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Andrew P. Napolitano
Judge Andrew Napolitano at CPAC in February 2010.
Born	June 6, 1950 (1950-06-06) (age 59) Newark, New Jersey, United States
Occupation	Judicial analyst (FNC) Co-host of Brian and the Judge (Fox News Radio)
Website Biography on FoxNews.com

Andrew P. Napolitano (born June 6, 1950 in Newark, New Jersey) is a former New Jersey Superior Court Judge and now a political and legal analyst for Fox News Channel. Napolitano started on the channel in 1998, and currently serves as the network's senior judicial analyst, commenting on legal news and trials. He is a graduate of Princeton University (where he was a founding member of the Concerned Alumni of Princeton) and Notre Dame Law School.

1 Judicial and academic career
2 Media career
3 Writing career
4 Politics
5 References
6 External links

Judicial and academic career

Napolitano sat on the New Jersey bench from 1987 to 1995, becoming the state's youngest life-tenured judge. He also served as an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University School of Law for 11 years. Napolitano resigned his judgeship in 1995 to pursue his writing and television career.

Media career

Prior to joining Fox as a news analyst, Napolitano was the presiding judge on the television show, Power of Attorney, which was similar to shows such as, The People's Court, where people brought small-claims disputes to a televised courtroom. The difference in Napolitano's TV "courtroom" was that plaintiffs and defendants were represented, "pro bono," by famous attorneys. The show ran in syndication during the 2000–2001 season.

Napolitano also co-hosts his own talk radio show on Fox News Radio titled, Brian and the Judge, with Brian Kilmeade. Judge Napolitano also hosts an online show daily called Freedom Watch that can been seen at Foxnews.com/freedomwatch. Frequent guests to Freedom Watch are Congressman Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, and Lew Rockwell. Freedom Watch originally aired once a week on Wednesdays at 2:00 pm on Fox News' strategy room. On September 14, 2009 it became a show that airs 3 to 4 times a week.

Writing career

In 2004, he wrote the book, Constitutional Chaos: What Happens When the Government Breaks its Own Laws, a criticism of the American justice system.

In 2006, Napolitano wrote, The Constitution in Exile: How the Federal Government Has Seized Power by Rewriting the Supreme Law of the Land.

A third book, A Nation of Sheep, was released in October 2007.

In April 2009, Napolitano's fourth book, Dred Scott's Revenge: A Legal History of Race and Freedom in America, was released.

In March, 2010, Napolitano's fifth book will be released: Lies the Government Told You: Myth, Power, and Deception in American History.

According to Napolitano's radio show he is currently working on a sixth book which will be about President Barack Obama and the current state of America.