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.
For the past several months, an organization of Florida fishing guides has been wondering exactly how it ended up being…
Chris Edwards In recent years, investigators have uncovered huge fraud in Minnesota’s school food subsidies. A group called Feeding Our Future…
In 1935, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that President Franklin Roosevelt acted illegally when he tried to fire an…
Patrick G. Eddington Mike German. (Brennan Center for Justice) This morning, I learned that my dear friend and colleague Mike…
9/25/1981: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor takes the oath. Justice Sandra Day O’ConnorThe post Today in Supreme Court History: September 25,…
Travis Fisher The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a report on Wednesday declaring that the Environmental…
Equatorial Guinea’s government imposed a year-long internet outage for Annobón, an island province, after residents complained about a construction company’s use…
Patrick G. Eddington At the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) May 2024 convention, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump told those assembled, “No…
NA Earlier today, in Illinois v. FEMA a federal district court ruled the Trump administration cannot deny federal disaster relief…
Michael F. Cannon Blue states are learning that it’s sometimes better if public health doesn’t come from the national government.…
Scammers exploited a glitch in New York City’s Summer Youth Employment Program, using prepaid cards meant to pay youth for…
Walter Olson Number fifteen in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: “It sure looks like the…