Among other things, education vouchers were introduced which allowed children to choose independent schools without paying any fees.

She has been criticized by newspapers and fellow politicians in her role as a Minister of Justice,[3][4] most notably for her part in the change in legislation regulating the National Defence Radio Establishment, as well as her proposal to send lavender-colored envelopes to suspected purchasers of sexual acts, with the head of the Swedish Bar Association, Anne Ramberg, calling the latter "an unacceptable view of human beings.

[5] After the news of the Swedish police controlling the citizenships of fare evaders in the Stockholm subway, Ask supported the REVA project and continuing in-country foreigner checks.

[6] An open letter to the minister describing the more recent public uproar has received worldwide attention, and was carried in the New York Times,[7] written in opposition of police actions in Stockholm.

In January 2014, she shared a link on Facebook to a satirical website article about marijuana killing 37 people in the US following the legalization in the state of Colorado, and tied it to her anti-drug stand as a youth politician.