A legal clash between Disney and the FCC raises a broader question about whether broadcast license holders can keep the benefits of public spectrum while escaping long-standing public obligations. The larger conservative concern is not censorship, but whether courts are being asked to dismantle accountability that Congress should modernize openly.

The Democratic National Committee’s clash with New Hampshire over the presidential primary calendar has raised broader questions about fairness, transparency, and the limits of top-down control in party politics. However parties structure their contests, legitimacy depends on rules that voters believe are clear, stable, and honestly administered.