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.
In Pace, Florida, the Social Security Administration mistakenly declared Patsy Rosher dead after her husband died, which led to termination…
10/29/1942: Published decision in Ex Parte Quirin released. At that point, six of the saboteurs had already been electrocuted. The…
From Monday’s decision by Judge Michael Simon (D. Ore.) in Green Building Initiative, Inc. v. Peacock: GBI cites Stell v.…
On October 15, the Supreme Court heard nearly 2.5 hours of oral argument in the Voting Rights Act Case. Without…
The Reason Interview goes deep with the artists, activists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers who are making the world a more libertarian—or…
In its zeal to ratchet up more sex trafficking prosecutions, the Department of Justice (DOJ) overreached—and it backfired. Now, a…
“I have not seen ever before a direct infringement on the right to free speech like that,” CNN’s @jaketapper tells…
Since President Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office, the federal government has trademarked its own version of Republican socialism…
From Judge Jamal Whitehead (W.D. Wash.) in Queerdoc, PLLC v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice: On January 20, 2025, President Trump…
Frustrated with the current level of immigration arrests and deportations, the Trump administration is reassigning top Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
Yesterday’s Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision in MacCudden v. Johnson (Justice Joseph Donald, joined by Justice Maxine White), involved a…
President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, nicknamed Star Wars, promised to create a missile defense system so effective it would…