Andrew P. Napolitano

More unconstitutional U.S. government spying and lying

Twice last week, the federal government's unconstitutional spying on ordinary Americans was exposed.

May 5, 2021

Biden’s unconstitutional debt burdens future generations

Earlier this week, President Biden asked Congress to raise taxes and increase borrowing so his administration can spend $2.3 trillion -- on top of the $1.9 trillion Congress authorized two months ago for so-called COVID relief.

April 28, 2021

Using free market options when Big Tech censors free speech

A colleague recently asked me if I approved of Big Tech censoring political and cultural voices on their platforms.

April 21, 2021

Biden determined to infringe on the right of Americans to keep and bear arms

The law today is not what it was when Joe Biden came of age. Today, the right to keep and bear arms is recognized unambiguously as a personal, fundamental, pre-political, natural right.

April 14, 2021

Enduring the tyranny of the Democrats’ majority

Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature?

April 7, 2021

Hope for the dead and living, Easter’s meaning

What does Easter mean? Easter means that there's hope for the dead. If there's hope for the dead, then there's hope for the living.

March 31, 2021

Questions to consider about democracy, the Constitution and personal liberties

What if liberty and democracy are opposites? What if the principle underlying liberty is to restrain the government to maximize individual autonomy?

March 24, 2021

Violating the Constitution and the coming war on privacy

The government loves to give the impression that it has caught bad guys before they struck, thereby keeping us safe. Don't believe it.

March 17, 2021

Congress must restrict president’s power to make war

The United States is not at war with Syria. It is not at war with the militias that were bombed, and it didn't seek or have the permission of the Syrian government to enter its air space.

March 10, 2021

Silencing free speech on college campuses

Last week produced news about the suppression of speech on university campuses. There, the suppression usually occurs through the power of intimidation before the speech is given.

March 3, 2021

Do American citizens own their faces?

After listening to Dr. Anthony Fauci suggest last weekend that we should expect to be wearing two masks on our faces everywhere we go until the end of 2022, I began thinking again about first principles.

February 24, 2021

Trump, impeachment and the defiance of the Constitution

The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land, thus, all government behavior must conform to it. It is, of course, notwithstanding its supremacy, an imperfect document.

February 17, 2021

Biden and Democrats reignite the abortion wars

There have been rumblings among Democrats to make it more difficult for the Supreme Court to invalidate or permit states to gnaw away at Roe v. Wade.

February 10, 2021

American government’s surveillance kills freedom

When Justice Louis D. Brandeis referred to the right to privacy as "the right to be let alone," it was 1928.

February 3, 2021

Americans under surveillance: Defense Intelligence Agency violated Constitution

In the DIA memo, the government acknowledged for the first time that it willingly and knowingly has violated the Constitution.

January 27, 2021

Twitter and Facebook can ban any speech they want

we have seen Big Tech companies silencing their opponents. I hate when they do that, but they have every right to do so.

January 20, 2021

Did Trump commit a crime by exhorting the crowds on Jan. 6?

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie offered his understanding last weekend of President Trump's alleged role in the Capitol riots when he said, "If inciting to insurrection isn't impeachable, I don't know what is."

January 13, 2021

Personal liberty during a COVID-19 pandemic-induced experiment in totalitarianism

The concept of personal liberty is that our rights come from our humanity. If you believe in a Supreme Being, as I do and as the Declaration of Independence presupposes, then you acknowledge these rights as a gift from the Creator.

January 6, 2021

Office pool 2021: Predicting presidential shifts and Super Bowl

1) One year from now, the president of the United States will be (a) Joseph R. Biden Jr., (b) Kamala Harris, (c) Nancy Pelosi, (d) Donald Trump.

December 30, 2020

A ‘what if’ Christmas in America

What if Christmas is a core belief in a personal God who lived among us and many times offered a freely given promise of eternal salvation that no believer should reject or apologize for?

December 23, 2020