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Andrew P. Napolitano

Andrew P. Napolitano

Andrew P. Napolitano, a former judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, is an analyst for the Fox News Channel. He has written seven books on the U.S. Constitution.

Articles by Andrew P. Napolitano

Less government and a happy Thanksgiving illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Less government brings a happy Thanksgiving

What if the government's true goal is to perpetuate its own power? What if the real levers of governmental power are pulled by agents, diplomats, bureaucrats, donors, central bankers and arms manufacturers? Published November 27, 2024

Voting does not matter in elections illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

What if voting is fruitless?

What if you were allowed to vote only because it didn't make a difference? What if no matter how you voted, the elites always got their way? Published November 6, 2024

Congress and bureaucrats determining freedom of speech illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

No one in America should be afraid to express an opinion

When Rep. James Madison was drafting the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, he insisted that the most prominent amendment restrain the government from interfering with the freedom of speech. Published October 16, 2024

First Amendment and free speech illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Free speech and the Department of Political Justice

In 1966, two Russian literary dissidents, Yuli Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky, were tried and convicted on charges of disseminating propaganda against the Soviet state. Published September 11, 2024

This twisted understanding of first principles, among which is that government must comply with its own laws, has led to the use of FBI, CIA and DEA operatives to kidnap foreigners in foreign countries who allegedly harmed Americans by violating U.S. laws. File photo credit: Stanislav's Video Room via Shutterstock.

Searching for monsters

In the middle of his term as secretary of state, John Quincy Adams, would would go on to become president, addressed a joint session of Congress. What prompted this unusual event? Published August 28, 2024

Illustration on government violations of the Fourth Amendment by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Americans’ right to be left alone

The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right to privacy. Like other amendments in the Bill of Rights, it doesn't create the right; it limits government interference with it. Published August 21, 2024

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the problem of torture

In the months following the 9/11 attacks, the government blamed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden for orchestrating them. Then, after it murdered bin Laden, the government decided that the true mastermind was Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Published August 7, 2024

Unconstitutional: U.S. presidents kill with impunity illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

When presidents kill

Before he withdrew from the presidential race, President Biden secretly affirmed his self-willed and self-created authority to kill people in other countries. Published July 31, 2024

Illustration on federal spending and the impact of debt by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Our federal government exists on fake money, borrowed time

These are the times that try our souls because, at home, we have a government that spends $1.7 trillion a year more than it takes in, while abroad, it taunts Russian dictator Vladimir Putin by paying for a war in Ukraine. Published July 24, 2024

Truisms in the Constitution and inalienable rights illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

To the government, rights are merely privileges

The world is filled with self-evident truths -- truisms -- that philosophers, lawyers and judges know need not be proved. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Two plus two equals four. Published July 17, 2024