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 United States government first launched a War on Drugs on June 17, 1971, when President Richard Nixon declared: “America’s…
After leaving the Chicago area in November, U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino made an unexpected return on December 16,…
From In re Marriage of Teruel De Torres, decided Wednesday by the Colorado Court of Appeals (Judge Sueanna Johnson, joined…
From Judge Alan Albright (W.D. Tex.) in U.S. v. Burger earlier this month: A three-count indictment alleged that Defendant James…
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In the years since the pandemic, weightlifting has frequently been associated with right-wing and even neofascist politics. In the media,…
Former Clayton County, Georgia, jailer Jabin Bethea pleaded guilty in federal court to violating a pretrial detainee’s civil rights. While…
This was supposedly written for and sung at a U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel Christmas party during…
5 years agoJanuary 2021 “As the market matures and companies begin to merge, antitrust authorities might decide to get involved.…
Texas National Guard members in Illinois (Brian Cassella/TNS/Newscom) On Monday, in Trump v. Illinois, the Supreme Court ruled against Donald…
The right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure had an up-and-down sort of year at the U.S. Supreme…
A few weeks ago, the Free Press published a remarkable story about legal developments in Canada. In short, a judge…