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I'm Judge Andrew Napolitano and I'm happy to have landed in the Gulch. Ask Me Anything.

Posted by JudgeNap 10 years, 4 months ago to Books
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I'm Judge Andrew Napolitano, Senior Judicial Analyst for Fox News Channel, and New York Times best selling author. I was the youngest life-tenured Superior Court judge in the history of the State of New Jersey and I'll be here today from 1PM to 2PM ET to take your questions and to talk about my new book "Suicide Pact" (http://suicidepactbook.com/), a book exposing the alarming history of presidential power grabs performed in the name of national security.

Today through Wednesday, when you buy "Suicide Pact", you'll be eligible to get another one of my books, "The Freedom Answer Book", for free. Find details here: http://suicidepactbook.com/bookbomb.php

Gulch Producers get a third book of mine, "Theodore and Woodrow: How Two American Presidents Destroyed Constitutional Freedom", for free as well. Find details here: http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/posts/1a...

Alex will be helping me out with my today by reading me the questions over the phone and typing my responses. I look forward to your questions and comments. I'll be back at 1PM ET.

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EDIT 1: 12.08.14 1PM: The Judge is here. Here we go.

EDIT 2: 12.08.14 2PM: The Judge has left the building! Check out his farewell comment here: http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/posts/1b...

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  • Posted by $ dballing 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The Declaration of Independence has no legal standing in our existing system of law and governance.
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    Posted by JudgeNap 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well, Conservatives don’t usually take my advice. Since I am far too Libertarian for most of them.

    But my advice on this would be generally “yes.” Any lawful peaceful mechanism that can result in the reduction of the size and scope of the federal government is a step in the right direction. I am aware of the fears that people have of the Constitutional Convention.

    The vast majority of states today find the federal government repellant and would happily ratify a new document. So, I see only good that can come of this.

    If the new document is ratified by half the states the other half would suffer under the present one and would perhaps be free to leave the present one and go to the new. I can’t even figure out how this would work.

    But all of this is a step in the right direction.
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  • Posted by xthinker88 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Of course, arguably the declaration of independence is, by definition, an authorization for a state's right to secede. That said, Lincoln fought a war to overturn that right and then, ironically, referred back to it in his famous speech at Gettysburgh (4 score and 7 years ago goes to 1776).
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  • Posted by $ jlc 10 years, 4 months ago
    If you could add one Amendment to the Constitution of the US, what would it be?

    Jan
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 4 months ago
    From another contributor to my previous thread:
    Do you see any possibility of ending the majority of the regulatory agencies, and is it even possible?
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  • Posted by jetgraphics 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    REPUBLICAN FORM - that form of government wherein the people directly exercise sovereignty, and are served -not ruled- by government (and its subject citizens). The sovereign people retain possession of all their endowed and inalienable rights, powers, and liberties, and no democratic majority can vote them away. The servant government exercises power to secure rights, and only by special delegation via consent, may it govern. Though not perfect, it is the best form, securing the maximum liberty and freedom to its sovereign people.
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 4 months ago
    From another contributor to my previous thread:
    How should the Republicans disassemble things like Obamacare and the unconstitutional executive orders?
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  • Posted by robertmbeard 10 years, 4 months ago
    Are there any countries, in your opinion, that do a better job of respecting and protecting natural individual freedoms than the USA? While I am not yet ready to emigrate, there may come a day when those of us who cherish freedom see no better option, as much as it pains me to say so...
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  • Posted by georgejohnson 10 years, 4 months ago
    Dear Judge, I'm a singer/songwriter in Nashville and having to deal with the Copyright Royalty Board in the Copyright Office that sets music royalty rates at .0012 cents per play for streaming. A 3 judge panel in a "song tribunal" price fixing rates at literally nothing. What can be done to abolish the CRB? Does it take an act of Congress that created the CRB with 2004 Copyright Reform bill or can they be sued on constitutional grounds like a "taking" of property without due process? Thanks and all the best! George
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 4 months ago
    From another contributor to my previous thread:
    #1. How would you limit government? What functions would you have it retain, assuming it would discard or "privatize" all the rest?

    2. Separate question: which powers should stay reserved to the States as against the federal government?

    3. What means of raising revenue are most consistent with the Constitution, the limited powers of government as in 1 or 2 above, and basic human liberty?
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 4 months ago
    From another contributor to my previous thread:
    If you could add one Amendment to the Constitution of the US, what would it say?
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    Posted by JudgeNap 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Great question. Profound question. Yes, I think that a peaceful revolution can come about when the people in the government themselves realize that they are bankrupt, that their ideas are bankrupt, that their banks are bankrupt.

    People may find that there is more freedom in certain parts of the country and if the federal government is not tamed, the United States may separate into several smaller countries each with its own culturally norms.

    I hope that it doesn’t come to a bloody revolution, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that is the case.
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 4 months ago
    From another contributor to my previous thread:
    Who do you think is the greatest capitalist, Carnegie or Rockefeller? If one these are not your pick then who.
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  • Posted by ewv 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    They're concerned enough to have announced they are out to "destroy" the tea party movement. Other than that they seem more preoccupied with their own internal power struggles and manipulating elections to stay in power. There is a different mindset in Washington that would stun most citizens to see it directly. There is kind of hubris there that is alien to everything the country was founded for. But Eudaimonia has raised good questions to explore this further with everyone who has experienced it first hand..
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 4 months ago
    From another contributor to my previous thread:
    1), Which poses the greatest danger to the US; the Council on Foreign Relations or the central bank (fed reserve)? And

    2), what course of action(s) would he propose to end either of them or both?
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  • Posted by jetgraphics 10 years, 4 months ago
    Under the republican form of government, the people are sovereign, absolutely owning themselves, their property, and their labor. . . unless they consent otherwise. Under the indirect democratic form of government, the consenting citizens are subjects, obligated to perform mandatory civic duties, in exchange for political liberties (voting and holding public office).

    Do you recognize that an American national / non-citizen / free inhabitant domiciled upon his private property within the boundaries of the united States of America is an American sovereign?

    But if you believe there is no such thing as an “American sovereign,” what is Ambrose Bierce referring to here:
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    ALIEN, n. An American sovereign in his probationary state.
    - - - - “The Devil’s Dictionary” (1906), by Ambrose Bierce
    (download available from gutenberg.org)
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 4 months ago
    From another contributor to my previous thread:
    Is the multi-state compact to award all electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote, regardless of the individual state's vote, Constitutional or not?
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 4 months ago
    From another contributor to my previous thread:
    If nominated to the Supreme Court, would you serve? Why/why not?
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 4 months ago
    From another contributor to my previous thread:
    If it could be proven that the Fed has been manipulating the stock market, is that a legally actionable offense?

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  • Posted by PURB 10 years, 4 months ago
    Are you signing copies of your new book? I'd like to promote them on my web site pen ultimate rare books.
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  • Posted by Eudaimonia 10 years, 4 months ago
    Ok, here's a couple of light-hearted questions.

    Do you enjoy a good cigar?
    If so, what are your recommendations.
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  • Posted by PURB 10 years, 4 months ago
    Dear Judge Napoitano
    For the security and protection of the United States, is torture ever constitutionally justified?
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 4 months ago
    From another contributor to my previous thread:
    Do you agree that there is a movement towards more liberty by everyday citizens in the US?
    Can it gain momentum, or will it be quashed by institutional collectivism?
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