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.
Oklahoma City’s police department is the latest law enforcement agency exposed for mishandling forfeited money. Former city attorney Orval Jones…
This week, the Supreme Court updated its rules. Most attention focused on the new system to check for conflicts of…
Back in January 2023, Aimen Halim bought an order of “boneless wings” at a Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW) outlet in…
Bonnet macaque (photo by Shantanu Kuveskar, via Wikimedia Commons) From People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. v. Nat’l…
When can a public university punish a student for speech that includes violent references, and that frightens some people, but…
The state of Washington is contemplating passing a 9.9 percent tax on earned income over $1 million, which would remove…
The United States is entering a self-inflicted crisis in the Middle East. President Donald Trump has ordered a “beautiful armada”…
Can a building be a sex trafficker? Some lawyers seem to be hoping so. Apartment buildings, nightclubs, and hotels have…
Today, the NYU Democracy Project published my article “Strengthen Democracy by Empowering People to Vote with their Feet.” It is…
This week, Stephen Colbert—host of CBS’ The Late Show—interviewed Texas state Rep. James Talarico, a candidate in the state’s Democratic Senate…
Has the effort to end race-based admissions in higher education—a major goal of conservative and libertarian institutions for years—resulted in…
Map from Wikipedia. The case is now in discovery, and in yesterday’s Canaan v. Carnegie Mellon University, Judge Scott Hardy (W.D.…