Andrew P. Napolitano

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Hillary Clinton’s legal problems

The federal criminal investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's failure to secure state secrets was ratcheted up earlier this week, and at the same time, the existence of a parallel criminal investigation of another aspect of her behavior was made known. This is the second publicly revealed expansion of the FBI's investigations in two months. Published January 13, 2016

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Obama has no authority to issue gun laws rejected by Congress

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." --Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Published January 6, 2016

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Office pool, 2016

1) The Republican nominee for president in 2016 will be: Published December 30, 2015

ANDREW P. NAPOLITANO: America at Christmas

As if to promise a Christmas present, Congress has just finished approving the finances of the federal government for the next few months. Santa Claus would have done a better job. During early 2016, Congress will pay the government's bills by borrowing money from individual and institutional lenders. Those folks will lend the feds all the money the feds need because the law requires the feds to pay them back. Published December 23, 2015

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Secrets of the Hillary Clinton chronicles

While the country has been fixated on Donald Trump's tormenting his Republican primary opponents and deeply concerned about the government's efforts to identify any confederates in the San Bernardino killings, a team of federal prosecutors and FBI agents continues to examine Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state in order to determine whether she committed any crimes and, if so, whether there is sufficient evidence to prove her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Published December 16, 2015

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Domestic data spying useless in stopping mass shooters

If you were looking for a needle in a haystack, simple logic would tell you that the smaller the haystack, the likelier you are to find the needle. Except for the government. Published December 9, 2015

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Warrantless searches hallmark of totalitarianism

In an effort to draw attention away from the intelligence failures that permitted the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and create the impression that it was doing something -- anything -- to avoid a repeat, the federal government tampered seriously with freedoms expressly guaranteed in the Constitution. Its principal target was the right to privacy, which is protected in the Fourth Amendment. Published December 2, 2015

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: What to be thankful for?

What if the government's goal is to perpetuate itself? What if the real levers of governmental power are pulled by agents, diplomats and bureaucrats behind the scenes? What if they stay in power no matter who is elected president or which political party controls Congress? Published November 25, 2015

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: More government surveillance produces false sense of security

The tragedy in Paris last Friday has regrettably been employed as a catalyst for renewed calls by governments in western Europe and even in the United States for more curtailment of personal liberties. Those who accept the trade of liberty for safety have argued in favor of less liberty. Published November 18, 2015

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Obama must submit to Constitution on immigration

Earlier this week, a federal appeals court in New Orleans upheld an injunction issued by a federal district court in Texas against the federal government, thereby preventing it from implementing President Obama's executive orders on immigration. Published November 11, 2015

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Hillary Clinton’s new Benghazi lies could lead to indictment

The self-inflicted wounds of Hillary Clinton just keep manifesting themselves. She has two serious issues that have arisen in the past week; one is political and the other is legal. Both have deception at their root. Published November 4, 2015

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Hillary Clinton lied about role in ousting Moammar Gadhafi

The New York Times' Maureen Dowd captured the moment last weekend when she referred to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as "the midwife to chaos" in Libya. Ms. Dowd apparently came to that conclusion after watching Mrs. Clinton bobbing and weaving and admitting and denying as she was confronted with the partial record of her failures and obfuscations as secretary of state, particularly with respect to Libya. Published October 28, 2015

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Questions for Hillary Clinton

At long last, Hillary Clinton testifies on the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi and her emails as secretary of state. Here are some suggested questions. Although these suggestions are based on the public record, we need to assume that the members of the House Benghazi committee have seen far more than the public has. Published October 21, 2015

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Why Hillary Clinton is so unhappy

Why is Hillary Clinton so unhappy? According to her, when she and her husband left the White House, they were dead broke. Yet they left with a truckload of valuable furniture, dinnerware and flatware that was the property of the federal government, for which they were never prosecuted. Published October 14, 2015

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Hillary Clinton would crush Second Amendment

While the FBI continued to analyze the emails Hillary Rodham Clinton thought she deleted and her advisers pressed her to hire a Republican criminal defense attorney in Washington, a madman used a lawfully purchased handgun to kill a professor and eight students at a community college in Roseburg, Ore. Published October 7, 2015

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Pope Francis a passing novelty

What if things are not always as they seem? Published September 30, 2015

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Is Pope Francis a false prophet?

Rep. Thomas Massie, Kentucky Republican, has invited me to the House of Representatives to watch Pope Francis address a joint session of Congress. This generous Methodist congressman has invited your traditionalist Roman Catholic columnist and cable TV guy to this grand event. Published September 23, 2015