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.
The Free Expression Foundation has been featured in a recent article and podcast by the American Free Press. Re Check out the article here: The AFP Report – Glen Allen – Read the Article. The AFP Podcast – Glen Allen – Listen to the Podcast Below
On November 13, 2019, Judge Katherine Blake dismissed Glen Allen’s complaint against Heidi Beirich and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Allen had filed his complaint in the federal court in December 2018., alleging nine counts, including claims under the Racketeer and Corrupt Organizations (“RICO”) statute and common law claims for tortious interference and defamation. After the SPLC defendants moved to…
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…
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…
On February 14, 2020, Glen Allen, who has received financial aid from FEF, filed his initial brief in his appeal from Judge Blake’s dismissal of his complaint against Heidi Beirich, Mark Potok, and the SPLC. Allen presented a number of arguments for reversal of the district court’s decision. Included among them were that: the court failed properly to take into…
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…