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.
The final item in an Institute for Free Speech symposium on the 50th anniversary of Buckley, which I’ve been cross-posting; this…
In March 2023, Scout Motors announced it would spend $2 billion to build an electric vehicle (E.V.) factory in South…
The federal government’s brutal and often illegal use of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel and other federal agents in…
Inflation is stubbornly refusing to be vanquished by presidential edict. Prices paid to domestic producers for their goods jumped by…
A short excerpt from Tuesday’s long decision by Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Anthony Lawrence in Price v. Hinds County…
From Alaska Court of Appeals Judge Timothy Terrell’s concurrence Wednesday in Ivyories v. State:Why the Alaska Supreme Court has a…
Currently being briefed before the U.S. Supreme Court on the merits is a test of the federal statutory ban, with…
There’s been some debate recently about whether laws banning carrying weapons at political protests and demonstrations (either by the protests…
DATE: May 28-29, 2026 LOCATION: Durham, NC ABSTRACTS DUE: February 20, 2026 The Duke Center for Firearms Law and the University of…
The Minneapolis Shootings Underline the Advantages of Body Cameras, Which DHS Has Been Slow To Adopt
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reviewing body camera footage of the encounter that culminated in Minneapolis protester Alex…
The Second Amendment states, and the Virginia Constitution repeats, that “the right of the people to keep and bear arms,…
The Online Safety Act has crippled free speech in the United Kingdom. Most Americans may assume they’re safe from censorship…