Andrew P. Napolitano

Thoughts on Justice Alito’s Dobbs v. Jackson draft opinion

In the pilfered draft opinion authored by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, he wrote that Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey were both egregiously wrong when decided, are wrong today and so should be overruled.

May 25, 2022

Tops shooting and Hochul’s knee-jerk attack on the First, Second Amendments

Within hours of the tragic killings of 10 Americans -- nine Black and one white -- in a Buffalo supermarket by a deranged white racist last week, the governor of New York began calling for infringements upon personal liberty.

May 18, 2022

The slaughter of babies should be unfathomable

Last week, when the pilfered draft of a Supreme Court opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito was leaked to the media, it saddened me deeply.

May 11, 2022

The ‘Bill of Temporary Privileges’: Americans have no rights

Last week, the Director of National Intelligence revealed that in 2021 the FBI engaged in 3.4 million warrantless electronic searches of Americans.

May 4, 2022

The problems with Disney and Florida

The core of the problems with Disney and Florida is the American addiction to corporatism.

April 27, 2022

Using Ukraine war to assault freedom

Most judges and lawyers agree that the war on drugs in the past 50 years has seriously diminished the right to privacy guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment.

April 20, 2022

Easter and Freedom: To believe in Jesus is to take the holiday seriously

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

April 13, 2022

Dangerous attacks on freedom

In the give and take at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on President Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, a dangerous line of argument emerged from some senators.

April 6, 2022

Bush and his CIA torturers

Last week, prosecutors and defense counsel at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, completed three weeks of plea negotiations.

March 30, 2022

Is Putin a war criminal?

President Biden caused a stir in the media last week when he called Russian President Vladimir Putin "a war criminal."

March 23, 2022

U.S. sanctions on Russia violate the Constitution

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration has undertaken a vast scheme against Russian economic actors, which it characterizes as "sanctions."

March 16, 2022

State secrets doctrine shields Abu Zubaydah’s criminal torturers

Last week, a bitterly divided Supreme Court dismissed a case brought by a detainee at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba against the Department of Justice.

March 9, 2022

Arbery killers are monsters, but they have constitutionally protected rights

Last week, the government of the United States of America successfully concluded a criminal show trial to demonstrate the government's antipathy to the concept of hatred.

March 2, 2022

Military torturers at Guantanamo Bay

Mohammed al-Qahtani, was ordered released from the U.S. Naval prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, last week.

February 23, 2022

CIA spying on Americans and their collaborators

In the past month, this column has twice addressed the unbridled propensity of federal intelligence agencies to spy on Americans without search warrants as required by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

February 16, 2022

Joe Rogan and freedom of speech

For two and a half centuries, the concept of free speech has bedeviled the United States.

February 9, 2022

All government domestic spying is a violation of personal freedom

Three weeks ago, this column reported on warnings issued by the Biden administration about the dangers of spyware.

February 2, 2022

Biden’s unmanned killer drone strikes continue abroad

Secretly and quietly, the Biden administration has continued to use the killing machine crafted by President George W. Bush, expanded by President Barack Obama and employed from time to time by President Donald Trump.

January 26, 2022

The feds’ case against the Oath Keepers is dubious

These are perilous times. They are made worse by the government's political reaction to lawless behavior, which is a greater threat to personal liberty than the behavior it seeks to punish.

January 19, 2022

The domestic danger of the feds’ cyber capabilities

Late last Friday, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center warned the American public against the dangers of spyware manufactured by one Israeli corporation.

January 12, 2022