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Andrew P. Napolitano, a former judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, is the senior judicial analyst at Fox News Channel. Judge Napolitano has written eight books on the U.S. Constitution. The most recent are "The Freedom Answer Book" and "Theodore and Woodrow: How Two American Presidents Destroyed Constitutional Freedom." To find out more about Judge Napolitano and to read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.
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What is a just war?

by Andrew Napolitano -- When President Obama announced last April that he was sending the United States military to bomb Libya, he not only violated the United States Constitution, which he has more…

How Reagan-Bush could've ended abortion

by Andrew Napolitano -- Last week marked the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that permitted abortions. Prior to that case, abortion was regulated by each state, more…

The death of economic freedom

by Andrew Napolitano -- The root of economic freedom is the recognition of the right to own private property. That includes the right to utilize it unmolested, to dispose of it without more…

What if elections don't matter?

by Andrew Napolitano -- What if Democrats and Republicans were two wings of the same bird of prey? What if elections were actually useful tools of social control? What if they just more…

Big government can't pay its bills, again

by Andrew Napolitano -- Since Barack Obama became president on Jan. 20, 2009, the federal government has not had a budget. It did not have one for the first two years of more…

The case for austerity

by Andrew Napolitano -- Do you remember this summer's debt debate debacle? It ended with the supercommittee, which ended in failure, which resulted in no cuts in government spending. Do you remember more…

Newt's nutty ideas

by Andrew Napolitano -- If you've been watching cable television regularly, you've heard from many analysts who know Newt Gingrich personally. They either call him the smartest man in the room or more…

The government as lawbreaker, again

by Andrew Napolitano -- Can Congress make legal something that is inherently wrong, and can Congress take a freedom that is a part of our humanity and make its exercise criminal? If more…

What if freedom were temporary?

by Andrew Napolitano -- What if our rights didn't come from God or from our humanity, but from the government? What if the government really thinks we're not unique individuals with immortal more…