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.
Yesterday, my Civitas Outlook column discussed Anti-Semitism and Anti-Christian Zionism on the right. The piece led off with Kevin Roberts’s infamous defense…
The media does not fairly cover the conservative Supreme Court justices. But it is not enough to criticize their written…
The killing of Alex Pretti by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is hard to defend for anyone who…
Federal immigration enforcement officers have flooded into Minneapolis, bringing mass chaos and the deaths of two bystanders. At issue is…
Gregory Bovino, the United States Border Protection commander at large and head of “Operation Metro Surge,” the ongoing immigration crackdown…
From today’s order granting rehearing en banc in Hussey v. City of Cambridge: The majority panel opinion relied on First Circuit precedent…
From today’s decision in Keeton v. State, written by Arkansas Court of Appeals Judge Cindy Grace Thyer, joined by Judges…
Judging from federal survey data, nearly a quarter of Americans 18 or older used marijuana in 2024, while 16 percent…
TikTok creators’ worst nightmares seemed to be coming true this week. Just a few days after the company announced a…
A nice counterpoint to the Buckley v. Valeo at 50 symposium that we’re cohosting, from Prof. Rick Hasen (UCLA) at Slate; an excerpt,…
The rising cost of living is impacting nearly every good, including beef. From December 2020 to December 2025, the average…
Libertarians are often asked, “Without government, who will pave the roads?” After the weekend’s winter storm, libertarians may ask: “When…