Andrew P. Napolitano
Articles by Andrew P. Napolitano
The legacy of George W. Bush and his torturers
In the days and months following the attacks of 9/11, the government laid the blame for orchestrating the attacks on Osama bin Laden. Published February 1, 2023
How local cops get your bank records
This column has recently outlined the specious arguments offered by the feds when they have been caught spying on ordinary Americans. Published January 25, 2023
The FBI’s contempt for the Constitution and its continued ‘lawful’ spying
Among the lesser-known holes in the Constitution cut by the Patriot Act of 2001 was the destruction of the "wall" between federal law enforcement and federal spies. Published January 18, 2023
Government by experts: All regulations interfere with personal liberty
I have often thought that after Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson was our worst president. By worst, I mean least faithful to the Constitution and most destructive of personal liberty. Published January 11, 2023
Biden should prohibit all warrantless domestic spying
In the course of an FBI written response to a Freedom of Information Act, the government has yet again acknowledged its antipathy to constitutional provisions that all of its employees have sworn to uphold. Published January 4, 2023
America’s rule of brute force: Searching for monsters around the globe
If it is lawful for the U.S. government to enter Mexico and kidnap a Mexican physician, is it lawful for the Chinese government to enter Hawaii and kidnap an American tech executive or politician? Published December 28, 2022
What if Christmas is real?
What if Christmas is a core belief in the birth of Jesus Christ, who lived among us and many times offered a freely given promise of eternal life that no believer should reject or apologize for? Published December 21, 2022
Americans’ right to be left alone
In his famous dissent in Olmstead v. United States, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in 1928 called the right to be left alone the most comprehensive of rights valued by civilized men. Published December 14, 2022
Protecting Ye, Alex Jones and Trump’s freedom of hate speech
Not too long ago, it was considered unfashionable to discuss the Nazis in Germany in the 1930s and '40s in terms of anyone's present-day behavior. Published December 7, 2022
American government’s use of private enterprise to do unconstitutional dirty work
Fascism is a governmental system in which the means of economic production and delivery of services are privately owned but government-controlled. Published November 30, 2022
Thanksgiving In America, what if?
What if the government's true goal is to perpetuate its own power? Published November 23, 2022
FBI deployed unconstitutional ‘zero-click’ Pegasus surveillance software
During the Trump administration, the FBI paid $5 million to an Israeli software company for a license to use its "zero-click" surveillance software called Pegasus. Published November 16, 2022
Republicans and the growth of government
As I write this on Election Day, I obviously don't know the outcomes of the U.S. midterm elections. Published November 9, 2022
Supreme Court revisits affirmative action at our nation’s universities
Today, nearly all colleges and universities use race as an admissions factor. They believe that they are serving a societal good and advancing the public policy of the United States. Published November 2, 2022
George W. Bush should be tried for war crimes
Last week, the government announced that it does not want to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four of his colleagues whom it claims are the remaining conspirators of the attacks on 9/11. Published October 26, 2022
Alex Jones and the freedom of speech
The iconic language of the First Amendment can be recited by schoolchildren, yet it is ignored by judges in Connecticut when the speech has been uttered by Alex Jones. Published October 19, 2022
Team Biden’s standard for ordering killings is wrong
Last week, President Biden secretly reaffirmed his own self-willed authority to kill people in other countries. Published October 12, 2022
Taking America’s rights seriously
The world is filled with self-evident truths -- truisms -- that philosophers, lawyers and judges know need not be proved. Published October 5, 2022
Edward Snowden: A hero of truth banished from America
When the Trump administration obtained an indictment of Edward Snowden, many of us who believe that the Fourth Amendment means what it says were deeply critical of the government, and we remain so today. Published September 28, 2022
DeSantis, Abbott’s transporting of migrants are acts of trafficking and kidnapping
Can the governor of New Jersey ship me to Texas because I am an unpopular thorn in his side in the Garden State? Of course not. Then neither can the Texas or Florida governors do likewise. Published September 21, 2022
