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.
Nashid Akil, a former Philadelphia police captain, and eight current or former officers have been charged with conspiracy, theft by…
From People v. Ocampo, decided by Illinois Appellate Court Justice David Navarro: [Carlos] Ocampo was charged with harassment through electronic…
The Scottsdale Research Institute (SRI) grows psilocybin mushrooms in Arizona with permission from the Drug Enforcement Administration. Late last month,…
“America will never be a socialist country!” says President Donald Trump. I hope not. Trump rightly declared socialism “the wrecker…
Tonight, the Court extended the administrative stay in Rollins v. RI Council of Churches for 48 hours. This order blocks…
From LNU v. Bondi, released Nov. 4, 2025 by Ninth Circuit Judges Richard Paez, Carlos Bea, and Danielle Forrest (though…
From today’s opinion dissenting from denial of certiorari in Veneno v. U.S. by Justice Gorsuch, joined by Justice Thomas:Petitioner asks…
“In an unbelievable twist that even Hollywood couldn’t write,” mountain runner Michelino Sunseri announced on Facebook yesterday, “I woke up…
For critics of the mainstream media—myself very much included—it is tempting to always feel some kinship toward independent media commentators,…
Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle To Make Spousal Rape a Crime, by Sarah Weinman, Ecco, 320…
If you followed last week’s U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments over President Donald Trump’s supposed power to impose tariffs without…
I thought I’d pass along an item I came across in the 1856 reminiscences of a Philadelphia lawyer (David Paul…