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 I write, Solicitor General has just concluded his arguments in Trump v. Barbara, the birthright citizenship case. I will avoid…
Today’s guest is the Niskanen Center’s Brink Lindsey, whose connection to Reason magazine goes back decades and who for years…
Josiah Wedgewood’s famous 1787 image created for the antislavery movement. (NA) Much ink has been spilled over the issues at stake…
From Judge Ronnie Abrams yesterday in Doe v. Legal Aid Society (S.D.N.Y.): [1.] [Pseudonymity is more justified if] the litigation…
From Judge Gerald Pappert (E.D. Pa.) yesterday in EEOC v. Univ. of Pa.: Based on public statements by the University…
There has been some originalist debate of late about the proper reading of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.…
NA My new book chapter, “The Right to Use Private Property” is now available on SSRN. It was recently published…
Alecia Lindsay froze to death in Anchorage, Alaska, after a 911 dispatcher failed to send help for over an hour.…
From Justice Gorsuch’s opinion for a nearly unanimous Court today in Chiles v. Salazar (only Justice Jackson dissented):The Court held that the…
In 2009, I launched FantasySCOTUS. At the time, the idea was novel: a league where people could predict the outcome…
By pushing a 75 percent wholesale tax on nicotine pouches, New York State Budget Director Blake Washington says, Gov. Kathy…
Two months ago, Chief Justice Roberts began the Court’s opinion in Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections this way: Under…