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.
For years, pointing out the obvious was considered impolite: America’s biggest, most distortionary transfer of wealth does not flow from…
“I want to protect the jobs of a narrow constituency so that I can win reelection” is not a winning…
Do you want to be the next dean of Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, and (sort of!)…
President Donald Trump delivered an end-of-year address Wednesday night to tout economic accomplishments of dubious veracity and attribute hardships to…
Today, the Brennan Center State Court Report published its symposium on “2025’s Most Significant State Constitutional Cases.” Contributors include Erwin…
From the government’s Offer of Proof in U.S. v. Wu (D. Mont.), in which an 18-month sentence was just announced…
From McGillvary v. Grande, decided Tuesday by Judge Jennifer Hall (D. Del.): In February 2013, pro se Plaintiff Caleb L.…
The First Amendment says that “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech.” But one prominent conservative judge, whose…
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In 2017, Sen. Jeff Flake (R–Ariz.) announced he wouldn’t seek reelection. He told his colleagues that “we must stop pretending that…
From Chief Judge James Boasberg (D.D.C.) Monday in Does v. Patel: Plaintiffs are twelve former FBI Special Agents who allege…
Mary Ann Magdamit, a former U.S. postal worker in Torrance, California, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison…