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.
10/9/1954: Justice Robert H. Jackson dies. Justice Robert H. JacksonThe post Today in Supreme Court History: October 9, 1954 appeared…
Rep. Chip Roy (R–Texas), who recently announced that he is running to replace Ken Paxton as Texas attorney general, has carved out a reputation…
A substitute school van driver for Pennsylvania’s West Shore School District got lost multiple times while taking kids home—including a…
Lower courts are divided on the Fourth Amendment implications of a drug detection dog that jumps into a car on…
10/8/1888: Chief Justice Melville Fuller takes the judicial oath. Chief Justice Melville FullerThe post Today in Supreme Court History: October…
From State v. Every, decided by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals yesterday, in an opinion by Justice John W.…
On Tuesday, the Court heard oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar. This case considers the constitutionality of Colorado’s ban on conversion…
In advance of the release of his memoir, Life, Law & Liberty, retired Justice Anthony Kennedy sat down with Adam Liptak…
After a long delay (see post here), on September 10 the Third Circuit finally reached a decision in Koons v.…
Next Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Ellingburg v. United States. The question presented is whether criminal restitution under the…
The government shutdown has thus far had no effect on 74 percent of federal spending, but it has led to…
Imagine a conservative state bans therapists from talking to gay or transgender minors in a way that affirms their sexual…