Andrew P. Napolitano

‘Show Me Your Papers!’

‘Show Me Your Papers!’

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons,houses, papers, and effects against unreasonablesearches and seizures shall not be violated,and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describingthe...

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The Right to Be Left Alone

The Right to Be Left Alone

What if the federal government captures in real time the contents of every telephone call, email and text message and all the fiber-optic data generated by every person and entity in the United States 24/7? What if this mass surveillance was never authorized by any...

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The Runaway Texas Democrats

The Runaway Texas Democrats

“The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”-- Ninth Amendment to the US Constitution When the Texas legislature decided to engage in the reapportionment of congressional districts...

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No Due Process at Gitmo

No Due Process at Gitmo

Last week, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., invalidated a plea agreement for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has been incarcerated at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for 20 years. Mohammed has been charged with conspiracy to commit mass murder in...

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Searching for Monsters

Searching for Monsters

“America goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy ...She might become the dictatress of the world,But she would no longer be the ruler of her own spirit.”-- John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) In the middle of his term as Secretary of State, the future president...

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Independence Day 2025

Independence Day 2025

We are independent of London, but are we independent of Washington? Is there more freedom when governed by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants a few miles away? Does government today remotely resemble the values articulated on July 4th 1776? When the...

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Who Will Protect Us From the Protectors?

The Coming Police State

We have seen this before. A foreign entity attacks American persons or property and the government warns that its sleeper cells have infiltrated the United States and it is somehow necessary to expand the powers of the government and shrink protections for civil...

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Punishing Freedom

Punishing Freedom

All attempts by the government to evaluate the content of speech and deter or punish what the government and its benefactors hate or fear is un-American, unconstitutional and unlawful; and if not stopped, will reduce the American people to serfdom. During the past...

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