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.
An excerpt from today’s long opinion by Chief Judge Allen Winsor (N.D. Fla.) in Damsky v. Summerlin, which I think…
Few would disagree with the notion that President Donald Trump is rather malleable on issues of policy and political alliances.…
Are abortions poisoning us all? That’s the latest line of attack from Republicans in Wisconsin and elsewhere, with lawmakers arguing…
From Friday’s Report and Recommendation by Magistrate Judge Michael Ambri (D. Ariz.) in Grossenbach v. Arizona Bd. of Regents: The…
From Vaughn v. Harrison County, decided Friday by Judge Taylor McNeel (S.D. Miss.): Yesterday, Rev. John Vaughn filed this lawsuit…
From the Justice Department’s press release Wednesday: Natalie Greene, 26, of Ocean City was charged with one count of conspiracy…
Trumpworld schism: On Friday night, MAGA Queen Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her resignation from Congress. “I’ve always represented the common…
From In re Jackson Hospital & Clinic, Inc., issued by Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Hawkins Thursday, following the court’s earlier observation…
From the Complaint in Martins v. Romero (E.D. Mich.), filed Monday: This is a defamation and false light action stemming…
11/24/2001: Salim Hamdan was captured in Afghanistan. The Supreme Court would decide his case in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006). The…
In Glasgow, Scotland, the owner of the News Plus convenience store says shoplifters have hit his shop “every day,” costing…
Defending COVID-19 policies against legal challenges, government officials relied heavily on Jacobson v. Massachusetts, a 1905 case in which the U.S.…