About Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Notre Dame Law School. He is the youngest life-tenured Superior Court judge in the history of the State of New Jersey.  He sat on the bench from 1987 to 1995, when he presided over more than 150 jury trials and thousands of motions, sentencings and hearings. 

Judge Napolitano taught constitutional law and jurisprudence at Delaware Law School for one and half years and at Seton Hall Law School for 11 years, and at Brooklyn Law School for four years. He was often chosen by the students as their most outstanding professor. He returned to private practice in 1995, and began television work in the same year. 

As Fox News’ Senior Judicial Analyst from 1997 to 2021, Judge Napolitano gave 14,500 broadcasts nationwide on the Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. He is nationally known for watching and reporting on the government as it takes liberty, property, and economic opportunity.

Judge Napolitano lectures nationally on the U.S. Constitution, the rule of law, civil liberties in wartime, and human freedom. He has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and numerous other publications. His weekly newspaper column is seen by millions every Thursday. The Judge is a nationally recognized champion of personal freedom.

The Judge is the author of ten books on the U.S. Constitution, two of which have been New York Times Best Sellers. His most recent book, Freedom’s Anchor: An Introduction to Natural Law Jurisprudence in American Constitutional History is a 500-page, 2,000-footnote treatise on the origins and development of natural law theory. It examines every U.S. Supreme Court decision that expressly accepts and expressly rejects the idea that our rights come from our humanity.

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Free Speech and Its Discontents Sep 25, 2025

"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are 20 gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ... Read More

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'Show Me Your Papers!' Sep 18, 2025

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and parti... Read More

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Taking the Constitution Seriously Sep 11, 2025

Last week, the President of the United States did not take the Constitution seriously. He ordered the murders of 11 people who were riding in a speedboat in the Caribbean Sea around 1,300 miles from the U.S. Afterward he said he did so because he be... Read More

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The Feds Defend Their Tortures Again Sep 04, 2025

While the public's attention this summer has been drawn to masked ICE agents arresting folks without warrants, presidentially imposed sales taxes on goods emanating from foreign countries that have been invalidated by three federal courts, and the fr... Read More