Freedom IndexPolitics
Politics investigates how governments, parties, and policymakers shape the landscape of free speech and censorship. From campaign regulations to state restrictions, this category examines the role of politics in defining the boundaries of expression and democratic debate.
Last March, U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon ruled that President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project is illegal because…
According to a recent Gallup poll, 71 percent of Americans would oppose the construction of a data center in their…
From Andrew Sullivan (The Weekly Dish): Governor Kathy Hochul has a decision to make by June 12. The New York…
The Trump administration is still fighting to keep billions of dollars in tariff revenue that it unlawfully collected from American…
[This essay is co-authored with Professor Arthur Hellman and Gabe Roth, Executive Director of Fix the Court. Their biographies are…
I am quite skeptical of the lawfulness of the Environmental Protection Agency’s rescission of the endangerment finding upon which EPA…
A growing consortium of University of California (U.C.) educators is imploring the state system to consider basic testing standards for…
From Judge David Leibowitz (S.D. Fla.) in Mosler v. Wagner; plaintiff Warren Mosler is a hedge fund executive, author on…
From Judge Gretchen Lund (N.D. Ind.) Monday in Chen v. Univ. of Notre Dame; the plaintiffs’ Complaint focuses on a…
Two years ago, the Netflix film Rebel Ridge turned a common law enforcement tactic into a cinematic study of injustice.…
The signing of the Declaration of Independence is often seen as a victory, a vindication of a free people’s “self-evident”…
Jefferson County, Alabama, Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard has been suspended after a 120-page complaint accused her of serious misconduct and running…