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 the past, prior judicial service may have been seen as a stepping stone for a federal judgeship. For example,…
Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder, by Michael McFaul, Mariner Books, 544 pages, $35 If…
A self-proclaimed socialist is on track to become New York City’s next mayor. The rise of Zohran Mamdani represents a…
Wise advice to lawyers from Judge Raymond Kethledge in Fifth Third Mortg. Co. v. Chicago Title Ins. Co. (6th Cir.…
In a moral panic over allegedly damagingly filthy content in books that schoolchildren could access, Texas passed a law in…
Trump’s Appeal of His New York Convictions Highlights the Absurdity of Alvin Bragg’s Convoluted Case
Five months before the 2024 presidential election, a Manhattan jury convicted Donald Trump of falsifying business records with the intent…
Next month, government officials, policymakers, and activists will flock to Belém, Brazil, for the United Nations’ annual climate change summit.…
Carol D. Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis, two reporters for the Washington Post, wrote a new book about Jack Smith’s…
From Pestrak v. Sawyers, decided last week by the Virginia Court of Appeals (Judge Vernida Chaney, joined by Judges Frank…
From two interesting (and little-known) 1840s American cases that point in somewhat different directions. [1.] In Commonwealth v. Armstrong, 1…
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. Since Halloween is upon us, this week’s newsletter zeroes in…
Melkon Khosrovian recalls waiting for a shipment of bottles that were due to arrive amid the mad rush that marked…