“I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.”-- Voltaire (1694-1778) When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he included in it a list of the colonists’ grievances with the British government. Notably absent were...
Andrew P. Napolitano

Perilous Times for Personal Liberty
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Mar 20, 2025 | Featured Articles
“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out --Because I was not a socialist.Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out --Because I was not a trade unionist.Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out --Because I was not a...

My Weekend in Moscow
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Mar 14, 2025 | Featured Articles
When an invitation from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the renowned Professor Alexander Dugin to visit them in Moscow arrived in my inbox, it was actually the culmination of a series of emails and telephone calls from Russian-American friends giving me a...
Taking Rights Seriously
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Mar 6, 2025 | Featured Articles
“If all mankind minus one were of one opinion,and only one person were of the contrary opinion,Mankind would be no more justifiedIn silencing that one person,Than he, if he had the power,Would be justified in silencing mankind.” -- John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) The...
Donald Trump and Government by Experts
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Feb 27, 2025 | Featured Articles
I have often thought that after Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson was our worst president. By worst is meant least faithful to the Constitution and most destructive of personal liberty. With the exception of Lincoln’s dictatorship -- during which the federal government...
The Feds and Their Own Bribery
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Feb 20, 2025 | Featured Articles
Normally, when the government asks a judge to dismiss criminal charges against a defendant, the judge will happily do so. This does not occur frequently, but occasionally, the government will reevaluate the strength of its own case and conclude it cannot prove the...
The Myth of Emergency Powers
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Feb 13, 2025 | Featured Articles
“The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times and under all circumstances. No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever...
Tariffs and the Constitution
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Feb 6, 2025 | Featured Articles
The taxing power in the federal government resides in the Congress. The Constitution states that Congress has the power to “lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts” of the federal government. Indeed, in order to emphasize the location of...
A Republic of Spies
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Jan 30, 2025 | Featured Articles
In 2021, to his credit, President Joe Biden warned the American public against the dangers of zero-click spyware manufactured by an Israeli corporation. Zero-click is unwanted software that can expose the entire contents of one’s mobile or desktop device to prying...
TikTok and the Freedom of Speech
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Jan 23, 2025 | Featured Articles
“Congress shall make no law ...abridging the freedom of speechor of the press…”--First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution During the oral argument before the Supreme Court in the famous Pentagon Papers case, a fascinating colloquy took place between Justice William O....
A Switch in Time?
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Jan 16, 2025 | Featured Articles
When she was a member of the House of Representatives, Tulsi Gabbard was a fierce defender of personal privacy rights protected by the Fourth Amendment. She consistently opposed permitting federal agents to spy on Americans without search warrants, and she...
Killing the Constitution at Gitmo
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Jan 10, 2025 | Featured Articles
When British kings wanted to dispose of troublesome enemies -- real or imagined -- they often had them or their colleagues arrested on pretextual charges and then brutally tortured until confessions were extracted. The confessions were then read aloud during so-called...
Office Pool 2025
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Jan 3, 2025 | Featured Articles
1. On Jan. 1, 2026, Joe Biden will bea. A criminal defendant in a case brought by the Trump DoJ.b. Generally regarded as smarter than he appears to be today.c. Gone from this vale of tears.d. In hospice. 2. On Jan. 1, 2026, Donald Trump will still bea. Blaming JD...
Taking Christmas Seriously
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Dec 27, 2024 | Featured Articles
We all know that God works in mysterious ways. Last weekend, two friends and I were deeply moved when we saw a theatrical production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” This is the famous and popular tale of the transformation and redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge...
Shoot the Drones!
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Dec 19, 2024 | Featured Articles
The skies over New Jersey have been littered with strange flying objects during the past two weeks; and the feds are either hiding the truth from terrified folks on the ground or scratching their collective heads along with the rest of us. Since early December, there...
Will Donald Trump Stop Domestic Spying?
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Dec 12, 2024 | Featured Articles
During the course of an FBI written response to a Freedom of Information Act request asking about the trade names and suppliers of surveillance software the FBI had purchased, the government has yet again quietly acknowledged its antipathy to constitutional provisions...
Three Cheers for Hunter’s Pardon
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Dec 5, 2024 | Featured Articles
My initial reaction to the issuance of a full pardon by President Joe Biden to his son Hunter was emotional. What father wouldn’t pardon his own son, if he could? I suspect that the president has harbored these paternal thoughts even while he denied numerous times...
Less Government Brings a Happy Thanksgiving
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Nov 28, 2024 | Featured Articles
Government requires make-believe. Make believe that the king is divine, make believe that he can do no wrong or make believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God. Make believe that the people have a voice or make believe that the representatives of the...
Biden’s Lust for War
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured Articles
The war in Ukraine is an American war for which the United States government should be ashamed and blamed. It was initiated by President Joe Biden and then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, both of whom advised Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that if he...
Gitmo Continues to Haunt
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Nov 14, 2024 | Featured Articles
Here’s a pop quiz: When can an Army colonel overrule the Secretary of Defense? It happened last week for probably the first time in modern history. The short answer is: Even in the military, the Secretary of Defense cannot change the rules and procedures for criminal...
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