicked a counterprotester several times. He should not have done this. But the sentence he received after a subsequent prosecution – eight years in prison in Virginia – was grossly disproportionate, given that the counterprotester’s injuries from the kicks…
Although amicus curiae parties are rarely permitted to file two amicus briefs in an appeal, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has accorded FEF this unusual distinction. On January 9, 2020, the Fourth Circuit allowed FEF to file a second amicus brief – FEF’s reply amicus brief – in the United States v. Miselis Rise Above Movement appeal. In its…
By Glen Allen Esq., FEF President 2024 was an exciting and productive year for the Free Expression Foundation. With your continued support, FEF will continue this momentum into 2025 and beyond. During 2024, FEF accomplished the following: Through attorneys that FEF obtained and in many cases paid for, FEF litigated five cases (trial courts and courts of appeal) in four…