Andrew P. Napolitano

Why the Senate should reject Todd Blanche for attorney general

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is not qualified to be the attorney general of the United States.

July 29, 2026

The American presidency and perpetual war

One of the defining failures of modern American government has been the steady erosion of Congress' constitutional authority over war.

July 22, 2026

The United States of America unrecognizable at 250

Many of us who monitor federal excess are fearful of out-of-control democracy, which is what we have in America today.

July 1, 2026

Constitutional indifference fueled America’s leviathan government

Since its inception, the government of the United States has inexorably exceeded its powers under the Constitution.

June 24, 2026

The United States of America: A republic or an empire?

The Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, embraces two value sets. The first is natural rights, and the second is limited government.

June 17, 2026

Battle over Section 702 symbolic of authoritarians versus constitutionalists

When President Trump appointed an obviously unqualified friend, a homebuilder executive, to serve as acting director of national intelligence, he inadvertently drew attention to Section 702 of FISA.

June 10, 2026

Gitmo and torture revisited

America's longest current criminal prosecution is in its 15th year, on its fifth judge, and still has no trial date.

June 3, 2026

Government spying turns every American into a suspect

Some recent legal challenges to the Department of Homeland Security's surveillance of Americans have revealed truly terrifying behavior by the government.

May 27, 2026

Do we still have a Constitution?

This week, President Trump announced that he plans to give away tax dollars without congressional or judicial authorization to friends and allies who he believes were mistreated by President Biden.

May 20, 2026

U.S. military has ended over 190 lives in the Caribbean, Pacific

"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."

May 13, 2026

The Comey indictment and free speech

In 200-plus years of interpreting the free speech clause of the First Amendment, the courts have narrowed and expanded its scope.

May 6, 2026

Trump’s surveillance state

The Fourth Amendment protects all people from warrantless government searches and seizures of their persons, houses, papers and effects.

April 29, 2026

A secret act of judicial tyranny

In a famous Supreme Court one-liner, Justice William J. Brennan Jr. is reputed to have said that the Constitution means whatever any five of us say it means.

April 22, 2026

FISA 702 expands government surveillance power at expense of constitutional privacy

When the Bill of Rights was being crafted, it was left to James Madison to articulate the values that would insulate the inalienable rights of all people from government negating freedom.

April 15, 2026

Easter offers hope and freedom in a world shaped by expanding government control

When American Colonists were oppressed by British monarchs, the word most frequently uttered in pamphlets, editorials and sermons was not "safety" or "taxes"; it was "freedom."

April 1, 2026

The case against Trump’s war on Iran

War is the most horrific series of events that any government can engage in. It is systematic, industrialized, indiscriminate killing.

March 25, 2026

Free speech faces new pressure as Trump’s FCC targets media coverage

The chair of the Federal Communications Commission recently threatened to rescind the broadcast licenses of media outlets that don't relate world events the way the administration would like.

March 18, 2026

Pegasus spyware and Section 702 surveillance place the Fourth Amendment under siege

During the first Trump administration, the FBI quietly spent $5 million on Pegasus, an Israeli-developed software product known generically as "zero click."

March 11, 2026

Trump’s unjust, unconstitutional war with Iran

This weekend, some apologists for President Trump's attacks on Iran argued that because the plans called for a quick strike, the attacks do not constitute a war.

March 4, 2026

Trump’s drug war at sea raises grave constitutional and moral questions

When President Trump first announced that he had ordered the Pentagon to attack fishing boats and speedboats on the high seas, many of us perceived it as truly criminal and utterly scandalous.

February 25, 2026