Presented by Judge Andrew Napolitano at the 2010 Mises University. Includes an introduction by Mises Institute founder and chairman, Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. Recorded 29 July 2010 in Auburn, Alabama.
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What Ever Happened to the Constitution? | Andrew Napolitano
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questionmarkjones
November 25, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Kissing a dude’s forehead in public. So Italian!
questionmarkjones
November 25, 2010 at 10:54 pm
This is fucking adorable. I want to whisper political things into twentysomething girls’ ears.
openURmindsEye
November 25, 2010 at 11:37 pm
Ron Paul and Judge Napolitano 2012!!!
knowthingman
November 26, 2010 at 12:12 am
Napolitano’s opinion is the same as ayn rands argument against collectivism and reflects the key understanding that a gov whose charter is for the “public good” or “the most good for the most people” is on a course for fascism and totalitarianism, for this same gov will define what this “good” is. the focus must always be on what is best for the individual. what is best for the individual is best for the people. what is best for the “group” is best for the gov…and the enemy of the people.
pretorious700
November 26, 2010 at 12:21 am
It’s really refreshing to see people reacting so positively to someone because of IDEAS, not a cult of personality.
ericjaynelson
November 26, 2010 at 12:48 am
This guy is a true American hero! He’s the only guy I can think of on Fox who will even dare to mention the bilderberg group, the trilateral commission, the cfr, the federal reserve, etc… By acknowledging the whole truth we can defeat this profound wickedness that wants to usher in a one world dictatorship.
ObamaIsDaAntiChrist
November 26, 2010 at 12:54 am
Someone should make Sarah Palin a martye 🙂
EASHER4936
November 26, 2010 at 12:57 am
EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS, THE SENATE, AND EVERY JUDGE SHOULD WATCH THIS.
LibertyMike1
November 26, 2010 at 1:53 am
One United States Senator has watched this video!
longbeachboy57
November 26, 2010 at 2:37 am
Who clicked thumbs down???
occultologist
November 26, 2010 at 3:31 am
beyond me.
occultologist
November 26, 2010 at 4:17 am
if a theif came to your house, stole your things, and gave you an excuse like, well, i need the money to feed my children, or, i just lost my job and i need a break, or, i’m going to give the money to charity, would you let him keep your things? probably not, but we let government get away with this all the time, why? the illusion that government is more righteous than your common theif perhaps. fear of just how powerful government is. how did government get falsely associated with altruism is
occultologist
November 26, 2010 at 4:55 am
human beings have many fears and desires, we have alrtuism (the desire to sacrifice ourselves or our neighbours for the greater good), mutualism (eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, one hand washes the other), and egoism (sacrificing the greater good for me). saying the laws of trees exist before trees came into existence is absurd, so is saying our codes of conduct exist before we concieve of them. government claims it desires the greater good more than you do, but how do you know?
occultologist
November 26, 2010 at 5:32 am
our rights don’t come from god, they come from our natural fear of death, our desire to be free, our courage to stand up for ourselves and others and our ability to articulate these fears and desires. at least that’s what i think. they don’t exist prior to people, but at the moment they concieve of and declare them. but within us also exists the desire to protect the greater good, which sometimes comes into conflict with our other desires, so we try to satisfy both desires as best we can.
rmccay88
November 26, 2010 at 6:08 am
Napolitano is the only person that I think is smarter than Ron Paul in the freedom movement. I love Paul but even the Judge knows Austrian economics as well as he knows the law when he talks about it. It takes a life time of studying to become as smart and informed as the Judge.
maskedphrogg
November 26, 2010 at 6:44 am
@MarmaladeINFP
Yep, you nailed me. I’m a partisan of reason and looking at history not rewriting it.
Your eyes are almost open now. You’ve come to the realization or been forced to admit that the Clintons, Bushes, Cheneys and Obama are all of the same cloth. R’s and D’s are meaningless appendages of those who forward an imperialist agenda and greater gov authority domestically. Why you don’t rail against them and their treasonous ideals instead of coincidental benefactors is baffling.
MarmaladeINFP
November 26, 2010 at 7:12 am
@MarmaladeINFP
benjamindavidsteele.wordpress. com/2010/02/05/demographics-red-states-blue-states/
benjamindavidsteele.wordpress. com/2010/08/31/10-states-with-ridiculously-low-unemployment-and-why/
benjamindavidsteele.wordpress. com/2010/09/14/poor-rich-better-off-with-democrats/
MarmaladeINFP
November 26, 2010 at 7:16 am
@MarmaladeINFP Reagan did this all while growing the govt & creating the permanent debt we now have. You’re a partisan ideologue & I’m not. I don’t care about & don’t vote for either of the parties, but I’m informed enough to know Democrats are often better when it comes to fiscal issues & the economy.
benjamindavidsteele.wordpress. com/2010/07/21/national-debt-starve-the-beast-wealth-disparity/
benjamindavidsteele.wordpress. com/2010/07/23/liberals-are-the-new-fiscal-conservatives/
MarmaladeINFP
November 26, 2010 at 7:53 am
@maskedphrogg That’s right, it was Democrats and Republicans working together that got rid of Glass-Steagall. However, it was Clinton and the Democrats alone that passed the Balanced Budget Act which helped create the surplus that Bush squandered. Although when one looks at things with an objective eye one does notice that yes, the economy temporarily improved by deregulation at the cost of outsourcing jobs, lowering wages, increasing wealth disparity, and increasing monopolization.
maskedphrogg
November 26, 2010 at 8:45 am
@MarmaladeINFP
That’s right, it was Democrats that spearheaded the drive to get rid of Glass-Steagal, Reagan had nothing to do with that. Although when one looks at things with an objective eye one does notice that yes, the economy did take an upswing with the deregulation put into Law by Ronald Reagan. Did you have a point in there somewhere or were you just taking the opportunity to bash innovation and personal responsibility while seeming to distance yourself from your original claims?
MarmaladeINFP
November 26, 2010 at 9:18 am
@maskedphrogg Watch the video I linked & then come back to have an intelligent discussion. The US economy was booming when it was highly regulated. Reagan got rid of the anti-monopoly laws & monopolies grew. Clinton got rid of Glass-Steagall & we had risky financial gambling. Germany & China became two of the strongest economies in the world by having highly regulated capitalism.
benjamindavidsteele.wordpress. com/2010/08/27/capitalist-us-vs-socialist-germany/
maskedphrogg
November 26, 2010 at 9:44 am
@MarmaladeINFP
Let me get this straight. You are going to use the argument that overreaching powerful gov is the reason Big Business should be done away with. You are a piece of work. That is a big part of what I’ve been arguing to you. It is Govs that overreach their proper authority and thus should be limited. History, that you belittle, is filled with such examples eg. Fascist Italy, Fascist Germany, China (when it was red w/communism not presently as it turns green w/capital(ism))
MarmaladeINFP
November 26, 2010 at 10:04 am
@maskedphrogg Many centuries of firsthand experience? Govts that control the means of production are called communist. When those who control the means of production have political power that is fascism. Neither sounds appealing to me. I prefer a constitutional democracy where people have more power than corporations & corporations aren’t considered people, where the economy is run by small businesses & by independent localized markets & not by monopolies & coportocracy.
/watch?v=LXeCidzR1a8
maskedphrogg
November 26, 2010 at 10:29 am
@MarmaladeINFP
That is a rather bold statement and goes contrary to many centuries of first hand experience. Your unwillingness to accept that Big Business has no authority w/o Big Gov enforcing it will not make it go away. Monopolies and other limits on production are always enforced by Gov edict not business entity desire. I have no idea why you dislike success in business enterprise. I do know that big and government are inherently problematic and always produce far more harm than good.
MarmaladeINFP
November 26, 2010 at 10:53 am
@maskedphrogg The harm I describe here is primarily concentrated power in all its forms & what happens when those concentrated powers collude. Neither big govt nor big biz is inherently problematic in & of themselves. The problem is when they aren’t kept separated & when they don’t balance each other. Countries where big biz controls everything are as bad as countries where big govt controls everything. Eliminating one w/o eliminating the other would lead to even greater concentration of power.