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…
#Politics #BidenAdministration #CivilRights #Commentary #Constitution #Cuba #Legal #Terrorism #TheBush43Administration #Torture #U.s. #U.s.SupremeCourrt #AndrewP.Napolitano #DueProcess #Gitmo #GuantanamoBay #HabeasCorpus #KhalidSheikhMohammed #LloydAustin

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?…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #CivilRights #Commentary #Constitution #Legal #Militarism #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #U.s.SupremeCourrt #UnitedKingdon #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AndrewP.Napolitano #ContinentalCongress #DeclarationOfIndependence #KingGeorgeIii #ThomasJefferson

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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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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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…
#Politics #Censorship #CivilRights #Commentary #Constitution #Legal #TrumpAdministration #U.n.SecurityCouncil #U.s. #U.s.SupremeCourrt #AndrewP.Napolitano #DeclarationOfIndependence #FirstAmendment #JamesMadison #JohnStuartMill #NaturalLaw #St.ThomasAquinas #ThomasJefferson

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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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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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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Holes in the US Constitution
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/08/holes-in-the-us-constitution/
The first-term Trump F.B.I. put its contempt for the Constitution in writing and the Biden F.B.I. acted as if nothing was wrong, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. Under the second Trump administration, nothing has changed. By Andrew P. Napolitano Among the…
#Politics #CivilRights #Commentary #Intelligence #Legal #Surveillance #U.s. #U.s.Congress #U.s.SupremeCourrt #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AndrewP.Napolitano #ForeignIntelligenceSurveillanceAct #ForeignIntelligenceSurveillanceCourt(fisa) #Nsa #PatriotAct #PresidentDonaldTrump

Arresting a Judge
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/30/arresting-a-judge/
This is bigger than what happened in Milwaukee, says Andrew P. Napolitano. The White House is assaulting the separation of powers and the concept of federalism. By Andrew P. Napolitano Last week the F.B.I. arrested a Wisconsin state judge as…
#Politics #Commentary #Constitution #Immigration #Legal #U.s. #U.s.SupremeCourrt #AndrewP.Napolitano #F.b.i.DirectorKashPatel #JudgeHannahDugan #JusticeAntoninScalia

Whistleblower: DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/whistleblower-doge-siphoned-nlrb-case-data/

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Whistleblower: DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data - A security architect with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleges that e... https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/whistleblower-doge-siphoned-nlrb-case-data/ #cybersecurityandinfrastructuresecurityagency #alittlesunshine #danielj.berulis #lasharnhamilton #latestwarnings #thecomingstorm #microsoftazure #presidenttrump #andrewp.bakaj #timbearese #us-cert #amazon #github #spacex #nxgen #doge #cnn #npr

Tariffs & the US Constitution
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/10/tariffs-the-constitution/
No emergency means there is no lawful basis for Trump’s imposition of the tariffs, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. Nor is there any constitutional basis for the underlying statute. By Andrew P. Napolitano “No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever…
#Politics #Commentary #Constitution #Economy #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #U.s.Congress #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AndrewP.Napolitano #InternationalEconomicEmergencyPowersAct #TrumpTariffs

Taking the US Constitution Seriously
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/04/taking-the-us-constitution-seriously/
Everyone should be free to speak their minds and live without fear of masked men grabbing them for deportation to a hell hole in Louisiana or El Salvador, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano The U.S. Constitution was…
#Politics #CivilRights #Commentary #FreeSpeech #History #Legal #Protest #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #U.s.Congress #U.s.SupremeCourrt #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AndrewP.Napolitano #ElSalvador #FifthAmendment #FirstAmendment #JamesMadison #JusticeAntoninScalia #SeparationOfPowers

A Brief History of ‘The’ Freedom of Speech
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/03/28/a-brief-history-of-the-freedom-of-speech/
The government’s respect for speech is often at its lowest ebb in wartime, when it is also most important and timely, writes Andrew P. Napolitano, By Andrew P. Napolitano “I disagree with what you say but will defend to the…
#Politics #CivilRights #Commentary #FreeSpeech #Legal #Militarism #PressFreedom #U.s. #U.s.SupremeCourrt #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AlienAndSeditionActsIn1798 #AndrewP.Napolitano #BillOfRights #BrandenburgV.Ohio #DeclarationOfIndependence #FirstAmendment #JamesMadison #PresidentAbrahamLincoln #PresidentJohnAdams #PresidentWoodrowWilson #U.s.CivilWar

Perilous Times for Freedom in the US
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/03/20/perilous-times-in-us-for-freedom/
The U.S. government, in its zealous enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws, has become lawless, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not…
#Politics #Algeria #CivilRights #Commentary #Constitution #FreeSpeech #Lebanon #Legal #Palestine #U.s. #U.s.StateDepartment #AndrewP.Napolitano #FifthAmendment #FirstAmendment #JamesMadison #MahmoudKhalil #MartinNiemoller #ThomasJefferson #U.s.SecretaryOfStateMarcoRubio

Moscow Nights — and Days
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/03/13/moscow-nights-and-days/
Andrew P. Napolitano says that in his interviews with them, two of Putin’s closest confidants showed appreciation for Trump’s intended “reset” of U.S.-Russian relations. By Andrew P. Napolitano When an invitation from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the renowned…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #Commentary #Economy #Russia #SovietUnion #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #Ukraine #2014CoupInUkraine #AlexanderDugin #AndrewP.Napolitano #Capitalism #Communism #Moscow #RussianForeignMinisterSergeyLavrov #U.s.s.r.

Moscow Nights — and Days
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/03/13/moscow-nights-and-days/
Andrew P. Napolitano says that in his interviews with them, two of Putin’s closest confidants showed appreciation for Trump’s intended “reset” of U.S.-Russian relations. By Andrew P. Napolitano When an invitation from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the renowned…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #Commentary #Economy #Russia #SovietUnion #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #Ukraine #2014CoupInUkraine #AlexanderDugin #AndrewP.Napolitano #Capitalism #Communism #Moscow #RussianForeignMinisterSergeyLavrov #U.s.s.r.

Taking Rights Seriously
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/03/07/taking-rights-seriously/
A right is not a privilege, says Andrew P. Napolitano. A right is an indefeasible personal claim against the whole world. It does not require a government permission slip. By Andrew P. Napolitano “If all mankind minus one were of…
#Politics #Commentary #U.s. #AndrewP.Napolitano #BillOfRights #DeclarationOfIndependence #JamesMadison #JohnStuartMill #LudwigVonMises #MurrayRothbard #ThomasJefferson

The Feds & Their Own Bribery
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/02/20/the-feds-their-own-bribery/
In deciding on a motion to dismiss the case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Andrew P. Napolitano says the court needs to know if the Department of Justice is attempting to use it as a political tool. By…
#Politics #Commentary #Immigration #Legal #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #U.s.JusticeDept. #AndrewP.Napolitano #MayorEricAdams #SouthernDistrictOfNewYork #U.s.ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement(ice)