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.
On the eve of the birthright citizenship case, it is useful to think back to last year. The Trump Administration…
Justice Gorsuch’s opinion for a nearly unanimous Court today in Chiles v. Salazar (only Justice Jackson dissented) struck down Colorado’s…
The permanent U.S. presence in the Middle East started in the oil-rich Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf. Immediately after…
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A decade ago, I wrote a cover story for Reason magazine titled “Trump vs. the Constitution.” It explained how then-candidate…
Flying cars have hovered in the public imagination since The Jetsons. But the techno-optimism of the space age has since…
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The city council of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, banned pickleball at Forest Hill Park, the only public park in town with pickleball…
Päivi Räsänen, a member of the Finnish Parliament, was found guilty by Finland’s Supreme Court of inciting hatred after she described…
On Saturday evening, the Texas Review of Law & Politics awarded its 2026 Jurist of the Year award to Judge…
Today marks 30 days since the U.S. bombed Iran, and there are still more questions than answers. What is the…
From today’s decision by Judge Jon Tigar (N.D. Cal.) in Roe v. City of S.F.: Plaintiffs are residents and businesses…