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.
Former Baton Rouge police officer Donald Steele was sentenced to one year in prison after being convicted of malfeasance in…
If you’ve spent any time reading the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) public statements lately, you’ve probably gotten a strong…
There are many asymmetries in the law between liberals and conservatives. The Voting Rights Act presents an asymmetry, as the…
Yesterday I wrote about Paul Clement’s “Article III of the Deal” in Bost v. Illinois State Board of Election. It…
This evening, Judge Andrew S. Oldham of the Fifth Circuit gave the Joseph Story Distinguished Lecture at the Heritage Foundation.…
I’m forgetting we ever had a government: Isn’t it wild how the government shutdown keeps going on and on and yet…
The Constitution’s First Amendment protects free speech for good reason. If people can’t say what they want, we don’t have…
Covering third-party politics for a quarter-century accustoms one to the accusation that such-and-such marginal electoral candidate is a “spoiler,” queering…
From the Complaint in Starbuck v. Google (not to be confused with the now-settled Starbuck v. Meta, which appears to have…
The sky turns a rusty orange. The sun dims behind a thick veil of smoke. For millions of Americans, even…
On Monday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that President Donald Trump may deploy National Guard troops to Portland,…
The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie goes deep with the artists, activists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and visionaries who are making the…