Judge Napolitano is actually a pretty level-headed guy. Just about any show on Fox that he gets called into talk on, he often presents damn good points. It's a shame they give Glenn Beck a show but this guy gets mere tidbits.

And yes, I watch Fox News. I watch all major media, simply because I don't trust any of them. </paranoid>

Yes, you're right.
If you imagine him as impotent, he becomes clownish though. And I like the clown in him.


In reply to this comment by GeeSussFreeK:
Uhg, I just watched this and am reminded how much I hate O'Reilly. So rude, arrogant, demeaning, and more!

Uhg, I just watched this and am reminded how much I hate O'Reilly. So rude, arrogant, demeaning, and more!

Judge Napolitano is one of the few voices in the Fox Network that has any sense...and he is relegated to obscurity now that he doesn't toot the company line anymore. He is there to grab us libertarians and anarchists into the fox news bracket, which I find disgusting...yet it is one of the few ways we can see him.

OMG, he called him a pin head?! He treats his guests so well, no wonder he is such a well respected journalist (fucken asshole).

>> ^marinara:

i would respect the judge more, but he's 100% against net neutrality. he loves turning over my internet connection over to abc/disney so they can profit off my tube.


Would your rather the government control that tube? I assure you, they would be far more restrictive, ask Howard Stern. I would like to see what his take on it is if you had any links on that I would love it

I think a better cure would to let other providers into these non-compete zones so people can have real consumer choice instead of governments legislating people into these horrible situations in the first place. >> ^NetRunner:

"At least [newspapers] go out of business when they don't tell the truth."
Uh, it's a little rich for someone on Fox News to say that truth has anything to do with the business model of modern press organizations.
For example, that's not part of the quote from Jefferson...


To me, it was rather clear that was his own attribution, not part of the quote. He was also (Jefferson) big on reading, by which I mean, having a free press doesn't matter if most of the population is illiterate. He is usually seen as the champion of small government, but it was mainly he who made the push for public education. In that, if the public was smart enough, it would be able to see that Fox and other news companies are more interested in news that leads and bleeds than gauges the pulse of history.

http://videosift.com/video/Judge-Napolitano-The-Plain-Truth-The-Government-Lies

>> ^mongoosemonk:
I'll write the sequel - Lies Judge Napolitano Has Told You. Free speech was saved when the DC Circuit struck down net neutrality? Seriously? Does he think Roosevelt should have kept his no foreign wars promise after Pearl Harbor? What a moron.


Did we not put sanctions Japan before that attack? Not justifying the attack, just pointing out that blockades, sanctions, carpet bombings, etcetera are acts of war...

I'll write the sequel - Lies Judge Napolitano Has Told You. Free speech was saved when the DC Circuit struck down net neutrality? Seriously? Does he think Roosevelt should have kept his no foreign wars promise after Pearl Harbor? What a moron.

Seeing the Fox News bug at the bottom of the screen tends to fill me with a cerebral discontent, as if by watching and actually enjoying anything from this news network I am somehow awful for it.

But once I can get past that I tend to enjoy the shows with John Stossel and Judge Napolitano.

>> ^demon_ix:
Who is this Glenn Beck Fill-in twat? And why does Fox think that sending Beck home for a couple of days will bring the advertisers back?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Napolitano

A highly respected and intelligent former judge. Get a clue, twat.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Former-Judge-Andrew-Napolitano-Explains-How-We-Are-LESS-Free
http://www.videosift.com/video/5-8-09-Judge-Napolitano-on-Fox-BUSH-IS-A-FELON
http://www.videosift.com/video/Presidents-Congress-Ignoring-the-Constitution-Judge-Napo

>> ^IAmTheBlurr:
I'm pretty sure that public roads are produced by "the government".


Most roads are produced by the State governments, with federal Aid.

>> ^MaxWilder:
Anyone who is screaming at police officers on their front lawn is clearly causing annoyance and alarm, displaying tumultuous behavior, and quite likely qualifying for several other points. Being on your own property is not a "sanctuary" zone, where you can do whatever the hell you feel like. You still have to maintain some modicum of civility.

From the link brain provided, a section you did not quote providing generic legal defense advice:

Being angry and yelling at someone, even if that person is a police officer, is not sufficient cause to sustain a disorderly conduct charge. You are absolutely permitted to express yourself and your first amendment rights to free speech.

The simple fact is that you are probably more likely to be arrested for a disorderly conduct offense if you personally annoy a police officer. But that doesn't mean that you are guilty by any means.

That, plus the fact that the police department dropped the charge, seems to indicate it was not a proper arrest.

As someone else put it, "there's no such thing as contempt of cop." You're allowed to be mad at cops, and you're allowed to yell things at them. It's generally a stupid and counterproductive thing to do, but it's not against the law in and of itself.

Judge Napolitano seems to go even further, and says that in addition, Crowley entered the home illegally.

There's plenty to ponder here about how much race played a role in this, and who should be considered more at fault, but the illegitimacy of the arrest seems somewhat a settled issue.

My take is that Crowley got angry. Understandable, given that he was accused of racism essentially immediately when he was just responding to a call, but that doesn't make arresting Gates justified. A bigger man would have simply apologized for the misunderstanding on the spot in order to defuse the situation. Instead Crowley has refused to apologize even after the President (stupidly) makes it a national story, and even after the "beer summit."

Neither man should feel proud or justified about their behavior, and they both have something to apologize for. In my opinion Crowley has more to apologize for, because his transgression wasn't merely being rude and yelling; it was arresting someone whose only crime was being mad about a wrongful accusation made against him.

He sure doesn't sound like a Fox news analyst but sure enough, he is. Ironically everything he's stating here would be banned from being shown on Fox news. I wouldn't say he's a douche though.. He writes about presidential, congressional, and judicial abuse of power.

In his book "The Constitution in Exile": He writes how the Federal Government Has Seized Power by Rewriting the Supreme Law of the Land, Judge Napolitano describes how reckless Congresses, imperial presidents, and compliant courts have expanded Washington's power far beyond the constitutional constraints. I'll get back with you on this.

I don't like to watch Fox news much because I've seen some pretty messed up shit there in the past, so I've never seen this guy on there before. More analysis is required for me to proclaim his righteousness or douchebaggery yet.

Check out the several small videos he has at http://www.judgenap.com/multimedia.html
It appears to me that he is a whistleblower from his observations of the Federal Judicial system from his time spent as a NJ Supreme court judge.