Posts By Villapiano
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3Judge’s OpinionsWhat Happens When the Firemen Are the Arsonists?
In the past week, two top-20 American banks failed. A bank failure occurs when government regulators determine that the current and likely...
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29Judge’s OpinionsWhat Happens When the Government Breaks Its Own Laws?
Five members of the Proud Boys are currently on trial for sedition in federal court in Washington, D.C. Sedition is a conspiracy...
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306Judge’s OpinionsSpying In Plain Sight
Last week, the Biden administration asked Congress to permit its agents to continue to spy on Americans without search warrants. The actual...
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359Judge’s OpinionsEnemies of All Mankind
Last week in a federal courtroom at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an American physician hired by the Pentagon...
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390Judge’s OpinionsWar and the Constitution
Can the president fight any war he wishes? Can Congress fund any war it chooses? Are there constitutional and legal requirements that...
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334Judge’s OpinionsWar and Indifference
Which is more destructive to personal liberty, a government that engages in secret acts of war or a public and news media...
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354Judge’s OpinionsFreedom’s Extinction
“Freedom is always just one generation away from extinction.” — Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) In December 1776, just six months after the Declaration...
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400Judge’s OpinionsThe Legacy of George W. Bush and His Torturers
In the days and months following the attacks of 9/11, the government laid the blame for orchestrating the attacks on Osama bin...
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641Judge’s OpinionsHow Local Cops Get Your Bank Records
This column has recently outlined the specious arguments offered by the feds when they have been caught spying on ordinary Americans. They...
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542Judge’s OpinionsThe FBI and Personal Liberty
Among the lesser-known holes in the Constitution cut by the Patriot Act of 2001 was the destruction of the “wall” between federal...
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517Judge’s OpinionsA Government by Experts
I have often thought that after Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson was our worst president. By worst is meant least faithful to the...
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483Judge’s OpinionsA Government That Assaults Liberty
During the course of an FBI written response to a Freedom of Information Act request asking about the trade names and suppliers...
