by William Upton, The National Pulse:
A small group of Illinois voters, backed by the the leftist law-fare nonprofit ‘Free Speech for People’, has filed a petition with the state board of elections asking that former President Donald Trump be removed from the Republican primary ballot. The petition claims the former Republican president is barred from office under the ‘insurrection’ clause found in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
Democrat operatives have pushed the ‘insurrection’ clause claim in several states with mixed results. The Colorado Supreme Court recently ruled that Trump is ineligible to run for President, citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, however both the Minnesota and Michigan supreme courts threw out similar cases. The United States Supreme Court is widely expected to step in and overturn the Colorado decision.
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The Petitioners.
The petitioners include a far-left professor of English & Latin American and Latino Studies to a local Chicago lawyer. One of the petitioners, Prof. Ralph Cintrón of the University of Illinois Chicago, has a long track record of far-left work — especially pertaining to mass immigration. Speaking at Penn State last year, Prof. Cintrón lamented the lack of representation for illegal immigrants in America. Steven Daniel Anderson, Charles J. Holley, Jack L Hickman, and Darryl P. Baker joined Cintrón in signing the petition.
The petitioners are being represented by Chicago civil rights and constitutional law attorney Matthew Piers, president of Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. Piers is a prolific donor to Democrat candidates across the country. A review of Federal Election Commission records reveals he frequently makes significant contributions to far-left progressives, including Rep. Chuy García (D-IL), former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL). He also donated to the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.
Free Speech for People.
Based in Amherst, Massachusetts, Free Speech for People is a leftist law-fare group founded by John Bonifaz — a long time voting rights activist and political progressive. According to their IRS 990 filings, Free Speech for People had a total revenue of just over $1.5 million in 2021. In 2020, the group’s revenue was double at just over $3 million. According to the left-wing legal advocacy group’s annual reports, its 2021 budget was raised through funds from the Arkay Foundation, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, CREDO, The Fred Gellert Family Foundation, the Gaia Fund, The Kohlberg Foundation, the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund, the Park Foundation, Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, the Threshold Foundation, and the WhyNot Initiative.
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