Andrew P. Napolitano

Trump, Hegseth have rejected the Constitution

When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth posted a meme of Franklin the Turtle using a military weapon to kill people in a small boat below him, it understandably caused an uproar.

December 3, 2025

What if, on Thanksgiving, our gratitude is not to government that assaults our freedoms but to God

"Government requires make-believe. Make believe that the king is divine, make believe that he can do no wrong or make believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God."

November 26, 2025

Trump admin violating the Constitution in multiple ways

History teaches that personal liberty once lost does not come back and government power once acquired remains.

November 19, 2025

How Trump labeling antifa a terror group endangers every American’s freedom of speech

While the country's attention was on the government shutdown, President Trump signed a memorandum that purports to designate antifa's ideology a "domestic terrorist organization."

November 12, 2025

Can the president tax you?

This week, the Supreme Court will begin the process of deciding whether the president can impose a sales tax on products and services originating in foreign countries and purchased in the U.S.

November 5, 2025

Small-town sheriff tramples constitutional freedoms in Tennessee

In the aftermath of the murder of Charlie Kirk, many folks who dared to express views of him and his work outside the mainstream lost their jobs, professional standing and State Department visas.

October 29, 2025

Trump’s use of force on the high seas tests the limits of presidential power

President Trump's use of the U.S. military to kill people on speedboats in international waters or in territorial waters claimed by other sovereign nations has posed grave issues of due process.

October 22, 2025

A U.S. Constitution of no authority

What if the whole purpose of the Constitution was to establish and to limit the federal government?

October 15, 2025

Is Trump’s targeting of ‘narco-terrorists’ in the Caribbean legal?

Over the past six weeks, President Trump has ordered U.S. troops to attack and destroy four speedboats in the Caribbean Sea, 1,500 miles from the United States.

October 8, 2025

Trump challenges the constitutional balance with federal policing push

President Trump quietly signed a national security presidential memorandum purporting to federalize policing.

October 1, 2025

Hate speech does not exist in law, only in the minds of bureaucrats

In two cases, the Supreme Court ruled that there is no such thing as hate speech and the government may not do indirectly what it is prohibited from doing directly.

September 24, 2025

Supreme Court betrays Fourth Amendment with ‘show your papers’ ruling

Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States permitted federal police to stop persons in public and demand to see proof of lawful presence here, and in the absence of that proof, to arrest them.

September 17, 2025

Trump’s Caribbean boat killings expose dangerous executive overreach

Last week, the president of the United States did not take the Constitution seriously.

September 10, 2025

Feds defend torture again

The federal government continues its slow assault on the Constitution at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

September 3, 2025

The states and the presidency

"It is my intention to ... demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the federal government and those reserved to the states or to the people."

August 27, 2025

Trump’s D.C. safety push sparks debate over liberty vs. control

President Trump argued last week that as a result of the federal enhancement of police work in the District of Columbia, the city has gone, in four days, from the most dangerous in America to the safest.

August 20, 2025

Constitution protects runaway Texas Democrats right to interstate travel

"The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

August 6, 2025

Can the president impose taxes?

This week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which sits right below the Supreme Court, is hearing a case of profound constitutional importance.

July 30, 2025

Taxing morality: How the government uses the Johnson Amendment to police speech

When the IRS announced two weeks ago that it would not enforce a section of federal law commonly called the Johnson Amendment, many clerics rejoiced.

July 23, 2025

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed plea deal exposes a constitutional crisis

Last week, a federal appeals court in Washington 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.

July 16, 2025