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.
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…
During oral argument in United States v. Hemani on Monday, Principal Deputy Solicitor General Sarah Harris urged the Supreme Court to…
From Hodges v. Gloria, decided Thursday by the Ninth Circuit (Judges Consuelo Callahan and Lucy Koh, and Judge J. Campbell…
Prof. Merrill is giving the Hallows Lecture at Marquette tonight on this subject, and I’m delighted to report that he’ll…
[The first of four blog posts drawing on tonight’s Hallows Lecture at Marquette Law School.] For several decades, we have…
Everyone makes mistakes, even experienced professionals; a good reminder for the rest of us to learn from those mistakes. The…
Police blasted out Jonathan Puddle’s picture as part of a human trafficking investigation. His mistake? Going out in public with…
The U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran that began over the weekend is shaping up to be a serious regional war. Iran…
An excerpt from Judge Andrew Carter’s opinion Friday in Shaykhoun v. Daily Mail (S.D.N.Y.): Sonya Shaykhoun (“Plaintiff”) is a licensed…
Ayatollah Khamenei is dead. Airstrikes have killed the 86-year-old supreme leader of Iran, prompting a wide range of reactions both…
I have an opening for a research assistant at the Hoover Institution (Stanford) for a year starting June or thereabouts.…