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.
In United States v. Hemani, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday held that the federal government could not prosecute Ali Hemani…
When people plead guilty to crimes, they typically give up the right to appeal any aspect of the outcome, including…
When Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) teased his new AI bill in The New York Times, he undersold the socialist vision…
Major League Baseball (MLB) found itself mired in controversy this past week after three San Francisco Giants players—Landen Roupp, J.T.…
Hunter v. United States was not on my radar screen. But this may be one of the most unexpectedly fascinating…
The United States has gotten used to specific ways of ending wars. Sometimes the U.S. military decisively forces the enemy…
For many years, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a professor and an advocate. She had written and litigated extensively on many…
From Patrick v. Pasco County Fla. Tax Collector, decided Tuesday by Judges Kevin Newsom, Andrew Brasher, and Frank Hull: Plaintiff…
From In the Matter of Gun Permit Appeal of A.A.R., decided yesterday by the N.J. intermediate appellate court (Judges Katie…
As part of President Donald Trump’s plan to deport every single undocumented immigrant—and perhaps tens of millions of citizens and…
From Craghtten v. U.S., decided Wednesday by the Ninth Circuit (Judges Kenneth Lee, Gabriel Sanchez, and Holly Thomas): Isaac Craghtten—a…
NA Today, is Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the abolition of slavery – the greatest triumph of freedom in American…