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 McGillvary v. Grande, decided Tuesday by Judge Jennifer Hall (D. Del.): In February 2013, pro se Plaintiff Caleb L.…
The First Amendment says that “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech.” But one prominent conservative judge, whose…
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In 2017, Sen. Jeff Flake (R–Ariz.) announced he wouldn’t seek reelection. He told his colleagues that “we must stop pretending that…
From Chief Judge James Boasberg (D.D.C.) Monday in Does v. Patel: Plaintiffs are twelve former FBI Special Agents who allege…
Mary Ann Magdamit, a former U.S. postal worker in Torrance, California, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison…
From Beslow v. Jason, decided yesterday by the Virginia Court of Appeals by Judge Daniel Ortiz, joined by Judges Randolph…
Much of the debate about the removal power focuses on practice after the Constitution was adopted. Of course, there is…
Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D–Conn.) and Alex Padilla (D–Calif.) introduced the Accountability for Federal Law Enforcement Act on Monday, which would…
Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump said he saw “no problem” with releasing the full video of the newly controversial…
I was doing some research on Establishment Clause cases, and noticed the plaintiffs in several leading cases were Jewish. I’m…
Was this going to be an evening for routine presidential puffery, or for offering to cut tariff “rebate checks” to…