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.
11/3/1845: Chief Justice Edward Douglass White’s birthday. Chief Justice Edward Douglass WhiteThe post Today in Supreme Court History: November 3,…
Second Annual Aspiring Free Speech Scholars Workshopjointly sponsored by the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (ASU)and the Hoover Institution…
The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has put more federal immigration officers in public view and equipped them with new facial…
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the upcoming New York City mayoral election and what a Zohran…
Last week, former Attorney General William P. Barr wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal purporting to expose a nefarious…
Last month, over at Law & Liberty, Steven Hayward initiated a conversation on the need for a “new environmentalism” and…
A short excerpt from today’s >17K-word decision by Judge Sarah Russell (D. Conn.) in Arroyo-Castro v. Gasper: The dispute centers…
A new report from Sen. Jon Ossoff (D–Ga.) has found more than 80 cases of medical neglect and inadequate food…
President Donald Trump has sought to justify the summary execution of suspected drug smugglers by arguing that the United States…
When the Trump administration’s lawyers go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to argue a crucial case that will…
Oklahoma lawmakers are suggesting that a new state law aimed at “adult performances” means municipalities must predict what sorts of…
There are any number of personal qualities that make New York mayoral front-runner Zohran Kwame Mamdani’s political prominence seem improbable:…