Judge Napolitano Reacts To Bradley Manning Verdict

And of course Manning was going to lose, this admin hates anyone that questions it and goes after them with a vengeance. The MSM are barely covering this.The MSM is accepting the US govt. line and is reporting that as the undisputed truth. Scary times brothers and sisters !

JOHN STOSSEL vs. JUDGE NAPOLITANO on Government spying on us

Unfortunately for liberty, Eisenhower's warning fell on the deaf ears of a dumbed-down public.How can we prevent terror attacks when it is often the shadow government commanding the system that is committing the acts of terror. If we ever manage to get rid of the shadow governments snooping in our lives, they will bring us another contrived terrorist attack to convince us that we need them snooping again.

Judge Napolitano ~ NSA Most Outrageous, Extensive, Massive Violation of Constitution

Judge Napolitano ~ NSA Most Outrageous, Extensive, Massive Violation of Constitution
Judge, hits the nail on the head! I hope he becomes Rand's VP. People should be concerned even about metadata collection though... it paints such incredibly detailed pictures about you even without the content itself included.

Once again showing his civil libertarian side, Fox News anchor Shep Smith railed against the National Security Agency this afternoon with the help of noted libertarian colleague Judge Andrew Napolitano. Reacting to last evening's news that the NSA has secretly obtained the phone records of millions of Verizon customers, most of whom are not suspected of any crimes, and Sen. Harry Reid's (D-NV) assertion that congressmen have known about the snooping for seven years and is "routine," Smith and Napolitano tore into the "constitutionally impermissible" nature of the government's actions.

"This is a fishing expedition on the grandest scale we've ever seen in American history," Napolitano said. "They're looking for a select group of people and in order to find that select group of people the Constitution says to present some evidence against them to a judge and get a search warrant for their phones. Rather than doing that, they got a search warrant for 113 million phones."

"Who would trust them after this?" the judge continued, noting that the administration's defenders have claimed the NSA hasn't actually listened to anyone's calls. "The Constitution doesn't trust them."

Smith then played a clip from this morning of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) saying he is "glad" the NSA is snooping in order to protect Americans from terrorists threats, prompting the judge's response:

"The whole purpose of the Fourth Amendment is to prevent the government from doing this, to prevent it from interfering with the privacy rights of a lot of innocent people in order to find a few that may be planning something wrong. [...] Nobody wants the wrong thing to happen but the idea that we would sacrifice liberty in order to obtain safety is a canard. This is just a shortcut to make it easier for American spies to spy on Americans."
He concluded: "This is the most extraordinarily broad search warrant every issued in the history of the federal courts of the United States."

A clearly-incensed Shep Smith then spoke directly to camera: "Under this logic, the government can send to people to all of our homes, put them in a bed next to us, have them watch everything."

"The slippery slope is covered in green," the host concluded. "We're not letting this go. Not for a moment. We're not letting this go."

Judge Napolitano Slams Gen. Alexander Not Answer Question in NSA Hearing: TRUST US?

The Same Administration Says TRUST US in Benghazi

Judge Andrew Napolitano called the situation "a fishing expedition on the grandest scale we've ever seen in American history." The government is looking for a select group of people, and instead of obeying the Constitution and simply getting a search warrant for their phones, the judge says, "They got a search warrant for a 113 million phones!" "Who would trust them after this? The Constitution doesn't trust them!" Napolitano told Shepard Smith. The clearly impassioned judge shouted, "This is just a shortcut to make it easier for America's spies to spy on Americans. Shep, they spied on the West Wing, they spied on the Pentagon, they spied on the Supreme Court, they spied on the CIA! This is spies spying on spies. This is the most extraordinarily broad search warrant ever issued in the history of the federal courts of the United States!" The two discussed the widespread implications to privacy in America, with Shep concluding the segment by saying, "The slippery slope is covered in grease."

Judge Napolitano : The ACLU Files Lawsuit Over Government Massive Phone Record Grab

Judge Napolitano with Cavuto ~ ACLU Files Lawsuit Over Government Massive Phone Record Grab
Our gov is outta of control. Educate yourselves people ! Regulations and overreach and constitutional values are at an all time high!!

Occupy our country till we play ball. How do you think our country would react to military occupation? We would be labeled as terrorists to just remember that. Our government is using the fear of terrorists to pass laws and policies that shred our Constitution and take our civil liberties more and more with every passing year. What I don't understand is why can people from other countries see whats happening but can't seem to see that big ass machine of governmental tyranny in our on backyard..

Judge Napolitano: NSA Leaker Edward Snowden AMERICAN HERO

"I describe this man as an American hero," judge Andrew Napolitano told Fox News host Shepard Smith, "willing to risk life and liberty in order to expose to the American people one of the most extraordinary violations of the American principles, value judgments and the Constitution itself in all of our history."

BusinessInsider The fact that former National Security Agency employee Edward Snowden decided to go public with his grievances against the U.S. government is certainly brave and bold.
People can and will accuse Snowden of many things. But no one will ever accuse him of not having the guts to stand up for what he believes.
Whether or not Snowden should be regarded as a "hero" for exposing what he believes is horrible intelligence gathering abuse by the U.S. government, however--as some are already suggesting he should be--remains to be seen.
Snowden has certainly made some startling claims about the scope of the U.S. intelligence and surveillance programs.
Most notably, Snowden claims that, as a 29 year-old security contractor, he had both the legal authority and the technological ability to "wiretap anyone — from you or your accountant, to a federal judge, to even the President."
If that's true, that is indeed very startling.
Snowden also claims that the National Security Agency now intercepts and records almost all global communications, and that these recorded communications can be easily accessed:
"...the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested [by the NSA] without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards."
Now, the NSA--or FBI, DOJ, or even your local police department--have always been able to get access to all of this information for U.S. citizens, provided they have a warrant from a judge allowing them to do so and provided you or your service providers have retained these records. But what seems new, based on Snowden's description, is that the government is now maintaining its own records of all this information and, if I understand Snowden correctly, can now access and use any of it without a warrant.
If that's true, it's certainly worth asking whether we really want the government to be able to do that. It's also worth asking whether the the government really does have the legal authority to do that--or whether it has gone way beyond what the lawmakers intended.
But, I, for one, would like some confirmation that what Snowden is saying is true before I denounce the government.
And some of the other things that Snowden has said have certainly made me wonder whether he isn't just viewing all this from a philosophical perspective that mainstream Americans might consider, well, extreme.
Asked why he decided to leak classified information to the media, for example, Snowden said the following:
"I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things ... I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under."
Asked whether surveillance might help deter or prevent terrorism, Snowden appeared to suggest that we shouldn't pay so much attention to terrorism:
"We have to decide why terrorism is a new threat. There has always been terrorism. Boston was a criminal act. It was not about surveillance but good, old-fashioned police work. The police are very good at what they do."
Asked whether he sees himself as "another Bradley Manning," the U.S. Army private who sent a boatload of classified U.S. documents to Wikileaks, Snowden expressed nothing but admiration for Manning:
"Manning was a classic whistleblower. He was inspired by the public good."
To address these statements in reverse order...
Bradley Manning may have been "inspired by" his own personal view of the "public good." But, personally, I'm not convinced that what Bradley Manning did was actually good for the public. I don't think it was terrible for the public. And it was certainly interesting to read some of those diplomatic communications. But I didn't see anything in them that made me think they were so important that they were worth Manning violating his professional duty, breaking the law, and risking a lifetime in jail to make them public.

Judge Napolitano On NSA Spying: Most Extraordinarily Broad Search Warrant Ever Issued In US History

Judge Andrew Napolitano called the situation "a fishing expedition on the grandest scale we've ever seen in American history." The government is looking for a select group of people, and instead of obeying the Constitution and simply getting a search warrant for their phones, the judge says, "They got a search warrant for a 113 million phones!"

"Who would trust them after this? The Constitution doesn't trust them!" Napolitano told Shepard Smith.

The clearly impassioned judge shouted, "This is just a shortcut to make it easier for America's spies to spy on Americans. Shep, they spied on the West Wing, they spied on the Pentagon, they spied on the Supreme Court, they spied on the CIA! This is spies spying on spies. This is the most extraordinarily broad search warrant ever issued in the history of the federal courts of the United States!"

The two discussed the widespread implications to privacy in America, with Shep concluding the segment by saying, "The slippery slope is covered in grease."

Judge Napolitano on The NSA Scandal : 'We're Not Letting This Go.'

Shep Smith And Judge Napolitano Rail Against NSA Abuse: 'We're Not Letting This Go.'


6/6/13 - Once again showing his civil libertarian side, Fox News anchor Shep Smith railed against the National Security Agency this afternoon with the help of noted libertarian colleague Judge Andrew Napolitano. Reacting to last evening's news that the NSA has secretly obtained the phone records of millions of Verizon customers, most of whom are not suspected of any crimes, and Sen. Harry Reid's (D-NV) assertion that congressmen have known about the snooping for seven years and is "routine," Smith and Napolitano tore into the "constitutionally impermissible" nature of the government's actions.

"This is a fishing expedition on the grandest scale we've ever seen in American history," Napolitano said. "They're looking for a select group of people and in order to find that select group of people the Constitution says to present some evidence against them to a judge and get a search warrant for their phones. Rather than doing that, they got a search warrant for 113 million phones."

"Who would trust them after this?" the judge continued, noting that the administration's defenders have claimed the NSA hasn't actually listened to anyone's calls. "The Constitution doesn't trust them."

Smith then played a clip from this morning of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) saying he is "glad" the NSA is snooping in order to protect Americans from terrorists threats, prompting the judge's response:

"The whole purpose of the Fourth Amendment is to prevent the government from doing this, to prevent it from interfering with the privacy rights of a lot of innocent people in order to find a few that may be planning something wrong. [...] Nobody wants the wrong thing to happen but the idea that we would sacrifice liberty in order to obtain safety is a canard. This is just a shortcut to make it easier for American spies to spy on Americans."
He concluded: "This is the most extraordinarily broad search warrant every issued in the history of the federal courts of the United States."

A clearly-incensed Shep Smith then spoke directly to camera: "Under this logic, the government can send to people to all of our homes, put them in a bed next to us, have them watch everything."

"The slippery slope is covered in green," the host concluded. "We're not letting this go. Not for a moment. We're not letting this go."

Judge Andrew Napolitano on IRS Controversy and The President - 5/16/13

Judge Andrew Napolitano on IRS Controversy and The President - 5/16/13

Judge Andrew Napolitano: The Pres Is A very Smart Guy Pres Parse His Word Because Did Not Want To Be Accused Of Lying, Now He is Accused Of Hiding The Truth!! IRS Controversy & The President Obama Asked To Confirm WH Did Not Know About It

Judge Napolitano Exposes Eric Holder & DOJ For 'Profound And Direct Assault On First Amendment'

May 14, 2013 - Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department decided to subpoena phone records of AP citing one of the "most serious leaks" he's ever encountered. Holder says he removed himself from the decision to subpoena the records.



5/14/13 - Reacting to Attorney General Eric Holder's Tuesday afternoon press briefing on the Department of Justice's secret seizing of Associated Press phone records, Fox senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano tore into the agency for its "direct assault" on the Constitution that he says circumvented the proper channels laid out by the law. On Monday afternoon it was revealed that the DOJ had obtained the private phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors. In response, Holder explained today that the seizure was part of an investigation into one of the worst leaks he has ever seen in his legal career, one he believes could have compromised national security.
Napolitano was not convinced, calling Justice's actions a "profound and direct assault on the First Amendment." He explained to Fox host Megyn Kelly that the feds have three different methods to legally seize documents from an outlet like the Associated Press: 1. "Grand jury subpoena, in which case the U.S. attorney has to tell the person, 'We are going for your records.'" 2. "Go to a judge and present evidence of probable cause of crime to get a search warrant." 3. "Obtain a national security letter, in which a federal agent writes a search warrant authorizing another federal agent to get the documents under the PATRIOT Act."
The third option, Napolitano added, "is unconstitutional, but it is the law." But as the judge sees it, the only crime that's been identified by Holder thus far was the "crime of leaking," which does not constitute a national security threat.
And so without following any of the three steps to legally obtaining documents under federal law, Napolitano told Kelly, the seizure "was absolutely done improperly and it violated most the core protected rights under the Constitution: freedom of speech."

Judge Napolitano on Internet Wiretap Proposal

Judge Andrew Napolitano explains the government's latest attempt to bypass Fourth Amendment protections.
Potential new regulations could make it easier for federal officials to wiretap online communications. The reported proposal have raised concern surrounding privacy issues. Obama's administration is implementing internet eavesdropping and wiretapping. Emails and social networking sites will be intercepted. It will make it easier for hackers to get all your information. This is a violation of your privacy and your Constitutional Rights are being taking away little by little.

Judge Napolitano On Government Faking Terror Plots!

Judge Napolitano what would he say about Boston Judge On Government Faking Terror Plots!

There’s always enough confusion surrounding these events that trying to straighten out the details is like looking for one end of a strand of spaghetti in a bowl. What makes sense is to look at the events from overhead and the important details emerge because they are found to be so similar to those of other events. 1. Apparently senseless violence, always perpetrated against the innocent and the unarmed. 2. Participants are first unknown or shadowy and after a “decent interval” of sleuthwork, the FBI or other agency solves the puzzle and runs the perp(s) to ground. 3. To ground, literally: Everybody dies. 4. In the high profile national news coverage, some item of a police state rising is advanced. 5. The obvious government subterfuge comes under greater and greater scrutiny with voices growing louder and louder and the government’s corporate press circles its wagons and the daily propaganda begins. 6. The nation gets divided more and the government gets responsive with increasing federal countermeasures 7. The uneasy dueling between the police state and citizens asserting the supremacy of their contract with the Constitution goes on and on toward wherever its leading. And then rising a bit higher in the sky, high enough to see history itself, you see where the pattern is leading — 8. In the coalition among government, banks, psychiatric forces of the day, corporations that feed on the tax dollar (or reichsmark, or ruble, or peso) and finally the general apathy, cowardice and blindness of a country’s middle class (or what passes for a middle class–the majority of people “getting by” somehow), a totalitarian society emerges, and night descends in a final steel curtain. We may never know exactly what went down in Boston anymore than at Daley Plaza or aboard Flight 93, but it’s probably a sure bet that two young Chechen boys learned all too late that dancing with the devil leads to one final waltz.

Judge Napolitano On IRS E-Mail Snooping Without Warrants: Stay Out Of Our Stuff!

Napolitano and Shep Smith Take On IRS E-Mail Snooping Without Warrants: 'Stay Out Of Our Stuff!'


4/11/13 - With Tax Day less than a week away, Fox News reported this afternoon on the American Civil Liberties Union obtaining IRS documents via the Freedom of Information Act that show the federal tax collection agency routinely searches Americans' emails, possibly in violation of the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable search and seizures.

Reporter Jonathan Hunt noted to host Shepard Smith that the controversy over the Internal Revenue Service's practices largely stems from the fact that the agency uses an "administrative summons" to decide to search an email without a search warrant or any form of court order.

Fox judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano clarified the controversy to a "confused" Smith, explaining that the IRS intends to use this surveillance technique only for investigating criminal fraud, which makes up "a very, very, very tiny percentage of taxpayers." However, he noted, many of the e-mails read and collected will never make it to a court case; and the ones that do would likely be questioned by a judge who wondered how the evidence was obtained without any form of court order or warrant permitting a search of private e-email exchanges.

"How is that consistent with the Fourth Amendment?" the judge hypothetically asked. "You didn't come to me and ask for a search warrant — you just took it."

Smith then lamented that there are "so many more instances of elements of the government or authority figures in this country getting into our stuff."

"Stay out of our stuff," he said to an agreeing Napolitano.

"What the ACLU — in my view, quite properly — wants to know [from the IRS] is: Are you following your own regulations which tell you how to get around the Fourth Amendment or are you following the Fourth Amendment?" the judge said. "They have not yet answered that question."

"What happens next: Anybody they suspect of cheating, they just drone them," Smith joked to end the segment.

Judge Napolitano on Margaret Thatcher: She Liberated Great Britain From The Chains Of Socialism

On FBN's Varney & Co. this morning Judge Andrew Napolitano shared his thoughts on the death of former British Prime Minister Lady Margaret Thatcher and her legacy.

Judge Napolitano : Connecticut Gun Control Law is Absurd and Unenforceable & Should be VOID

Judge Napolitano : Connecticut Gun Control Law 'A Wishlist For Those Who Hate 2nd Amendment'


"I think it is a serious interference with the individual right to keep and bear arms, and Connecticut is a unique situation. You have people legitimately grieving over the tragedy right before Christmas in Newtown. You also have a very, very liberal, very progressive government that wants to feel like it is doing something to alleviate that grieving. Unfortunately, what it is doing would not have stopped Adam Lanza even if these laws had been in place at the time, and will only affect law-abiding people and their ability to hunt, shoot and protect themselves when the police can't and won't. It will not stop a single criminal -- or a single crazy person -- from doing the type of thing that has plagued our society."

Judge Napolitano on CVS Policy Forcing Employees to Turn Over Health Info: Consequence of ObamaCare

Judge Napolitano on CVS Policy Forcing Employees to Turn Over Health Info: Consequence of ObamaCare



3/21/13 - Appearing on America's Newsroom this morning, Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano took on the controversial CVS policy of forcing its employees to submit personal health information as part of receiving health insurance coverage from the company. The outspoken libertarian posited that the unpopular mandate is a consequence of federal micromanagement of health-care through ObamaCare.

The largest retail pharmacy chain in the country is now requiring its employees to hand over personal health information like their weight, body mass index, and glucose levels or face an annual fine of $600. The company says it is requiring this as a way to ensure their employees are as healthy as possible.

Napolitano told host Martha MacCallum of the policy: "I think this is a consequence of the federal government micromanaging health care and forcing employers to provide coverage to all employees, many who otherwise wouldn't qualify for it, and forcing them to provide coverage, whether the employees need it or not."

The judge noted that under federal law, CVS has an interest in hiring only healthy employees in order to save money now that they are forced to cover all of their workers. "So will ObamaCare result in larger people with larger body mass and higher glucose levels not getting employed? Would that be an unintended consequence of ObamaCare?" he suggested.

He later explained that the policy is "so expensive because ObamaCare has a one-size-fits-all," meaning people cannot tailor an insurance policy to met their individual needs. "We knew that was coming but I don't think we realized — even those of us who didn't read all 2700 pages but have a good understanding what is in there — we didn't realize the economic effect of people not being able to get jobs because they're overweight. Maybe judges will have to decide what is obese? Is it 10 pounds heavier than your height? Is it 20 pounds? Is it 50 pounds?" he added.

MacCallum pointed out that CVS defends itself by noting that 79-percent of other companies have a "health assessment" policy in place. "The fine clearly helps to pass along the cost of ObamaCare to the employee, right?" she asked.

"Absolutely," the judge replied. "Because contrary to what the president said, these insurance policies will cost more than the coverage you had before the federal micromanagement."

Judge Napolitano & Glenn Beck discuss the Libertarian Party

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano discusses the Libertarian Party w/ Glenn Beck & The Freedom Answer Book ,Judge Napolitano is a patriot. Glenn Beck still has a ways to go but this is a massive improvement. Unfortunately most people have never learned the correct definition of anarchy and believe the fallacy taught in schools (by teachers that didn't know any better) that no centralized government results in total chaos. It's absurd considering many parts of the world were without centralized governments until the last two centuries or so. Were all these places in a state of chaos prior to centralized/federal governments? Hardly, because they had local governments/authority.

The Communist Party USA Sam Webb stated that the U.S.is now "on the road to Socialism. people.' In th speech delivered at the CPUSA's national convention ,Webb stated it was no exaggeration' to call Obama's victory a "sea change." Norman Thomas,former associate editor of leftist magazine, THE NATION stated the American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism but under 'liberalism America will be a Socialist nation without knowing how it happened. America is divided, but not because of race.The real spectrum is complete respect for individual rights vs. Statism.

Judge Napolitano ~ The Big Government Tyrants need to be stopped!

Judge Napolitano: Will States' Nullification Of Federal Gun Control Laws Hold Up In Court?

2/19/13 - Appearing on Fox's America Live this afternoon, Judge Andrew Napolitano applauded several states' proposals to protect firearms made and kept within their states' borders from any potential federal weapons bans. However, the outspoken libertarian conceded that despite how "ridiculous" federal law has become, the states will likely fail in their effort to shield themselves from the feds.

"If this were 200 years ago, and the Constitution were new, and it meant what it said, this legislation would make sense because at the time, Congress only regulated commercial goods that actually passed from one state to the next," Napolitano explained of the proposed laws and their relation to the so-called "interstate commerce clause."

"But that clause has been so blown out of proportion, by presidents and Congresses and Supreme Courts, that Congress can now legislate anything it wants, even something that moves from one state to the another," the judge lamented. "And even something that isn't commercial in nature simply because, in some theoretical way, its movement or not movement might have some effect on interstate commerce."

Host Megyn Kelly likened that to how during the debate over ObamaCare, the president argued that the law fit under the "commerce clause" — a point which the Supreme Court rejected, instead saying the law was legal under the Constitution's "tax and spend clause." Nevertheless, Obama based his argument on Wickard v. Filburn (1942), which allowed the government to regulate a man growing wheat in his backyard for personal consumption under the commerce clause. That case has set the precedent for many subsequent court rulings.

As such, Kelly asked, "Why would the states try to tee up the challenge of going to the Supreme Court in light of pretty clear precedence that the federal law will prevail?"

"If enough states agree, Congress might back down," Napolitano theorized. "Remember, states can look at the Constitution if enough of them want to."

He also suggested that perhaps this Supreme Court — which has twice within the last five years upheld the individual right to keep and bear arms in states and cities — would refrain from further interfering with that right and "carve out an exception" for congressional regulatory powers.

However, Napolitano conceded the unlikelihood of these states' proposals actually gaining traction: "As much as I love this legislation and wish it would be constitutional, it's directly opposed to 60 years of jurisprudence that lets Congress do anything it wants."

Despite the Supreme Court rejecting Obama's use of the commerce clause for the Affordable Care Act, Napolitano and Kelly said the Wickard ruling would likely be applied here. "This is ridiculous lines of argument, it's rationalizing a way for the Supreme Court around the Constitution's intent, but this is how lawyers and members of congress and judges work," the judge said.

Judge Napolitano on Obama's Drone Strike Policy: 'This Is the Power Claimed by Kings and Tyrants'

Judge Andrew Napolitano, saying on Fox Business Network earlier today that the Justice Department has "resisted in every forum" attempts to gain access to the legal opinions that the drone policy is based on. He said the government has persuaded judges that releasing the information could threaten national security. "Suddenly it shows up in an NBC newsroom earlier this week! It could only have come from a governmental source. So they really have made fools of the federal judges who've spent hours and days and weeks struggling over the laws involved here," said Napolitano, who called the document itself "breathtaking and chilling" because of the power it grants the government. "It says 'any informed high-level U.S. government official can strip an American of his or her constitutional protections and order the killing of that American if the person is overseas, if it's difficult to arrest that person," said Napolitano, explaining that the memo does not clearly define what "imminent danger" to the United States means. "This is the power claimed by kings and tyrants. This is about as un-American a power as one could imagine," he said.

Judge Napolitano: Obama Has Not Hesitated To Kill Foreign And American Innocent Children With Drones

Judge Napolitano: Obama Has Not Hesitated To Kill Foreign And American Innocent Children With Drones , "We have a president who has not hesitated to kill foreign innocent children or American innocent children when they are in a foreign country. He loses credibility when he stands with innocent American children and says 'I'm going to keep you safe,'" Napolitano said