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.
A colleague on an academic list asked if I agreed that the Holocaust wasn’t unique, but just one of a…
With shoplifting a serious concern, and given the declining cost of security equipment, it’s no surprise that grocery stores in…
A federal judge in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, sentenced police officer Jaron Taylor to three years of probation and $38,670…
In the course of a post criticizing the Hawaii Supreme Court’s recent “Aloha Spirit” decision interpreting the Hawaii state constitution,…
Academics need to sell the public on the value of their project. They must convince people that the radical pronouncements…
7/19/1949: Justice Frank Murphy dies. Justice Frank MurphyThe post Today in Supreme Court History: July 19, 1949 appeared first on…
In most countries, gang wars unfold in the shadows. Police collect the bodies, prosecutors hold press conferences, and anyone who…
Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state in 1959. The experience of the Hawaiian people was very, very different from…
Illustration: Lex Villena; Joe Sohm A recent Echelon Insights poll finds that the “free market economy” is more popular than…
Pkchai | Dreamstime.com The Trump administration recently adopted new, gratuitously restrictive, rules constraining foreign students at US universities. My Cato…
Will Lester/ZUMA Press/Newscom Much of the eastern United States has recently been affected by smoke originating from massive wildfires in…
7/17/1862: Congress enacts the Confiscation Act, which empowers the government to seize the property of the rebels. The Supreme Court…