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.
As he was running for another term in the White House in 2024, President Donald Trump made it clear that…
Sen. Mike Lee (R–Utah) wrote in a social media post Wednesday that an employee at a federal prison hung up…
Sunday night in Budapest was glorious. The overwhelming majority of Hungarians in the country’s biggest-ever election chucked out a corrupt…
From Monday’s order by Judge Brett Ludwig in Schmidt v. Naqvi (E.D. Wis.): Plaintiff Dale Schmidt is … the elected…
A short excerpt from Judge Julia Munley’s long decision last month in Vespico v. Kass-Gerji (M.D. Pa.) (note that the…
Child care got expensive—more than $13,000 per child, per year. So many people want government to pay for it. My…
Radical Universalism: Beyond Identity, by Omri Boehm, New York Review Books, 192 pages, $17.95 “We hold these truths to be…
From yesterday’s longish decision by Judge Robert Pitman (W.D. Tex.) in Qaddumi v. Davis:Qaddumi challenges his suspension (and the ongoing…
House readies for a vote on warrantless spy powers. Last night, GOP leaders in the House cleared the way for…
From S. Fla. Muslim Fed., Inc. v. Atrium Trs I, LP, decided Jan. 27 by Judge Raag Singhal (S.D. Fla.),…
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The Russian government caused a major disruption to the country’s online financial services while attempting to tighten internet censorship. In an…