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 Judge Ronnie Abrams yesterday in Doe v. Legal Aid Society (S.D.N.Y.): [1.] [Pseudonymity is more justified if] the litigation…
From Judge Gerald Pappert (E.D. Pa.) yesterday in EEOC v. Univ. of Pa.: Based on public statements by the University…
There has been some originalist debate of late about the proper reading of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.…
NA My new book chapter, “The Right to Use Private Property” is now available on SSRN. It was recently published…
Alecia Lindsay froze to death in Anchorage, Alaska, after a 911 dispatcher failed to send help for over an hour.…
From Justice Gorsuch’s opinion for a nearly unanimous Court today in Chiles v. Salazar (only Justice Jackson dissented):The Court held that the…
In 2009, I launched FantasySCOTUS. At the time, the idea was novel: a league where people could predict the outcome…
By pushing a 75 percent wholesale tax on nicotine pouches, New York State Budget Director Blake Washington says, Gov. Kathy…
Two months ago, Chief Justice Roberts began the Court’s opinion in Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections this way: Under…
Ten years ago today, Donald Trump said he would pay off the national debt in the span of just eight…
From Justice Kagan’s concurrence, joined by Justice Sotomayor, in today’s Chiles v. Salazar: [A.] The Court today decides that the…
I give a lot of thought to timing on the Supreme Court. Internal deliberations are usually a black box, unless…