Commentary

Raising money is nobody’s favorite part of campaigns, but everyone knows it has to be done. In order for voters to have a choice ...

Just over a year ago, after the Trump administration gave the green light to move forward with construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, an ...

Imagine if liberal groups discovered that President Trump’s Internal Revenue Service was targeting them for heightened scrutiny or harassment. The media and Democrats would ...

IMAGINE that you lived in a state where it was illegal to express too much support for a candidate. Such a law would be ...

“ The unfortunate trend in modern constitutional law is not only to create rights that appear nowhere in the Constitution, but also to disfavor ...

By Bradley A. Smith In the past decade, 18 states have raised contribution limits. But that means more have not. And almost no states have ...

This piece originally ran in San Antonio Express-News  on April 30th 2018. Preview  The Institute’s Free Speech Index scores and ranks all 50 states ...

Virginia and Maryland may share a border, but when it comes to their respect for free-speech rights, the two couldn’t be more different. The ...

Incumbent politicians have a lot of advantages in campaigns. They have networks of donors to call on for support. They have an in with ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees last week had some strange scenes. One minute he’s describing Internet service providers as ...