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What's next for NJ, Trump and America?

By: Andrew P. Napolitano
Your Turn
Guest columnist

..... What will the next year [2026] have in store in the chaotic world of American and New Jersey politics? What will come next for the Trump administration? Former President Joe Biden? Israel and Ukraine? Pope Leo XIV?
..... 1. On January 1, 2027, Joe Biden will be:
..... a. A criminal defendant in a case brought by the Trump DPJ.
..... b. Generally regard as smarter than he appears to be today.
..... c. Gone from this vale of tears.
..... d. In hospice.
..... 2. On January 1, 2027, Donald Trump will still be:
..... a. Blaming JD Vance for something.
..... b. Appealing the civil judgments against him.
..... c. Defending the wars he started in Venezuela and Iran.
..... d. Sick and tired of giving Bibi Netanyahu everything he wants and getting nothing in return.
..... 3. In January 2026;JD Vance will:
..... a. Be getting the Mike P Pence treatment from Trump White House
..... b. Be wishing he had stayed in the Senate.
..... c. Realize hat he has become Trump's poodle.
..... d. All of the above.
..... 4. During 2026:
..... a. Elon Musk will announce he's running for governor of California.
..... b. Chris Christie will be back in Trump's good graces.
..... c. Mike Johnson, having lost the speakership, will be back home in Louisiana teaching Sunday school.
..... d. Chuck Schumer will realize that he hates being minority leader in the Senate and will announce he's running for governor of New York.
..... 5. During 2026: the Trump administration will:
..... a. Spend $3 trillion more than it collect in taxes and fees
..... b. Start wars with Venezuela and Iran.
..... c. continue supplying Ukraine with military equipment, ammo and cash.
..... d. All of the above.
..... 6. The first of Trump's Cabinet to leave will be:
..... a. Marco Rubio, in a principle dispute with Steve Witkoff over Ukraine
..... b. Pam Bondi, because she twice blow it on the Epstein files.
..... c. Tulsi Gabbard, when her now intelligence community drives her from office.
..... d. Pet Hegseth, because his own wife will accuse him of killing innocent on the high seas.
..... 7. In 2026:
..... a. Pope Leo's love of the failed papacy of his predecessors will be so obvious that Catholics will call him Francis II.
..... b. Trump will increase the government's debt by $3 trillion.
..... c. Viadnir Putin will triumph in Ukraine as it becomes a neutral country and forswears as BNATO membership.
..... d. All of the above.
..... 8. In 2026:
..... a. Tom Brady will come out of retirement and quarterback the New York giants.
..... b. The Yankees will decisively defeat the dodgers in the World Series.
..... c. Patrick Mahomes will retire and replace Tom Brady at Fox Sports.
..... d. all of the above.
..... 9. By this time next year: [2026]
..... a. Notre Dame will be recognized as college football champion.
..... b. Bill and Hilary Clinton will have announced a formal separation.
..... c. Victorial Nuland will be Number 2 at the State Department.
..... d. None of the above.
..... 10. By this time next year: [2026]
..... a. Bibi Netanyahu will be in prison.
..... b. Volodymyz Zelenskyy will be living in Miami
..... c. TikTok, under its new ownership, will be banning criticism of the Israeli government.
..... d. All of the above.
..... 11. By this time next year: [2027]
..... a. Netflix will have put movie theaters out of business.
..... b. Broadway will be back to its pre-pandemic levels.
..... c. trump will change the name of RFK Stadium to his own name.
..... d. Some of the above.
..... 12. In 2026, Trump will:
..... a. Rescind Executive Order 12333 - which purports to permit warrant-less mass surveillance - and the intelligence community will go berserk.
..... b. Have signed legislation repealing FISA and the Patriot Act.
..... c. Have banned all domestic spying.
.....d. None of the above, but while I breathe, I hope.
..... 13. In 2026:
..... a. The military-industrial complex will have gotten fatter, richer and more powerful.
..... b. The U.S. defense budget will be cut by 25% because the Pentagon will refuse to reveal videos of its killings.
..... c. Trump will announce his candidacy for a third term.
..... d. All of the above.
..... 14. In 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court will:
..... a. Rule that all speech is absolutely protected as a natural right.
..... b. rule that the right to travel is a natural right.
..... c. Reverse Wickard v. Fiburn, which held that even infinitesimal, immeasurable and personal behavior can be congressionally regulated.
..... d. None of the above, but while I breathe, I hope.
..... 15. In 2026, a majority of Americans will:
..... a. Recognize that war is a racket.
..... b. Acknowledge that war is the health of the state.
..... c. Accent all wars because they believe the government's lies.
..... d. condemn the draft as a form of slavery.
..... 16. In 2025, historians will finally acknowledge that:
..... a. Lincoln was the first head of state in history to target militarily civilians of his own country.
..... b. Wilson formed a fourth unaccountable branch of government, unrecognized by the Constitution.
..... c. FDR was a virulent racist who supported the KKK and put Japanese Americans in concentration camps.
..... d. All are true, but none will be recognized.
..... 17. The essence of government is:
..... a. The negation of liberty.
..... b. A monopoly of force in a geographic area.
..... c. Taking from the haves and giving to itself and the have-nots.
..... d. All of the above.
..... 18. The essence of a right is that:
..... a. It comes from our humanity.
..... b. It exists whether the government recognized it or not.
..... c. It can only morally be taken away after a fair jury trial at which the government must prove guilt.
..... d. All of the above.
..... 19. The Constitution of the U.S.:
..... a. Is the supreme law of the land.
..... b. was write to restrain the government.
..... c. Recognizes natural rights.
..... d. Is regularly trashed by the government.
..... e. All of the above.
..... 20. That government is best:
..... a. Which governs least.
..... b. Which leaves us alone.
..... c. Which tells the truth all the time.
..... d. Which bends over backward to avoid war.
..... e All of the above.

Judge Napolitano's ... answers

..... My choices: 1c, 2a, 3d, 4a, 5d, 6b, 7d, 8b, 9d,10c,11d,12d, 13a, 14d, 15c, 16d, 17d, 18d,193, 203.
..... Happy New year!

..... Andrew P. Napolitanio, a former New Jersey Superior Court Judge, has published nine books on the U.S. constitution. To learn more visit JudgeNap.com

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