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| A Nation of Sheep | 
 enlarge | Author: Andrew P. Napolitano
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Category: Book
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Pages: 256
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ISBN: 1595550976
Dewey Decimal Number: 323.0973
EAN: 9781595550972
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Publication Date: October 30, 2007
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 A Conservative Who Gets It February 13, 2008
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
Sometimes, it seems, we conservatives can't see the forest for the trees. We are the idealogues who are supposed to believe in limited government, the rule of law, and absolute, unencumbered liberty. The Constitution, as viewed by conservative eyes, is a document of government restraint--not government power.
Judge Andrew Napolitano, a constitutional scholar and FOX News judicial consultant, understands this, yet laments that so many people--fellow conservatives included--have willingly enabled the federal government to undermine our God-given, inalienable freedom. . .all under the guise of "keeping us safe." And he presents his arguments--in a clear, concise, and articulate manner--in his book A NATION OF SHEEP (very aptly titled).
Judge Napolitano is concerned, and rightly so, about the erosion of our civil liberties--by an administration that claims to be "conservative." To the contrary. The suspension of habeas corpus, warrantless eavesdropping and surveillance, arbitrary executive power grabs, torture and kidnapping, suppression of the press: These are not "conservative" values, by any stretch of the imagination. Yet the good jurist points out how we as a people--as a nation of sheep--have willingly allowed the federal government to absorb these extraordinary powers; how instead of resistance we quietly acquiesce. And if we, as a people, willingly and incrementally surrender our freedoms to the government, Napolitano warns, we grant more and more power to a government that will never, ever, relinquish it.
A NATION OF SHEEP is as brilliant as it is fundamentally disturbing. The horrific events of 9/11 have exacerbated the federal government's power grab; it is time to elect leaders who will uphold--not violate--the Constitution. In fact, at the end of this book, Judge Napolitano includes two documents that should be required reading for every American: The Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States. This conservative judge gets it; here's hoping his fellow conservatives wake up, before it is too late.
--D. Mikels, Author, Walk-On
 Surprisingly poor showing by Napolitano March 10, 2008
15 out of 26 found this review helpful
I enjoy listening to Andrew Napolitano on FoxNews. He is literally the only one of the network's "legal analysts" who actually appears to know the law.
However, in reading this book, the views are so different than what he espouses on television, that I wonder if he actually wrote the book or even proofread it. Napolitano thanks a number of research assistants and others for their help and it is quite possible that he did not do his own fact checking.
He should have, because not only is the book thinly sourced in terms of case citations, many of the "facts" are just plain dead wrong, which is regrettable because the subject is so serious.
In fact, it appears that book was written by someone with a political animus toward the current administration, which is not how Napolitano comes across on FoxNews.
Errors reflecting a political bias abound. For example, the book cites the "enormous oil contracts granted to Halliburton, the vice president's oil company". Halliburton is not an "oil company". It provides, among many other things, services to oil drillers and refiners. It is among the world's leading suppliers of these services and there are few such firms. The left-wing has been floating a myth for years that some contracts were improperly awarded to Halliburton. These allegations were investigated by the FBI, Congressional committees and the media and no wrong-doing was found. Moreover, Cheney cannot gain from improvement in Halliburton's business. This allegation has also been much investigated and found to be without foundation.
Napolitano cites a federal court decision by Judge Anna Diggs Taylor that allegedly held the Executive Branch to be in violation of the Constitution. What is not mentioned is that this decision was widely criticized by legal scholars, including many opposed to the administration, as being unsound. The trial court decision was overturned by the Sixth Ciruit Court of Appeals. Napolitano criticizes this decision, which was based on a lack of plaintiff's standing to bring the suit. But the point is that the trial court should never have allowed the suit to to trial, a point made by many of the critics. The trial court judge was making a political point, which is just as bad as any of the practices Napolitano attacks.
Finally, Napolitano cites yet another left-wing myth, the guards at Guantanamo "flushed a Koran down the toilet". Napolitano cites a Newsweek article as the source of this allegation - but fails to mention that Newsweek published an apology for its false report within a couple of weeks.
There is a standard jury instruction to the effect that if a juror believes a witness has lied in one thing that the juror is correct to believe that the witness may have lied in all things.
That is the problem with this book: Napolitano has enough of his facts wrong to cast doubt on all the facts he claims to cite.
This is very unfortunate because the subjects Napolitano claims to be addressing are indeed very important. But I don't believe Napolitano can be trusted in his discussion of these problems. Too many facts are just plain wrong. Citing a Newsweek article as a source when an apology for the untruth is published barely two weeks later does not lend creditability to an author who quotes one, but not the other.
I cannot recommend this book to the serious student of politics and jurisprudence. And I am sorry to say that my once favorable opinion of Judge Napolitano is greatly diminished.
Jerry
Take the battery out of your cell phone, quick! November 5, 2007
13 out of 19 found this review helpful
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Sadly, the sheep will ignore Andrew Napolitano's warnings at their own peril. After all, there's only so much time to think about such unpleasantries....jeez, it's fourth and goal, and Survivor's on next!
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Ar Last, Someone has Said it.............. November 8, 2007
13 out of 19 found this review helpful
Not a Fox Network fan BUT the good Judge has hit the nail this time!
Wolf or Sheep? December 28, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Despite being an experienced jurist, Judge Andrew Napolitano does not use legalese. The good judge writes in a very clear, concise easy to read style. The book reads quickly. Once you start, you cannot stop. I finished in two evenings part-time.
The wise judge chronicles the systematic and rapid destruction of our Constitution, our individual rights, and our system of government. A Nation of Sheep is a must read. Are we to be wolves, like our nation's founders, willing to bite back at the hands that try to chain us; or mere sheep to be herded, controlled and led unquestionably by those who think they know better than us what is best for us? The fearless judge is certainly one of the wolves.
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