Judge Andrew Napolitano Natural rights Patriot Act

[sparky241]

i really like this guy now. saw this on the tube and wanted to share

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n2m-X7OIuY&feature=PlayList&p=6FD208ACD6D676E3&index=34&playnext=3&playnext_from=PL

[VooDoo6Actual]

Yep, he gets it.

[Dienekes]

Yep! He speaks the truth.

Saw tonight that Senators Schumer (!) and Graham think we need national ID cards to get a handle on illegal immigration. HOW DARE THEY? :mad:

As a retired INS officer I will be contacting their offices in the morning and calling them out on this. These fools are the real danger to the Republic. We can handle the other stuff if they will shut up and get out of the way.

[Sudden]

Wish we could get this man on the SCOTUS.

[lethal dose]

He's on beck quite a bit. Heck of a smart man.

[woodandsteel]

Wish we could get this man on the SCOTUS.

I've always thought the same thing. Unfortunately it will take a major political shift in this country to see that happen.

What I respect the most about him is that his loyalty belongs to the constitution, not one party.

[Irish]

An interesting article Ron Paul wrote on Napolitano's new book. http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul651.html

This is the foreword to Lies the Government Told You by Andrew P. Napolitano

Andrew P. Napolitano is a true rarity among judges and media personalities: He is a passionate defender of liberty who understands that the United States Constitution puts strict limits on federal power. Judge Napolitano’s tremendous knowledge of American law, history, and politics, as well as his passion for freedom, shines through in Lies the Government Told You, as he details how throughout American history, politicians and government officials have betrayed the ideals of personal liberty and limited government.

Anyone who knows Judge Napolitano understands that he does not pull his punches or excuse any constitutional violations in order to support any group or political interest. Thus, Lies the Government Told You explains how politicians of both parties have routinely disregarded the constitutional limits on federal power and violated our natural rights.


One of the most important lessons Judge Napolitano teaches is how many shared premises there are by advocates of big government from both the right and the left. For example, Judge Napolitano exposes how both the conservatives’ war on marijuana and the liberals’ war on tobacco are manifestations of paternalism – the idea that government has the legitimate authority to stop adults from doing bad things, like smoking substances that politicians and bureaucrats do not approve of. Of course, smoking, whether of marijuana or tobacco, does have negative health consequences – but respecting the right of individuals to be wrong, as long as they do not interfere with the rights of others, is one of the pillars of a free society.


Lies the Government Told You also avoids the all-too-common error of drawing a distinction between "personal" liberty and "economic" liberty, and focusing on attacks on one type of freedom while ignoring or even supporting attacks on the other category of liberty. When the freedom movement began in the nineteenth century, supporters of liberty, who were then known as "liberals," made no distinctions between government actions that interfered with economic liberties, such as laws infringing upon private contracts, and government actions that restricted personal liberty, such as limits on the freedom of speech. Supporters of liberty were also likely to understand the grave threat posed to liberty and constitutional government by a militaristic foreign policy. Thus, they were also supporters of peace.

However, beginning in the Progressive Era, promoters of big government co-opted the rhetoric of the promoters of freedom, even stealing the label "liberal." Whereas liberal once referred to a supporter of freedom, beginning in the Progressive Era, the term liberal began to refer to supporters of the welfare state. The division between supporters of "economic" and "personal" freedoms was accelerated by the Cold War, when many supporters of free markets allowed their (justifiable) loathing of communism to lead them to embrace militarism abroad and limitations on personal freedom at home. Thanks to this division between the supporters of personal and economic liberty, it is not uncommon to find opponents of socialized medicine arguing for the Patriot Act, and supporters of gun control arguing for free speech.


Fortunately, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano is one of a growing number of Americans who support liberty across the board. Thus, Lies the Government Told You defends all of our freedoms. Readers of this book will find eloquent defenses of private property, the right to keep and bear arms, and attacks on excessive government regulations along with defenses of free speech, and attacks on unconstitutional wars, the drug war, and the Patriot Act.


One chapter of this book that is particularly important to me deals with monetary policy. Anyone who has followed my career knows that exposing and ending the damage done to our prosperity and freedom by the Federal Reserve’s fiat currency system drives much of what I do. While there is substantial literature explaining the myriad ways the Federal Reserve damages our economy, there is not nearly as much writing that explains how the Federal Reserve System violates the Constitution and ties the Federal Reserve to the general assault on liberty waged by Big Government. This book helps fill that gap.

As a congressional representative from a Gulf Coast district who has seen how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) fails to live up to its promise to provide assistance to victims of natural disasters in a timely and thorough manner, I particularly enjoyed Judge Napolitano’s dissection of the constitutional and practical problems with FEMA.

I have only scratched the surface of the many virtues of this important work. Lies the Government Told You will provide those active in the freedom movement with much-needed intellectual ammunition. This book can also help open the eyes of those who are yet to recognize the assault on our liberty by politicians and bureaucrats. I am pleased to recommend this book to anyone who cares about the direction of this country and wants to understand how we got where we are, and what we need to do to regain our liberties.

[Donbeeler49]

If we had more folks like him in our Congress and Judicial System, we would have a far better Republic!

[dbrowne1]

I've often found myself nodding in agreement with Judge Napolitano when he's arguing a point on TV. Not only is his philosophy rare among judges, he is also from and was a judge in New Jersey of all places.

[LMT42]

Yep, he gets it.

Too bad more Americans don't get it. Everyone just continues to fight along party lines, which is exactly what the politicians want. Divided and conquered.

[glocktogo]

Both major parties are sellouts and do more harm to this country than any foreign army ever will. I wonder if this is what the Roman Empire looked like as the end drew near? :mad:

[armakraut]

This guy ought to be President of the United States.

[Irish]

Just bought his new book.
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/7927/54272339.jpg (http://img708.imageshack.us/i/54272339.jpg/)

[Abraxas]

Wish we could get this man on the SCOTUS.

You and me both.