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.
Today the Court summarily reversed the Fourth Circuit in Klein v. Martin, an AEDPA case. As Jon Adler noted, the…
After Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Minneapolis protester Renee Good on January 7, President Donald…
Over the weekend in Minneapolis, agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shot and killed bystander Alex Pretti. It…
From an Institute for Free Speech symposium on the 50th anniversary of Buckley, which I’ve been cross-posting; this is by Allison…
From Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman (N.D. Ill.) today in Chehade v. Foley & Lardner, LLP: [O]n October 7, 2023, ……
Whistleblowers have shared an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) memo with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D–Conn.). The document claims that ICE…
A potential watershed moment for the tech industry starts this week, as the first of a series of major “social…
This morning, the Supreme Court summarily reversed a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Klein…
A second shooting in Minneapolis: A U.S. citizen—a 37-year-old ICU nurse named Alex Pretti—was shot and killed by immigration agents in…
From Tuesday’s decision by Judge Mark Scarsi (C.D. Cal.) in Weinberg v. Nat’l Students for Justice in Palestine; recall that…
On January 14, FBI agents, apparently seeking a shortcut in their investigation of a government contractor accused of illegally possessing…
President Joe Biden signed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act into law in 2024. Citing potential national…