Andrew P. Napolitano examines the moral and historical errors in the argument that less freedom produces more safety.
A Police State Coming to a Town Near You
Category: Constitution
Michael Brenner: Over the Brink
The perilous U.S. attack on Iran is the culmination of a projection of America’s own existential dread.
Trump, War & the Constitution
The U.S. Constitution is in the hands of those who ignore it, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. The consequences are deaths of innocents and the undermining of constitutional norms.
US Reps Seek ‘War Powers’ for Trump’s War With Iran
The House proposal follows the introduction of a similar Senate resolution requiring the Trump administration to get congressional approval before attacking Iran.
Enforcing Silence
Imagine the U.S. government requiring public speech or enforcing public silence in return for the benefits it gives out, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. Well, it is happening under our noses today.
US Domestic Spying & the 4th Amendment
Government officials — local, state and federal — are trampling the natural right to privacy, argues Andrew P. Napolitano.
VIPS MEMO: The Leap Forward in Surveilling Americans
The U.S. has weaponized intelligence agencies against U.S. citizens for political reasons. Today’s collection and exploitation of information on Americans goes beyond anything VIPS has seen and should stir every U.S. citizen who cares about privacy under the Constitution.
A 21st Century Stamp Act
Andrew P. Napolitano on returning to the dark days of pre-revolutionary law enforcement due to the Constitution’s failure to protect the quintessentially American right to be left alone.
The Bogus Habeas-Corpus Argument
Suspending the right to challenge the legality of one’s detention in court would shred a core tenet of the Constitution, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Hocus Pocus, There Goes Habeas Corpus
Andrew P. Napolitano on the American heritage of a legal right that was recognized by even the most tyrannical and absolute of monarchs in Britain.