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.
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie are joined by reporter Reem Ibrahim to discuss America’s declining sense of patriotism and whether…
Another woman has come forward to accuse Graham Platner, the Democratic Party’s Maine Senate hopeful, of serious wrongdoing. Jenny Racicot,…
In a lawsuit filed last week, the Justice Department argues that Virginia’s recently enacted “assault weapon” ban violates the Second…
Trump v. Barbara is very long. The entire slip opinion totals nearly two-hundred pages. However, Chief Justice Roberts’s majority opinion is…
If President Donald Trump had his way, the breakout star of the United States’ World Cup run would not be…
The American Gaming Association, a casino trade group, wants the feds to crack down on the sports prediction markets hosted…
To be fair, it wasn’t much of a surprise, and indeed it’s a present Swift was entitled to expect. An…
77-Year-Old Florida Veteran Investigated For Sending an Official a Postcard Saying ‘You Lack Values’
Public records show that high-ranking Florida officials were behind a recent threat investigation into a 77-year-old Army veteran. The reason…
From Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Gobeil in Thursday’s Sinclair, Inc. v. Amin; note that the other two panel members…
Right/wrong: “A year ago, the message from many business leaders was that AI was going to wipe out jobs. For the…
On September 15, 2025, the School Board issued a letter notifying Ms. Thornton, a teacher at South Sumter Middle School,…
From Wizmann v. Simon & Schuster, LLC, decided Thursday by the California Court of Appeal Justice Stephen Goorvitch, joined by…