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.
State governments often argue that it’s necessary to give subsidies to private companies to encourage economic development. In return, they…
I’ve failed! I make the case for free markets. Young people elect socialists! What are they thinking? Do they even…
A federal court has slapped down an attempt by the town of Johnston, Rhode Island, to use eminent domain to…
Illustration: Lex Villena; Lev Kropotov My new article, “The Constitutional Case Against Exclusionary Zoning” (coauthored with Josh Braver) is now…
From the Complaint in Kivler v. Wolf Licensee LLC, just removed to E.D. Pa.: E.K., is a 16-year-old student athlete,…
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents want to know what’s in your phone—and they won’t take no for an answer.…
People with Disabilities, Advocates Sue City of Portland and Multnomah County Over Inaccessible Emergency Systems PORTLAND, Ore. — People with…
This week, guest host Billy Binion is joined by Pamela Colloff, a reporter at ProPublica and a staff writer at…
Change in how asylum seeker cases are processed: Yesterday, the Trump administration changed the way asylum seeker cases are handled. The…
FACA requires that a “[c]ommittee’s members represent a fair balance of viewpoints given the functions to be performed,” but it…
Last week, Judge James C. Ho of the Fifth Circuit delivered a stirring address at a First Liberty Institute gathering.…
7/29/1942: Supreme Court hears oral argument in Ex Parte Quirin. The Stone Court (1942)The post Today in Supreme Court History:…