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.
10/21/1919: Abrams v. United States argued. The White Court (1916-1921)The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 21, 1919 appeared…
Federal law says the president of the United States may only call state National Guard members “into Federal service” when…
On September 14, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Ihsanullah Garay after he asked for directions while making a delivery…
A recent state audit found that Sheriff Jonathan Benison of Greene County, Alabama, improperly spent nearly $5 million from a…
From Judge Charles Breyer’s opinion earlier this month in Pauker v. Heart Consciousness Church, Inc. (N.D. Cal.): Plaintiff Michael Pauker…
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch examine Argentina’s $20 billion bailout and what it means for President Javier…
On October 15, the Third Circuit en banc heard arguments on New Jersey’s prohibition on numerous semiautomatic firearms (pejoratively named…
From the majority opinion in Oregon v. Trump, by Judges Bridget Bade and Ryan Nelson: After considering the record at…
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the constitutionality of the federal ban on gun possession by illegal drug…
A 13-year-old boy who was taken more than 500 miles away from his family by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
As frustration with the American political establishment continues to soar across the country and public trust in the two-party system…
Probably not something the lawyers (or the litigants) want to see from a judge (in this case, Judge Robert Lehrburger…