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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

Civil liberties under fire: Zealous immigration enforcement bypasses constitutional safeguards

The history of human freedom is long, tortuous and not gratifying.

March 19, 2025

My weekend in Moscow

When an invitation to visit Moscow arrived in my inbox, it was the culmination of a series of emails and telephone calls from Russian-American friends giving me a heads-up.

March 12, 2025

Understanding the existence of truisms and recognizing their origin in nature

The world is filled with self-evident truths -- truisms -- that philosophers, lawyers and judges know need not be proved.

March 5, 2025

Trump dismantling a ‘government by experts’

I have often thought that Woodrow Wilson was our worst president after Abraham Lincoln. By worst, I mean least faithful to the Constitution and most destructive of personal liberty.

February 26, 2025

DOJ’s bribery of New York City Mayor Eric Adams

Can the Justice Department, which sought and obtained an indictment of Mayor Eric Adams on bribery charges, use its own bribery to influence the mayor's judgment on policy decisions?

February 19, 2025

The myth of emergency powers

President Trump, in one of his freewheeling chats with the press, offered last week to declare an emergency at the Texas-Mexico border.

February 12, 2025

Tariffs and the Constitution

The taxing power in the federal government resides in the Congress.

February 5, 2025

Trump’s secret deal on zero-click spyware puts Americans’ privacy at risk

In 2021, to his credit, President Joe Biden warned the American public against the dangers of zero-click spyware manufactured by an Israeli corporation.

January 29, 2025

TikTok and freedom of speech

Today, no law means whatever the court says it means. That happened last week when the Supreme Court upheld congressional legislation silencing TikTok.

January 22, 2025

Tulsi Gabbard’s flip-flop on warrantless searches

When she was a member of the House of Representatives, Tulsi Gabbard fiercely defended personal privacy rights protected by the Fourth Amendment.

January 15, 2025

Killing the U.S. Constitution at Guantanamo

Guantanamo Bay, which costs $500 million a year to operate, once held 780 prisoners, allegedly there due to their involvement in the war on terrorism. Not one of them has been convicted of 9/11 crimes.

January 8, 2025

What’s your predictions for 2025?

On Jan. 1, 2026, Joe Biden will be? On Jan. 1, 2026, Donald Trump will be?

January 1, 2025

Taking Christmas seriously

Taking Christmas seriously means rejecting abortion in all its forms because it is the killing of an innocent person.

December 25, 2024

Shoot the drones down

The skies over New Jersey have been littered with strange flying objects for two weeks, and the feds are hiding the truth from terrified Americans or scratching their heads along with the rest of us.

December 18, 2024

Will Trump stop domestic spying?

Why didn't Mr. Biden just do his job and prohibit all warrantless domestic spying?

December 11, 2024

Three cheers for Hunter Biden’s pardon

My initial reaction to the issuance of a full pardon by President Biden to his son Hunter was emotional. What father wouldn't pardon his own son if he could?

December 4, 2024

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? What if they have power no matter who is elected president or which political party controls either house of Congress?

November 27, 2024