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While at the Fox News Channel, Andrew Napolitano quickly earned a reputation as the sole voice of caution, and even of alarm, concerning the conduct by the [[George W. Bush]] administration of the [[War on Terror]]. He repeatedly warned his colleagues that the [[Patriot Act|USA-PATRIOT Act]] violated the [[First Amendment]] and the [[Fourth Amendment]] to the Constitution. In his interviews with Gillespie and Doherty at ''Reason'' he pointed to several very little-known provisions in that Act that, he says, are reminiscent of the "writs of assistance" that British officers during the reign of [[George III]] routinely wrote to justify unreasonable searches and seizures.<ref name=gillespie/><ref name=doherty/> He also charges that the Patriot Act was one of many bills that Congress essentially passed without reading, and that its hurried passage set a precedent that [[Barack Obama]] attempted to copy.

While at the Fox News Channel, Andrew Napolitano quickly earned a reputation as the sole voice of caution, and even of alarm, concerning the conduct by the [[George W. Bush]] administration of the [[War on Terror]]. He repeatedly warned his colleagues that the [[Patriot Act|USA-PATRIOT Act]] violated the [[First Amendment]] and the [[Fourth Amendment]] to the Constitution. In his interviews with Gillespie and Doherty at ''Reason'' he pointed to several very little-known provisions in that Act that, he says, are reminiscent of the "writs of assistance" that British officers during the reign of [[George III]] routinely wrote to justify unreasonable searches and seizures.<ref name=gillespie/><ref name=doherty/> He also charges that the Patriot Act was one of many bills that Congress essentially passed without reading, and that its hurried passage set a precedent that [[Barack Obama]] attempted to copy.

Many of Napolitano's detractors have accused him of being a willing apologist for the Bush administration, especially since he has become an outspoken and relentless critic of the [[Obama Administration]]. But his record, and his interviews at ''Reason'' that he granted long before anyone even imagined that [[Barack Obama]] would in fact be elected President, clearly demonstrate otherwise. Napolitano's profile at the Fox News Channel and the Fox Business Network has certainly heightened significantly in the last year, with semi-regular appearances on programs hosted by [[Neil Cavuto]] and [[Glenn Beck]] (and even appearances as a replacement host for the latter). But in fact that heightening of his profile dates, not from the promulgation of Barack Obama's legislative agenda, nor his inauguration, nor even his election, but from the promulgation of the [[Troubled Asset Relief Program]] in October of 2008,a piece of legislation upon which Napolitano has poured the utmost contempt, a month ''before'' the election.

Many of Napolitano's detractors have accused him of being a willing apologist for the Bush administration, especially since he has become an outspoken and relentless critic of the [[Obama Administration]]. But his record, and his interviews at ''Reason'' that he granted long before anyone even imagined that [[Barack Obama]] would in fact be elected President, clearly demonstrate otherwise. Napolitano's profile at the Fox News Channel and the Fox Business Network has certainly heightened significantly in the last year, with semi-regular appearances on programs hosted by [[Neil Cavuto]] and [[Glenn Beck]] (and even appearances as a replacement host for the latter). But in fact that heightening of his profile dates, not from the promulgation of Barack Obama's legislative agenda, nor his inauguration, nor even his election, but from the promulgation of the [[Troubled Asset Relief Program]] in October 2008,a piece of legislation upon which Napolitano has poured the utmost contempt, a month ''before'' the election.

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