Liberty Maven

Judge Andrew Napolitano is one if the few publicly vociferous voices in the wilderness, crying out for the masses to pay attention to how the Federal Government is overstepping its bounds with regards to the document that created it: the U.S. Constitution.

Napolitano is host to one of the hottest new shows on the ‘net, FreedomWatch, which airs every Wednesday at 2pm, and features notable guests such as Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Lew Rockwell, Rand Paul, John Lott, Andrew Levy, Cody Willard, Mark Skousen, and more.  The archives are always available at FreedomWatchOnFOX.com.

In a recent article by the Judge, entitled Can Congress Write Any Laws It Wants?, he discusses government’s propensity to violate natural law and violate its Constitutional boundaries.  He sums it up nicely:

Is freedom a reality or a myth? Are the rights guaranteed in the Constitution real or just a pretense? Isn’t the whole purpose of government in a free society to uphold rights rather than interfere with them? If the answers to these questions are no longer obvious, it is because we have a central government whose only self-acknowledged limitation is whatever it can get away with.

The situation has slowly gotten out of hand, beginning with the days of Alexander Hamilton, and ramping up more quickly since 9/11/2001.

Read what Judge Napolitano has to say:

“Some men think the Earth is round, others think it flat… But, if it is flat, will the King’s command make it round? And if it is round, will the King’s command flatten it? … NO.”

When Robert Bolt wrote that truism in his play A Man For All Seasons, his protagonist, Thomas More, was attempting to persuade the jury at his trial for high treason that all governments have limitations, and that the statute he was accused of violating was beyond Parliament’s lawful authority to enact. Sir Thomas was there appealing to the natural law as well as to the common sense of his jurors: The government can’t change the laws of nature. As we know, he fared no better than those who today argue that Congress is not omnipotent, has natural, moral, and constitutional limitations on its power, and every day fails to abide them. [Continue reading]