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.
On his second inauguration day, in January 2025, President Donald Trump signaled one of his administration’s highest priorities by issuing…
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the U.S. military strikes against Iran, and why the United States…
In Australia, a Gold Coast couple suffered a home invasion in which when masked thieves stole valuables and drove off…
When it rains, it pours. On Monday, the Supreme Court issued two consequential orders on the emergency docket. First, the…
Mirabelli v. Bonta is a momentous emergency docket ruling that was frankly not on my radar. Sooner or later, I…
Today’s opinion in Mirabelli v. Bonta involved, on the merits, California policies that “prevent schools from telling them about their…
Today’s unsigned majority opinion in Mirabelli v. Bonta held that California policies that “prevent schools from telling them about their…
Yesterday the Supreme Court had oral argument in United States v. Hemani, which presented the question, “Whether 18 U.S.C. §…
Milla74/Dreamstime Trump v. Barbara, the birthright citizenship case, is currently before the Supreme Court, and there is a vast array…
Today’s unsigned majority opinion in Mirabelli v. Bonta held that California policies that “prevent schools from telling them about their…
From today’s opinion in Mirabelli v. Bonta: [Plaintiff] parents object that [California] policies prevent schools from telling them about their…
Back in 2013, Justice Scalia gave a wide-ranging interview with New York Magazine. One of my favorite exchanges concerned which media…