FEF Fundraiser And Update Published In American Free Press
On November 11, 2019, Charles Randy Sheppard, FEF Board Member, published in the American Free Press an update on FEF’s progress (article can be viewed here)
On November 11, 2019, Charles Randy Sheppard, FEF Board Member, published in the American Free Press an update on FEF’s progress (article can be viewed here)
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…
On June 17, 2020, FEF filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the United States v. Rundo, et al. appeal. With the filing of this amicus, FEF now has filed amicus briefs in Rise Above Movement appeals on both coasts of the USA – on the East Coast, in the Fourth Circuit Miselis case, and…
On June 3, 2019, in a great victory for free expression and the rule of law, Judge Cormac Carney granted the Rise Above Movement defendants’ motions to dismiss their indictments in the United States v. Rundo, et al. prosecution in California under the Anti-Riot Act. FEF had filed an amicus brief in support of the motions to dismiss and the…
On November 17, 2020, oral argument was held before Judges Fernandez, Paez, and Tigar in the Ninth Circuit Rundo RAM appeal. The argument was held via Zoom because of the Covid restrictions, and attorneys representing FEF listened in. The judges asked many pointed questions, especially of the government, which gave hope to FEF’s attorneys that the judges appreciate the constitutional…
By Glen Allen, Esq. President, Free Expression Foundation On February 15, 2025, Frederick C. Kelly, III, Esq. and Glen Allen, Esq. filed a petition for Writ of Certiorari on behalf of Warren Balogh to the United States Supreme Court in the case of Balogh v. City of Charlottesville, et al. An electronic version of the petition can be downloaded here….
JUDGE CARMAC CARNEY DEFENDS THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE RULE OF LAW Written by: FEF Staff There is an old adage that a judge is a combination of a lawyer and a politician. Hard experience by attorneys representing the Dissident Right in First Amendment cases has shown that this adage often – too often – carries much truth. But there…