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.
The Takings Clause of the 5th Amendment “was designed to bar Government from forcing some people alone to bear public…
Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail to halve electricity prices within 18 months of taking office. With more than…
In the February/March 2026 issue of Reason, we explore Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s policy goals and what they mean for New…
Sometimes you can tell a bill will be really bad just from its title. So it goes with The Republic…
From the long opinion by Chittenden County (Vermont) Judge Colin Owyang in Doe v. Deluca, decided Dec. 15 but posted…
The article is here; the Introduction: This is a story about a man with incredible luck. It was made possible by…
From Judge André Birotte (C.D. Cal.) in Cloobeck v. Villaraigosa, decided Dec. 8 but just posed on Westlaw:[i.] The Lanham…
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From the Complaint, quoted in the court opinion. A short excerpt from Chief Judge Sara Lioi’s long opinion Tuesday…
Capitalism: A Global History, by Sven Beckert, Penguin Press, 1,344 pages, $49 Adam Smith, widely considered the first major theorist…
The long national debate over cash bail reignited in summer 2025 after the White House issued an executive order in August threatening…
New Jersey corrections officer Anthony Nelson has been charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault and two counts of…