Judge Andrew Napolitano

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Judge Andrew Napolitano
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Christmas in America
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
What if Christmas is a core value of belief in a personal God who lived among us and His freely ...
December 26, 2019
What's Wrong with FISA?
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
Congress enacted the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in 1978 in response to the unlawful surveillance of Americans by the FBI ...
December 12, 2019
The Presidency and War Power
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
Readers of this column are familiar with the concept of the separation of powers, which James Madison crafted as integral ...
October 10, 2019
Don't Smile for the Camera
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
A trial in Great Britain has just concluded with potentially dangerous implications for personal freedom here.Great Britain is currently the ...
September 19, 2019
Who Cares What the Government Thinks?
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
In 1791, when Congressman James Madison was drafting the first 10 amendments to the Constitution -- which would become known ...
September 12, 2019
The Dangerous Urge To Do Something
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
When tragedy strikes, as it did in two mass killings earlier this month, there is always the urge to pressure ...
August 15, 2019
The Constitution, the Census and Citizenship
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
Late last month, the Supreme Court ruled on a challenge to a question that the Commerce Department announced it would ...
July 11, 2019
Can Government Punish Twice for the Same Crime?
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
"...nor shall any person be subject for the same offenseto be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb..."--Fifth Amendment ...
June 20, 2019
Trashing the Constitution Again
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
While the eyes of the political and media classes were on President Donald Trump as he commemorated the 75th anniversary ...
June 13, 2019
What Happened to the Freedom of Speech?
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
"Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech,or of the press..."-- First Amendment to the U.S. ConstitutionWhen James Madison ...
May 30, 2019
Once Upon a Time in America
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
There was a time in American history -- nearly all of it up to the presidency of Woodrow Wilson -- ...
May 16, 2019
Hope for the Dead
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
That God, which ever lives and loves,One God, one law, one element,And one far-off divine event,To which the whole creation ...
April 18, 2019
Is the Affordable Care Act Unconstitutional?
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
"If the provisions of the Constitution be not upheld when they pinch, as well as when they comfort, they may ...
April 04, 2019
Are Trump's Legal Woes Over or Just Beginning?
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
Last Sunday afternoon, U.S. Attorney General William Barr released a letter, which he said summarized the report he had received ...
March 28, 2019
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