What Ever Happened to the Constitution? | Andrew Napolitano

Judge Andrew Napolitano always struck me as somewhat of a goober on Fox, but in other venues he turns out to be quite thoughtful and intriguing.

Here's a fantastic talk he gave before an audience at the Mises Institute, in which he discusses the total lack of fealty the federal government shows to the Constitution, how it came to be that way, and the insidious ways in which it results in the gradual degradation of individual liberty in this country, in a way that was the exact opposite of what the framers intended. He explains that in essence the Constitution describes the way in which the federal government is to go about its primary function -- the preservation of individual liberty -- and that all other functions are illegitimate... and I would add, contrary to the former.