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.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued two pardons. It was one of the more conventional uses of the power we’ve…
Let’s set aside the controversy over what Walmart’s shrinkflation of its annual Thanksgiving feast bundle might suggest for the recent…
Do you have a long drive home after your family feast this week? The feds might be watching you. Recent…
In Louisville, Kentucky, Cuqita Boyd was charged with DUI after a minor crash in January 2022, despite repeatedly asking for a…
11/26/1829: Justice Bushrod Washington dies. He was President George Washington’s nephew. Justice Bushrod WashingtonThe post Today in Supreme Court History:…
In American Gas Association v. U.S. Department of Energy, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.…
Thanksgiving invites us to pause and consider the gifts we often overlook. This year, at a moment of rising political…
Total falsehoods: “I want for people to recognize a great job that I’ve done on pricing, on affordability, because we…
Eleventh Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Trump v. Clinton and Affirms Sanctions Against Trump (Updated)
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit largely upheld the district court’s dismissal of Donald Trump’s lawsuit…
Federal prosecutions against nine members of what the Justice Department calls a “North Texas Antifa Cell,” allegedly responsible for an…
From yesterday’s Oregon Supreme Court decision in State v. Cortes, written by Justice Bronson James: Defendant, who is houseless, is…
Two members of the National Guard were shot on Wednesday afternoon in Washington, D.C.—just two blocks from the White House—while…