The central question should be: What are the government’s legal authorities and limits? Instead, writes Andrew Napolitano, that question has become: What can the president get away with?
Twilight’s Last Gleaming
Tag: Bill of Rights
A State of Surveillance
No person should have to fear that every trip down the street is being permanently recorded, writes Judge Andrew P. Napolitano.
A Republic or an Empire?
Andrew P. Napolitano on the form of government U.S. citizens will be celebrating next month, on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
A Nation of Suspects
We now know that the U.S. federal government spies on innocent citizens without suspicion and without warrants, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Free Speech for Me But Not for Thee
The government is threatening to change the FCC’s equal-time rule and even put broadcast giants out of business because they may paint the war in Iran in an unflattering light, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
The Incremental Loss of Freedom
Chilling is as unconstitutional as silencing, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. And when the feds conscript private entities to do for them indirectly what the U.S. Constitution prohibits them from doing directly, that’s chilling.
When Presidents Kill
No law permits — and prevailing U.S. judicial jurisprudence absolutely prohibits — summary murders of people not engaged in violence, at sea or anywhere else, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Who Will Protect Us From the Protectors?
President Trump’s recent federalization of troops and Presidential National Security Memorandum completely disregards the Constitution, says Judge Andrew Napolitano.
Racial Profiling in America
The U.S. Constitution does not permit government agents to detain people because of how they look, the language they speak, or the jobs they hold, writes Raja Krishnamoorthi.
Free Speech and Its Discontents
A government that can silence the speech you hate today can silence the speech you love tomorrow, writes Judge Andrew Napolitano.