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.
Two days before Christmas, the European Commission—essentially the executive branch of the European Union (E.U.)—protested U.S. travel restrictions against five…
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Eva Benedelova and Pavel Benedela face possible deportation after an Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) error wrongly registered them…
While campaigning, President Donald Trump said, “We’re a nation in decline.” Now that he’s president, the left agrees. “We are…
On his way out the door last January, President Joe Biden issued broad, preemptive pardons for several relatives and political…
One of the images from the training, as reproduced in the majority opinion. A short excerpt from Henderson v.…
One of the images from the training, as reproduced in the majority opinion. A short excerpt from Henderson v.…
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Feinstein v. Currie, decided by Palm Beach (Fla.) County Circuit Judge Maxine Cheesman on Nov. 11, 2024 but just recently…
[This post is co-authored with Professor Seth Barrett Tillman.] The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Illinois (2025) was issued…
A sprawling welfare scheme that saw fraudsters steal over $9 billion in Minnesota is a damning indictment of a federal…
NA I recently returned from a two-week trip to Israel where I taught a course on “Knowledge and Democracy” at…