Among the Unalienable Rights
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/12/19/among-the-unalienable-rights/
Nothing will chill Tucker Carlson’s exercise of the freedom of speech, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. But that does not absolve Chuck Schumer and the U.S. Senate. By Andrew P. Napolitano CN at 30 Last week, Sen. Charles Schumer, the leader of…
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Among the Unalienable Rights

Nothing will chill Tucker Carlson's exercise of the freedom of speech, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. But that does not absolve Chuck Schumer and the U.S. Senate. By Andrew P. Napolitano CN at 30 Last week, Sen. Charles Schumer, the leader of the Democrats in the United States Senate, intr

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What the US Founders Feared Most
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/20/what-the-us-founders-feared-most/
Trump’s constitutional breaches are enough to rouse James Madison from his grave, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. On top of all that comes “The Kavanaugh Stop.” By Andrew P. Napolitano “The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the…
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What the US Founders Feared Most

Trump's constitutional breaches are enough to rouse James Madison from his grave, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. On top of all that comes "The Kavanaugh Stop.” By Andrew P. Napolitano “The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.” -- James Ma

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American Authoritarianism
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/18/american-authoritarianism/
Torture, rotating judges and prosecutors and incarceration for a generation without charges or trial are all hallmarks of an authoritarian government, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano Last week, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., invalidated a…
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American Authoritarianism

Torture, rotating judges and prosecutors and incarceration for a generation without charges or trial are all hallmarks of an authoritarian government, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano Last week, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., invalidated a plea agreement for

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Independence From Empire Day 2025
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/04/independence-from-empire-day-2025/
The former American republic is now an empire, the type of government from which Thomas Jefferson and his colleagues violently seceded, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano We are independent of London, but are we independent of Washington?…
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Independence From Empire Day 2025

The former American republic is now an empire, the type of government from which Thomas Jefferson and his colleagues violently seceded, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano We are independent of London, but are we independent of Washington? Is there more freedom when governed

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A Police State Coming to a Town Near You
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/26/a-police-state-coming-to-a-town-near-you/
Andrew P. Napolitano examines the moral and historical errors in the argument that less freedom produces more safety. By Andrew P. Napolitano We have seen this before. A foreign entity attacks American persons or property and the government warns that its…
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A Police State Coming to a Town Near You

Andrew P. Napolitano examines the moral and historical errors in the argument that less freedom produces more safety. By Andrew P. Napolitano We have seen this before. A foreign entity attacks American persons or property and the government warns that its sleeper cells have infiltrated th

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Trump’s Authoritarian Leap
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/12/trumps-authoritarian-leap/
If the feds can characterize an unarmed assemblage of protesters as an invasion, Andrew P. Napolitano asks whose freedoms are safe. By Andrew P. Napolitano The deployment of California National Guard troops and active-duty U.S. Marines onto the streets of…
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Trump's Authoritarian Leap

If the feds can characterize an unarmed assemblage of protesters as an invasion, Andrew P. Napolitano asks whose freedoms are safe. By Andrew P. Napolitano The deployment of California National Guard troops and active-duty U.S. Marines onto the streets of Los Angeles is an assault on federal

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Enforcing Silence
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/09/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. By Andrew P. Napolitano All attempts by the government…
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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. By Andrew P. Napolitano All attempts by the government to evaluate the content of speech and dete

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US Domestic Spying & the 4th Amendment
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/06/us-domestic-spying-the-4th-amendment/
Government officials — local, state and federal — are trampling the natural right to privacy, argues Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano Last week, the Trump administration announced the streamlining of access to illegally seized personal data from unsuspecting…
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US Domestic Spying & the 4th Amendment

Government officials -- local, state and federal -- are trampling the natural right to privacy, argues Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano Last week, the Trump administration announced the streamlining of access to illegally seized personal data from unsuspecting Americans, thereb

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A 21st Century Stamp Act
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/22/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. By Andrew P. Napolitano A recent Supreme Court oral argument about the…
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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. By Andrew P. Napolitano A recent Supreme Court oral argument about the liability of the F.B.I. for invadi

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Hocus Pocus, There Goes Habeas Corpus
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/15/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. By Andrew P. Napolitano What if the writ of habeas corpus has been guaranteed to…
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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. By Andrew P. Napolitano What if the writ of habeas corpus has been guaranteed to the British since 1215 and to Americans since 1789? What if thi

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