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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 9 years, 11 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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PROOF: https://twitter.com/Judgenap/status/5419...

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FROM SCOTT: The Judge will be here at 1PM ET. Post your questions here now as comments below. If you have multiple questions, please post them individually. Try and keep the questions brief so the Judge can get through as many as possible. Also, make sure to vote on the questions (and this post) as the best will rise to the the top of the list.

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  • Posted by robertmbeard 9 years, 11 months ago
    Are there any countries out there, in your opinion, that do a better job than the USA in respecting and protecting natural individual freedoms? While I am not yet ready to emigrate, there may come a day when those of us who cherish freedom see no better alternative, as much as that pains me to say...
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  • Posted by ssnyh 9 years, 11 months ago
    I'm not sure how much personal latitude you get at Fox, so how much would you like to say that might bring up contractual issues?
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  • Posted by individualrights1st 9 years, 11 months ago
    Mine is a legal question. How can you change in midstream the legal definition of a word that has been defined in the law dictionaries for at least a couple hundred of years? These definitions are used by law makers so that the clear intent of the law is understood. Who knows how many of thousands of laws were made using that specific term and what impact it could have after you change the meaning. Would it not make all previous laws using that term null and void or, at best, that none of them would apply going forward after the change, IE: none of the previous laws would apply to anyone who gets "married" after the definition change?
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  • Posted by Barbie 9 years, 11 months ago
    I always enjoy your detailed and logical analysis on the radio and TV. I'm looking forward to reading your book. Is it too late for America to get out of the ditch? What will it take to wake up Americans?
    Bharrell
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  • Posted by bassboat 9 years, 11 months ago
    Hypocrisy was at its finest when the folks in congress said that the Georgian people should be able to decide for themselves their destiny and not Russia. Yet we are not allowed this privilege here in the states. If you agree that we will have sections of the country to secede when do you think that this will happen and how it will come about.
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  • Posted by BostonTEA 9 years, 11 months ago
    The immigration issue splits Libertarians, to a certain extent - free flow of labor versus 'how can you have open borders and a wide-open social safety net.' What are your thoughts on immigration, and where do you think most libertarians fall on this issue?
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  • Posted by JackG 9 years, 11 months ago
    With impending Republican majority in Congress, ostensibly by those elected largely on the basis of conservative values, what are the mechanisms and chances for replacement of Republican House and Senate leaders who continue to undermine the values of the voters?
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  • Posted by genevallee 9 years, 11 months ago
    Judge, I really listen to everything you tell us on television. Have you ever considered running for President? It would restore my faith in this government if you were President!
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  • Posted by greenhornet 9 years, 11 months ago
    Is the President the Commander and Chief without a Declaration of war? and is this why we are in a constant state of war, to give them war time powers?
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  • Posted by brian9665 9 years, 11 months ago
    On March 21st 2010 Congress passed the affordable care act. The act mandated that all insurers provide free preventative health services to their customers, however the decision of which services counted as 'preventative' was left up to the secretary of the HHS. Is this practice of congress leaving major legislative decisions in the hands of the president and his staff common? Should we expect to see more of it?
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 9 years, 11 months ago
    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 TheRealBill 9 years, 11 months ago
      The constitution doesn't specify how the electors within a state are to vote other than (by amendment 12) they are to vote for POTUS and VPOTUS specifically.
      Because it is silent on that subject, however the state or it's electors decide to vote is entirely up to them.

      Indeed, the Constitution doesn't specify how to choose electors: "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct...".

      In essence the "popular vote" is merely a tool we sue to try to bring a sense of "we did this" to the process. In truth the electors are, by U.S. constitution, allowed to vote for whomever they want. Frankly, if a state wanted to have their Governor appoint the electors that would not be in opposition to the rules of the U.S. constitution, so long as the appointment was done on election day.

      Wouldn't that be fun, though? If one or more states decided to do that?
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 9 years, 11 months ago
    Greetings and salutations, Judge Napolitano.

    You are quite popular and mentioned routinely here.
    I have posted a thread that has already gathered quite a few questions for you.
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    I could copy and paste the lot of them here, but to avoid clutter I hope you can link to them and decide which are of interest and you have time to address.

    We are very interested in your opinions.

    Carpe diem!
    O.A.
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    • Posted by sdesapio 9 years, 11 months ago
      You'll want to repost them on this post OA (we don't want the judge to waste any time surfing around the Gulch to find the questions). Also, you should post each question as an individual comment so they can be voted on by other members. There's no limit to the number of questions you can ask. Thanks.
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