Sorry, Judge N. I have a lot of respect for Judge Napolitano, but he’s wrong here.
You can’t decouple natural rights from responsibility. When the government forces people to support invading aliens, regardless of their backstory, it is committing oppression. People have a natural right to life and liberty, and to self-defense and self-determination.
Napolitano’s interpretation would mean that what’s mine is theirs, but not vice-versa. Also, he’s a learned judge—why is he ignoring the discussion that occurred in Congress before passage of the 14th amendment? Why is he blowing off the “and subject to thereof” language?
Why not quote the Justice who said “The Constitution is not a suicide pact?”
The more I hear from Andrew Napolitano the more I think he is a crackpot.