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.
Video of the Minneapolis ICE Shooting Does Not Resolve the Issue of Whether It Was Legally Justified
After an immigration agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem…
From yesterday’s Eleventh Circuit order in Damsky v. Summerlin, written by Judge Elizabeth Branch, joined by Judge Barbara Lagoa; note…
Los Angeles is the City of Angels, Pasadena is the City of Roses, and Huntington Beach, once known as Surf City,…
There’s not much in the way of subtlety when it comes to the big themes of Park Chan-wook’s No Other…
This morning the Supreme Court issued its first decision of the October 2025 term in an argued case. Contrary to…
In three previous blog posts, I argued that every President from 1881 to 1933 had successfully defended the President’s power…
“Only time will tell,” said President Donald Trump, in response to questions about how long the United States expects to…
In November, Civitas Outlook published my column titled “Eliminating Liberal Institutional Asymmetries.” I explained that the single greatest opportunity of our current political…
From the First Circuit’s decision Tuesday in Radfar v. Covino, written by Judge Seth Aframe, joined by Judges Kermit Lipez…
Government agencies inevitably turn enforcement responsibilities into opportunities to extend the security state. Every initiative to document, monitor, track, or…
Mike Makowsky opens Death by Lightning, a four-part miniseries he wrote and produced, with a chilling line: “This is a true story…
Ronny Neal, a police officer in Sanford, Florida, has been charged with 79 counts of official misconduct and organized fraud…