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.
Two months ago, Chief Justice Roberts began the Court’s opinion in Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections this way: Under…
Ten years ago today, Donald Trump said he would pay off the national debt in the span of just eight…
From Justice Kagan’s concurrence, joined by Justice Sotomayor, in today’s Chiles v. Salazar: [A.] The Court today decides that the…
I give a lot of thought to timing on the Supreme Court. Internal deliberations are usually a black box, unless…
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week’s newsletter covers a number of new reforms that…
A short excerpt from Justice Jackson’s long solo dissent today in Chiles v. Salazar, where she argued that the Colorado…
If Iran’s leaders continue to resist U.S. demands, President Donald Trump warned on Sunday night, “they’re not going to have…
From Doe v. Life Time, Inc., decided today (correctly, I think) by Judge Dora Irizarry (E.D.N.Y.): The Complaint alleges that…
A short excerpt from from today’s long opinion by Judge John Tigar (N.D. Cal.) in Stanford Univ. v. Yuzhen; I…
Today the Fifth Circuit denied my Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA) challenges to the Justice Department’s 2021 deferred prosecution agreement…
On the eve of the birthright citizenship case, it is useful to think back to last year. The Trump Administration…
Justice Gorsuch’s opinion for a nearly unanimous Court today in Chiles v. Salazar (only Justice Jackson dissented) struck down Colorado’s…