Why The US is in 42 Different National Emergencies

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  • @JayClarkson981
    @JayClarkson981 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1923

    You showed the wrong emergency at 3:17 , I'm sorry but you meant the one below it. Alexander Lukashenko runs Belarus not Syria. There are alot I can see how you got confused.

    • @confusedwhale
      @confusedwhale 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +200

      I went looking as well when I saw the leader of Belarus and trying to figure out how he was related to one of the Syrian EO bans.
      For those that are interested, the Belarus order is Executive Order 13405.

    • @Morbos1000
      @Morbos1000 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

      Came over here from the Nebula version of the video just to say this (Nebula has no comments). Thought I was going crazy for a minute when I read Syria but saw the head of Belarus!

    • @ShadowebEB
      @ShadowebEB 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Same here, but I think the majority of viewers didn't notice anything.

    • @ieatgarbage8771
      @ieatgarbage8771 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      I believe the official response to such an emergency is to blame Amy

    • @АртёмЩукин-я2х
      @АртёмЩукин-я2х 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@ieatgarbage8771it is, doesn’t matter that this video was written by Ben

  • @Iamthelolrus
    @Iamthelolrus 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3127

    I will totally vote for you if you promise to make all of the internet a giant rick roll for one day every year.

    • @CC-S6-01
      @CC-S6-01 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +159

      Only if the day is random

    • @royce9018
      @royce9018 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      A deepfake of fish men rickrolling

    • @j.p.obregon1415
      @j.p.obregon1415 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      The fact that Sam can form a complete sentence already puts him ahead of the incumbent...

    • @sylvy16
      @sylvy16 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      @@CC-S6-01just a random day decided by a random number generator, but also excluded weekends and holidays so it actually makes things way worse.

    • @goosenotmaverick1156
      @goosenotmaverick1156 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@CC-S6-01came here to add this. It's only a Rick Roll if it wasn't foreseen 😂

  • @jimsonjohnson3761
    @jimsonjohnson3761 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +123

    "It's not like anyone could have stopped him (Abraham Lincoln) anyway"
    ... I think John Wilkes Booth believed otherwise

    • @richardscathouse
      @richardscathouse 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Damage was already done 😢

    • @jeffbenton6183
      @jeffbenton6183 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@richardscathouse Yes, ending slavery was quite "damaging"

    • @jeffbenton6183
      @jeffbenton6183 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The assassination had nothing to do with the writ of habeas corpus. Booth himself told a friend he was going to assassinate the President to prevent black people from being granted the right to vote.
      (Yes, I know this is a joke, but some people unironically believe that Lincoln was a villain, so I felt the need to speak up, even though that doesn't seem to be what was intended here)

    • @the-digital-idiot
      @the-digital-idiot 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Hay, Booth just helped make Abraham more open minded.

    • @louisryan5815
      @louisryan5815 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@jeffbenton6183 that was the last thing Lincoln cared about

  • @shadowtiger1905
    @shadowtiger1905 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1037

    Showing the NATO logo when talking about the UN is such a vibe, as the UN has less bombs available to talk back.

    • @Ghiaman1334
      @Ghiaman1334 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      it's *fewer

    • @paradiseexpress3639
      @paradiseexpress3639 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

      @@Ghiaman1334 it's you knew what they meant already

    • @Ghiaman1334
      @Ghiaman1334 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      @paradiseexpress3639 it's it's important to me to make these corrections

    • @JeremyGabbard
      @JeremyGabbard 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      @@Ghiaman1334 Consider asking yourself why it's important for you to "correct" strangers on minor errors on the internet. Language is a lot more fun when you realize not every communication requires precision and that it's ever-evolving. Language is a tool, not a weapon :)

    • @jacksamson5968
      @jacksamson5968 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      @@Ghiaman1334 It’s important to only say “it’s” once in a row

  • @Gator-357
    @Gator-357 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1072

    They declare emergencies for the same reasons that they will never undeclare them. By declaring emergencies they open up new and easier doors to money and power and the ability to make random laws on a whim and enforce them using federal troops and officers and they can skirt the due process of law. These are just a few of the more obvious reasons, there are many more and none of them benefit us in the slightest and are all intended to help the government in some fashion.

    • @sethtrey
      @sethtrey 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Did our senate vote them emergency powers? Save us, Obi-Wan!

    • @somestupiddudewithayoutube4676
      @somestupiddudewithayoutube4676 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sethtreyhow all dictatorships start 😂 emergency powers being misused for personal gain

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      It’s mostly the money part. They free up a bunch of cash that doesn’t have to go through red tape.

    • @korakys
      @korakys 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      The reason is more that congress is so bad at getting basic stuff done and also that there is a separation of powers between the president and congress (a very unusual thing in developed democracies; only the US and Korea really do this, although France and Portugal sometimes end up in this situation too).

    • @derpmansderpyskin
      @derpmansderpyskin 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Have you read the list of national emergencies that have been declared? Almost all of the ones currently in effect are just sanctions on world leaders or other countries around the world.
      Proclamation 10371 signed in April 2022 bans Russian ships from entering U.S. ports.
      Executive Order 14024 froze the property assets of certain Russian government officials.
      Proclamation 9994, signed March 2020, waived some regulations relating to public health, allowing doctors to see patients over video chat. That proclamation was terminated in April of this year.
      How do these get the president money or power?

  • @jeffbenton6183
    @jeffbenton6183 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +701

    The Lincoln case is even more complicated than the video suggests. The concept of "legal presidential emergency powers" did not exist. In fact, the doctrine of "nondelegation" was still a part of accepted Constitutional law, so even if Congress passed a law providing for emergency powers, it would've been struck down as unconstitutional. What I just wrote makes it seem like an open-and-shut case against Pres. Lincoln, but that's ignoring the context. Lincoln (together with nearly everyone in the northern States - even his political opponents) firmly believed that secession was unconstitutional (and having read the Federalist Papers thrice over, I suspect he was right). He further believed that the Constitution could not exist *at all* if secession was tolerated. Lincoln locked up individuals in Fort McHenry who were trying to get Maryland to secede. This was especially dangerous to the Federal Government because it would've meant that DC would be completely surrounded by seceded states. Lincoln argued that the Constitution empowered him to do whatever was *absolutely* necessary to keep to government functioning - including protecting the Congress. He also argued that even if he was not so empowered (though he claimed to believe he was) it was necessary to amputate the limb (the part of the Constitution forbidding this one action - if there was one) in order to save the whole life (the entire rest of the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights). I'm not saying he was correct, and his actions were therefore not illegal, I'm only saying there is a rational case that his actions were not illegal. In other words, it's a solid "maybe."
    EDIT: All this happened after the bombardment of Fort Sumter and the Baltimore riots. Actual lethal violence had been done on federal personnel, sometimes even on federal property. Lincoln was trying to protect authorities from additional violence while upholding the law as he understood it - for better or worse.

    • @diggernash1
      @diggernash1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lincoln's actions were tyrannical and paved the way for the current federal monstrosity; making him our worst President. Even worse than FDR, Obama, Biden, Taft, Grant, and Carter.

    • @revcrussell
      @revcrussell 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I have always said Lincoln was one of the worst presidents and certainly the worst Republican president.

    • @orangebeagle3068
      @orangebeagle3068 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Who was the best republican president in your opinion?

    • @jeffbenton6183
      @jeffbenton6183 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

      @@revcrussell I disagree. He acted as well as anyone could under the circumstances.
      EDIT: But I'm biased - I read and enjoyed a sizeable chunk of the Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln

    • @duckner
      @duckner 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So basically he held them for treason, pretty sound and constitutional

  • @Xevailo
    @Xevailo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +286

    As a fishman, I am delighted to finally see some representation in poltics! You have my vote, finned friend!

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      E‎ ‎

    • @CandleWisp
      @CandleWisp 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@EEEEEEEE
      Username checks out 👍

  • @beesi4932
    @beesi4932 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +163

    HAI: "You're probably a lot like me."
    Me: "On an FBI watchlist?"

    • @ThirtytwoJ
      @ThirtytwoJ 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Just the one?

    • @jestermon101
      @jestermon101 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This comment made my day.
      Thanks for the laugh. XD

    • @beesi4932
      @beesi4932 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jestermon101 Happy to be of assistance.😁

  • @majide511
    @majide511 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +256

    "We could prohibit the export of broccoli"
    So a lot of these powers are just like Dwarf Fortress noble mandates? Awesome

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      E‎ ‎ ‎

    • @ItsJustThatGuy
      @ItsJustThatGuy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now, unlike dwarf fortress, we can't organize *permanent vacation homes.*
      Probably still have the tantrum spirals, though.

  • @WhiteWulfe
    @WhiteWulfe 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +101

    "You like learning things". Yeah, there is arguably that, but it's also a case of an HAI video being just long enough to enjoy these two sandwiches I had, so there's that too.

    • @benfll
      @benfll 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      woah me too

  • @PsychotriaV
    @PsychotriaV 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +118

    3:20 That's the wrong emergency, Lukashenko was targeted by the 16/06/2006 emergency

  • @BobHope.
    @BobHope. 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +167

    It makes sense that we're in 42 national emergencies, because 42 is the answer to the meaning of life, the universe, and everything.

    • @IloveRumania
      @IloveRumania 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Hahaha

    • @ROBOTRON31415
      @ROBOTRON31415 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's not the answer to everything, it's the answer to the *ultimate question* of life, the universe, and everything.
      Though I liked the comment anyway.

  • @username65585
    @username65585 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +418

    They didn’t “forget to write that part”. They intentionally did not include it. Rights are not precluded by “emergencies.”

    • @TACTICALwaffle2
      @TACTICALwaffle2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Unfortunately most young Americans have been brainwashed into accepting Wilson’s progressive theories of the State, leading to increased state power and a rejection of the beliefs of the founding fathers, including natural rights.

    • @TheGahta
      @TheGahta 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

      Yet they didnt write that part either

    • @Legman688
      @Legman688 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      ​@@TheGahtaThey didn't think they had to.

    • @route2070
      @route2070 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Did they include that in the federalist papers or anything like that?

    • @colemanmoore9871
      @colemanmoore9871 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

      @@TheGahta "Inalienable" should have covered it. But, our government keeps forgetting things like that. Also see "Shall no be infringed"

  • @FacterinoCommenterino
    @FacterinoCommenterino 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1805

    Today's Fact: The strongest animal on Earth, relative to its body size, is the rhinoceros beetle, which can lift objects over 850 times its own weight.

    • @lucas29479
      @lucas29479 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

      bro saying “Today’s Fact” on a new youtube video like an npc

    • @elliot_729
      @elliot_729 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Why

    • @arifhossain9751
      @arifhossain9751 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      He hasnt been the same since he broke containment from Kripparian's comment section

    • @jacextreme6432
      @jacextreme6432 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Honestly I welcome this new npc as opposed to that bland detective conan dong guy

    • @EMAN00619
      @EMAN00619 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thanks! That fact has made my entire day better! ❤

  • @paulrobinson6000
    @paulrobinson6000 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    In the bit about stopping the guy from buying plane tickets, you show a picture of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, but an executive order relating to Syria. Both of these are still under the "Russia's allies can get bent" category, I guess.

  • @4lcenor
    @4lcenor 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

    If anyone is interested in some short comparative analysis of the US system v. an actually good one, here's that.
    Brazil has 3 kinds of "emergencies" (they call it "exceptional mesures").
    1) Federal Intervention: used against states that threaten the Union of its constitution and allows the Presidente to withdraw the Governor or assume powers reserved to the state level.
    2) State of Defense: used on a delimited part of the territory in case of serious threat to the Constitution, the public order or in case of natural catastrophes. Some rights can be limited such as freedom of transit and the privacy of phone talks. Maximum duration is 60 days.
    3) State of Siege: the most drastic one, can be decreed onto the whole territory in case of a military attack/invasion or situations the state of defense was unable to resolve. More rights can be restrained (the gov can order people to stay in a designated place and prisoners can be detained in non-jail places). In case of military attack, all rights can be withheld.
    BUT: Congress NEEDS to aprove these measures in the first place and EVERY RENEWAL, for 30 days maximum, needs congressional approval. If the measures continue without it, the President can be impeached. AND, the Constitution can NEVER be amended during the emergencies, so limitations to governmental action cannot be revoked if the President so wants.
    I quite admire these measures as they grant that checks and balances can work properly and are clearly defined by the Constituion.
    The US system is crazy.

  • @KoenVerheyen
    @KoenVerheyen 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    Frankly, whenever he says "you guessed it", I never actually guessed it…

    • @Phobero
      @Phobero 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I always guess Frank Stallone

  • @willp2906
    @willp2906 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +158

    I'm not a Constitutional law scholar so take this with a grain of salt, but I think there is an argument that what Lincoln did was at least somewhat constitutional, since Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution lays out that the writ of habeas corpus (the thing that keeps the government from locking you up for no reason) can be suspended "when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it." Also an example there of the emergency powers the Framers did write into the Constitution, because they didn't forget to give the government emergency powers as much as they chose to give it very limited emergency powers.

    • @zac9311
      @zac9311 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Limits which have since been circumvented

    • @jeffbenton6183
      @jeffbenton6183 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      I studied Constitutional law for my paralegal certificate (but not that part, IIRC). I'm also a history nerd, so I happened to know beforehand that the issue of the day was that many believed that Article I, Section 9 applied only to the Congress specifically, and that the President could not suspend the Writ on his own authority - only Congress could do that. Of course, Congress was not in session, and the loss of Maryland could've prevented it from ever going into session again. For more information of Pres. Lincoln's counterargument on the suspension of the Writ, I recommend reading Pres. Lincoln's own Special Adress to Congress on July 4, 1861. Read the whole thing, only a small part of it deals with this case, but all of it is excellent.

    • @richardscathouse
      @richardscathouse 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're right. You are no scholar😢

    • @jeffbenton6183
      @jeffbenton6183 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      @@richardscathouse Are you going to point out evidence that the OP is wrong, or you just going to throw around insults?

    • @diggernash1
      @diggernash1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      A state which has seceded from the United States cannot be held to be in rebellion; as it is no longer under the authority of the United States. The Constitutional crisis that should have been settled, prior to war, is whether secession was Constitutional. This could only have been accomplished by SCOTUS. I just don't know the vehicle to bring it before the court.

  • @austinfletchermusic
    @austinfletchermusic 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    These emergency powers are fucked up bro. Why are they like that. Why doesn't like, Congress have a say or something

    • @onemorescout
      @onemorescout 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      If Congress had a say in everything, the government would never be able to do anything

    • @OmniGundam777
      @OmniGundam777 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Because ideally, these powers would be used in a situation where action is required immediately, and there's no time to debate. That's why they are "emergency" powers. The problem here I guess is the vagueness of what an emergency is.

    • @Radnugget
      @Radnugget 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@OmniGundam777and the fact they can be renewed infinitely.

    • @OmniGundam777
      @OmniGundam777 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Radnugget again, ideally, they'd only do that if the emergency was still ongoing. I'm not saying that's what happens, I'm saying that's why it's written that way.

    • @The_Fabricator
      @The_Fabricator 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Theoretically, every 6 months after a national emergency is declared, congress is supposed to meet to consider a vote to forcibly end the emergency, and thus the powers granted by it. However, congress has never done this, despite being supposed to.

  • @maverick9708
    @maverick9708 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Those who wrote the constitution would be be repulsed by how broad the emergency powers of one person can be in this country

  • @Ra1d_danois
    @Ra1d_danois 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    4:54 That's NATO, not the UN

    • @OmniGundam777
      @OmniGundam777 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      That's 100% gonna be in the next mistakes video.

  • @jackcochran2581
    @jackcochran2581 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Holy cow this is a new high water mark for this channel. Just the extremely casual voiceover coupled with the massive volume of fast cut screenshots of United States Code statutes.

  • @kisarunihofmannndosi5327
    @kisarunihofmannndosi5327 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    "The first lady got kidnapped? Alright no more broccoli for y'all because I say so!" - the kind of nonsense humor probably only I and 2-3 other weirdos find absolutely hilarious!! 😂😂

    • @wesss9353
      @wesss9353 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I would not be surprised if he said that Jack

    • @dolphingoreeaccount7395
      @dolphingoreeaccount7395 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm one of them

  • @jonathanstiles6072
    @jonathanstiles6072 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    When you allow the government to claim more power by declaring an emergency, *there will never stop being an emergency*.

  • @alex_ermolae
    @alex_ermolae 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    A fact for the next “top mistakes made by hai” video: it’s a president of Belarus, not Syria on 3:20. You can thank me later 😅

  • @captain_context9991
    @captain_context9991 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    ONLY 42?? Im impressed.

  • @lewatoaofair2522
    @lewatoaofair2522 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    1:54 By the way, I looked it up. YES, Lincoln is part of the National Wresting Hall of Fame’s Class of 1992. (Alongside Donald Rumsfeld.)

    • @DarmithX
      @DarmithX 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I thought he was joking until I searched it up… you learn something new every day

  • @JJMcCullough
    @JJMcCullough 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Most “national emergencies” aren’t all that interesting. The Act is now mostly used as a way for the president to impose sanctions on members of various dictatorships or terrorist groups. I think there are only like… two that involves military powers. I made a video! th-cam.com/video/Fur-8SDV_4g/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared

  • @eustache_dauger
    @eustache_dauger 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    42, the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything

    • @jmurray886
      @jmurray886 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      "We apologise for the inconvenience"

    • @neoieo5832
      @neoieo5832 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      7*3*2=42

    • @herranton
      @herranton 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, but more importantly, what's the question?

    • @Azurethewolf168
      @Azurethewolf168 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@herranton40 + 2

    • @jmurray886
      @jmurray886 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@herranton "what do you get if you multiply six by nine"?

  • @suomynona4420
    @suomynona4420 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    If you say it's easy to buy a gun you're either buying them illegally or have never bought one at all.

    • @vurpo7080
      @vurpo7080 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      cry harder

    • @topapo3661
      @topapo3661 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      or hes buying it from texas

  • @undrcroft
    @undrcroft 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    @ 3:19 you mixed up the leader of Syria with the leader of Belarus...

  • @state_song_xprt
    @state_song_xprt 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    3:17 that's Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus. Unclear how he relates to Syria. Look forward to seeing that in the corrections episode.

  • @cthulhuthedarklord5231
    @cthulhuthedarklord5231 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    As an American is does feel like we are living through 42 national emergencies rn

  • @netherow7043
    @netherow7043 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    3:18 here is slight addition to your next mistakes video: on screen, it is written that something something president of Syria, while you show Alexander Luckashenko, Belorussian dictator on video footage

  • @El_Presidente_5337
    @El_Presidente_5337 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Didn't Emperor Palüatine just have a single emergency?

    • @richardscathouse
      @richardscathouse 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And everyone applauded 😢

  • @evandonovan9239
    @evandonovan9239 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This was probably my favorite of all the HAI videos so far because it is not just informative and entertaining, it is satirical and pointed.
    I would love to see someone run on the "prevent the President from being able to give themselves emergency powers" platform, but, alas, I don't see anyone doing that anytime soon.
    It would be great if national emergencies, if we need them at all, had to be both declared and renewed by acts of Congress, not the President. But Congress has become so divided and dysfunctional that I can sort of see why the President thinks it's their job to do this.

  • @alexandernaskinov7989
    @alexandernaskinov7989 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    In the UK we don't have emergencies, we have full on crises.

  • @MiddayDolomite
    @MiddayDolomite 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    At 5:20, I can't tell whether 'President may, if *she* deems it necessary' is a genuine error or something left there for the benefit of eagle-eyed viewers.

  • @digiwatt
    @digiwatt 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    "Why is it so easy for me to buy a gun" - people who've never tried to buy a gun.

    • @georgb710
      @georgb710 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Compared to most other countries in the world it definetly is.

  • @johnpotatosmith
    @johnpotatosmith 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This one felt more off the rails than usual. I love it

  • @requen
    @requen 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    5:03 Literally can not apply to the ship you showed, the APL Detroit is under the flag of Singapore, and owned by Neptune Orient Lines Limited, not owned by a us citizen, registered under US law, and actually was built in South Korea.

  • @chrislaplante4441
    @chrislaplante4441 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1:05 just randomly being stock footage of the chipotle on my college campus

  • @arrr_shad
    @arrr_shad 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    So basically the US government takes “rules are meant to be broken” quite fondly.

  • @Yellowsam4145
    @Yellowsam4145 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You have my vote as long as I can resume normal activity during this "emergency". I wanna see the fish men.

  • @kaminky228
    @kaminky228 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Implies Americans shouldn't be Able to buy guns easily..... Then admits the government can seize all private farmland....

  • @flashbacker8935
    @flashbacker8935 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I totally agree with everything ur saying but I feel like you intentionally left out the part on EO 13224 right after "intended to relieve human suffering" that says if the donations are coerced, would endanger military forces, or if it would inhibit the president's ability to control a situation. That last part is the main problem in my opinion, that gives it too much broad authority, but the whole shutting down charities part was pretty incorrect I feel. I agree with the perspective but the facts do enough to show the problems n truth so no need to exaggerate or bend the words considering that's the main thing the presidents keep doing to abuse said power.

    • @Zack_Wester
      @Zack_Wester 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      problem is that as far as I know not tested and how thing is might be fully possible.
      like if the gov can make food hand out illegal whats stopping them.
      beyond a agency like the red cross in this extreme of a situation having higher rank my default (there is a saying in the military that goes something like. In the field hospital the medic outranks god).
      that said Trump did pull out of that last I heard and im not sure if Biden got the US back in again.

  • @michaelfkessler2685
    @michaelfkessler2685 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Now that I know about this it makes the Project 2025 that much more scary

  • @starburst23
    @starburst23 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    That UN flag is really similar to NATO: 4:54

  • @dsteere2303
    @dsteere2303 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +83

    With the current candidates for 2024 I'd like to know if that dog has any other policies than executing the mail men

    • @stewartgames6697
      @stewartgames6697 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      2 walkies minimum a day

    • @brokencreativity7266
      @brokencreativity7266 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Constant headpats at all times

    • @jasonkeith2832
      @jasonkeith2832 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sadly, dogs can't run for presidency as they don't meet the minimum age requirement. Now a turtle could run, and they'd even get a bunch of free publicity from the reptilian conspiracy theorists.

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The freedom to shit wherever they want. Including inside.

  • @illinialumni
    @illinialumni 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Office space reference! If you could do more of those, that would be greeaatt!

  • @MrHeathjones299
    @MrHeathjones299 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The fact that they can just take TVA's land is a bit terrifying.

  • @cityrippers9445
    @cityrippers9445 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Hi Sam have you tried buying a gun? You say it's easy but that's typically a false assumption people who aren't gun owners think.

    • @richardscathouse
      @richardscathouse 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      🎯

    • @topapo3661
      @topapo3661 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ever heard of texas?

  • @GAP1996
    @GAP1996 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The Panama Canal Zone no longer exists, but when it did, it was a US enclave in Panama.
    Barro Colorado Island was part of the Panama Canal Zone before it was reverted back to Panama in 1999.
    4:30

    • @sydhenderson6753
      @sydhenderson6753 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But is the emergency provision still active regardless?

  • @joshuapage853
    @joshuapage853 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "y is it so easy to buy a gun" it takes forever

  • @endcensorship874
    @endcensorship874 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The saying is, "there is nothing more permanent than a temporary government program." You can say the same thing about a National Emergency"

  • @duncanchin
    @duncanchin 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The biggest impact a National Emergency has ever had was with the Ermächtigungsgesetz.

  • @blobofdespair
    @blobofdespair 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This video went from hilarious to hilarious AND concerning

  • @NithinJune
    @NithinJune 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    4:54
    That’s the NATO logo not the UN 🤦

    • @richardscathouse
      @richardscathouse 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The UN is just an old woman's debate club. 😂

  • @SantaFe19484
    @SantaFe19484 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    JJ McCollough has a video about this which goes into more detail. We need a constitutional amendment to define emergency powers more clearly.

  • @mattcollins4550
    @mattcollins4550 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Clearly Sam doesn't know anything about the Constitution or its history.
    It isn't suspended or ignored during an emergency, individual rights are still kept in place. And the government doesn't have any powers not spelled out to it in the document.
    Also Sam doesn't know the difference between NATO and the UN in this video.

    • @CaptainMisery86
      @CaptainMisery86 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He showed the wrong flag, but really the UN without NATO is just a meeting house for leaders to criticize each other

    • @seanj3667
      @seanj3667 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You realize we had someone ready to declare martial law to keep him in office, right?

  • @jimland7176
    @jimland7176 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Not a single hitchhikers reference?

  • @Muziqizlyf
    @Muziqizlyf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That one about cell phones was kind of important. China was importing Huawei phones that could be accessed remotely. I don't think any country would allow themselves to be surveilled voluntarily by another foreign country, friend or foe.

  • @sage5296
    @sage5296 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Honestly he'd be a more sane president than most of the other current options

  • @Sparkiebc
    @Sparkiebc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “Technically unconstitutional but cool as hell” describes half of Lincoln’s presidency

  • @CarigisX
    @CarigisX 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    We joke about Joe.. but that's actually like a 75 percent chance of happening. 😅

    • @seanj3667
      @seanj3667 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Joe didn't cause an emergency by sending an armed mob to attack Congress.

  • @carameldrop
    @carameldrop 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I mean, someone did stop Lincoln lol

  • @YoungGandalf2325
    @YoungGandalf2325 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    What was so great about the year 1979 that there were no national emergencies going on?
    Edit: I think the video meant no "ongoing" emergencies. But still...

    • @amehak1922
      @amehak1922 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I was born. You're welcome! 🙂

    • @jeffbenton6183
      @jeffbenton6183 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Nothing. Presidents weren't abusing the ambiguous national emergency power before then (more importantly, Congress was actually functional back then, so any of those procedures that were worth doing for more than a year would have simply b3en passed by Congress)

  • @sharvay
    @sharvay 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    seems accurate
    42 is indeed the answer to life, the universe and EVERYTHING

  • @_VanmoRR_
    @_VanmoRR_ 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +493

    It's intriguing to see how Amazon's AMK69X is weaving itself into the fabric of tech narratives, promising to be the thread that pulls future developments together.

    • @rhizoid1170
      @rhizoid1170 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      bot

    • @JL1
      @JL1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Bot

    • @kreuner11
      @kreuner11 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wtff

  • @jimmyyu2184
    @jimmyyu2184 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "We are out of Coffee" -- Airplane the Movie, now, that's a national emergency.

  • @tkuzztkuzz9911
    @tkuzztkuzz9911 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    sam for president 2024

  • @uplink-on-yt
    @uplink-on-yt 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How the US manages to not be a dictatorship, is a mistery for another video.

    • @ianshaver8954
      @ianshaver8954 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Part of it is a lack of competent would-be dictators

  • @alsowinehouse
    @alsowinehouse 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I speak for all fishmen out there and you have our vote!

  • @Warriormon87
    @Warriormon87 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's not "forgetting to write that part." Its understanding that if you give govt special powers in an emergency then they will constantly declare themselves in some state of an emergency!

  • @19rn3j3
    @19rn3j3 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

    Watching the tech space evolve with Amazon's AMK69X is like living in a sci-fi novel. Exciting times!

    • @rhizoid1170
      @rhizoid1170 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      bot

  • @josephreagan9545
    @josephreagan9545 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When you grant government emergency powers in emergencies then government will create emergencies to get more power.

  • @woodchuck003
    @woodchuck003 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    It's funny how Sam can research things so well yet then inject random nonsense that if you would just spend 10 seconds on he would realize is wrong.
    If it's easy for him to buy a gun then it's because he already has a concealed carry permit, which means you took a class and you gave your fingerprints to the police.
    I'm willing to bet that since Sam thinks it's easy that means he doesn't have a permit so he would need to go to a federal firearm licensed dealer, pass an NICS background check (note that this is the universal background check politicians don't want you to think have), then depending on the type of gun and jurisdiction you would need to wait 3 to 5 days.
    It's also important to realize that the gun show loophole is a myth. The vast majority of gun shows will kick you out if you attempt a private sale, this is because 9.9 times out of 10 it's an undercover ATF agent (worse they are trying to coerce you into making the sell, something that is illegal)
    Also unless you have proof of sale the you can be charged if a crime is later committed with the firearm making most individuals stay away from private sale.
    I wish Sam would research things before just relying on partisan talking points.

    • @AmyDentata
      @AmyDentata 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      please stop having sex with guns

    • @woodchuck003
      @woodchuck003 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@AmyDentata What does this have anything to do with what I said? I realize you have a bigoted straw man opinion of gun people based off your willful ignorance; however saying such random nonsense is not helpful to the conversation.
      I does aid in making your side of the argument look like the iratinal one it is.

    • @CaptainMisery86
      @CaptainMisery86 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I've only bought one gun from an FLD. It was this year and the time between choosing one and walking out with it was under 10 minutes. There was no fingerprinting and I've never attempted to get a carry permit. I loved that. Still prefer buying from yard sales and flea markets though

    • @woodchuck003
      @woodchuck003 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@CaptainMisery86 the proper acronym is FFL. There is only a waiting period depending on your jurisdiction and what you are buying (long gun or handgun), for instance my country has a waiting period for hand guns but not long guns.
      Finger printing only happens if you apply for a concealed carry, typically refered to as a CCW. Depending on weather you live a CCW is required to legally carry pepper spray.
      You may have not realized this but you filled out a form for a NICS backgroundcheck, you needed a valid ID for this.
      You are likely never going to see firearms sold at yard sales or flea markets, unless they are also FFLs.
      If someone is willing to do a private sell with you on a firearm and you don't personally know them they are either a back market criminal or federal law enforcement, I would highly suggest not doing this.

    • @seanj3667
      @seanj3667 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Robert Card.

  • @melimsah
    @melimsah 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The editing on this was chefs kiss!

  • @NibblerFromFuturama
    @NibblerFromFuturama 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Great video! (I haven’t seen it yet)

    • @alexelectricx
      @alexelectricx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Can confirm! (I've seen half of it)

  • @Alxium
    @Alxium 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So the President could declare the lack of cat-girls to be a national emergency and then force scientists to create a serum to make cat-girls... noted.

  • @GamerPlayerTurk
    @GamerPlayerTurk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +92

    I'm genuinely curious about the infrastructure powering Amazon's AMK69X. It's as if they've constructed an unseen digital architecture that's about to become central to our existence.

    • @Shapio
      @Shapio 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      bot

    • @OmiReal
      @OmiReal 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Unrelated

  • @MohCars_
    @MohCars_ 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As a lawyer, the glaring inaccuracies in your descriptions of the current nat’l emergencies is seriously disconcerting and highly misleading

    • @jannthomsen2760
      @jannthomsen2760 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Apparently there is no way to challenge the emergency declarations?

    • @topapo3661
      @topapo3661 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      such as? provide examples please

  • @zappyapp
    @zappyapp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Something about this channel makes it so attractive to omniscient beings who use this power to fact-check random videos on TH-cam apparently

    • @evandonovan9239
      @evandonovan9239 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      People who like learning things often know a lot of things already...who would've guessed.
      Also, a lot of commenters are subscribers, so we are more likely to notice errors in something that is presumably intended to be accurate.
      That being said, this video was mostly accurate, as far as I know. I never went through the full Congressional Research Service report on national emergencies, so I can't claim omniscience.

  • @TheHylianBatman
    @TheHylianBatman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Huh, how interesting.
    Good to know we've returned to That Wikipedia List!

  • @robinbaksh9023
    @robinbaksh9023 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    So that's less than one per president, that's not bad. I would love to see a world map with every country to compare.

    • @AwesomeHairo
      @AwesomeHairo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Misuse of a comma.

    • @cloudkitt
      @cloudkitt 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      There have been fewer than 42 presidents since 1979, I hate to tell you

    • @i_love_games110
      @i_love_games110 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@AwesomeHairohow

    • @AwesomeHairo
      @AwesomeHairo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@i_love_games110 "So that's less than one per president. That's not bad."*

    • @i_love_games110
      @i_love_games110 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@AwesomeHairo "that's not bad" isn't an independent clause, it doesn't make sense on its own

  • @skyechen2673
    @skyechen2673 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sam from Wendover is the lesser of 3 evils. He has my vote.

  • @oyun53FB
    @oyun53FB 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +89

    The more I learn about Amazon's AMK69X, the more I'm convinced that we are on the precipice of a tech revolution, and Amazon is leading the charge.

  • @kafros13
    @kafros13 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did you just use the NATO logo when mentioning the UN? That will go down sooo well. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @pacificostudios
    @pacificostudios 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    We need a law that allows the Governor of California to declare California provisionally independent for the duration of a public emergency.

  • @Prettygoodshii
    @Prettygoodshii 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Half as interesting: Lincoln was 6’4 and in the wrestling hall of fame so it’s not like anyone could have stopped him anyway’
    Lincoln: Gets assassinated

  • @Tommuli_Haudankaivaja
    @Tommuli_Haudankaivaja 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Buying a gun isn't that easy.

  • @keiyakins
    @keiyakins 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Technically the president can only seize control of WiFi, not copper or fiber.

  • @Sharafaddin.
    @Sharafaddin. 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +89

    Amazon's AMK69X is a tapestry of innovation, ambition, and foresight-a testament to what happens when barriers are broken and boundaries are pushed.

  • @tobiasf.4845
    @tobiasf.4845 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Am I wrong, or is the guy at 3.20 actually Alexander Lukashenko, the belarussian dictator, who is in fact not a syrian official. Please correct me if I get something embarssingly wrong here!😅

  • @crashstarr6531
    @crashstarr6531 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Goddamn, the jokes are getting more bite on this channel and I love it

  • @matthew8153
    @matthew8153 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The reason the founding fathers didn’t write the powers for an emergency is because the constitution was written during one. The president and other parts of the government are not supposed to have extra powers.

  • @lacintag5482
    @lacintag5482 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This is the best ad against re-electing Trump that I've ever seen.

    • @Azurethewolf168
      @Azurethewolf168 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cope that he’s still gonna get reelected, the others have no chance. Your just intimidated that he’s speaking the truth.

    • @CaptainMisery86
      @CaptainMisery86 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Trump was very rude and talked way more than he should have, but beyond that he wasn't worse than previous presidents. Like Obama built more wall along the border than Trump. Biden eventually authorized the completion of some of the wall construction Trump started. Both Obama and Biden deported more illegal immigrants than Trump and both used the same "cages" for kids. Trump got us out of Afghanistan (yes it happened while Biden was president, but only because Biden did not halt Trump's exit plan), got most of our troops out of Syria, had middle eastern countries agreeing to make peace with Israel, was the first leader anywhere to deliver real firepower to Ukraine, and stopped north korean ICBM tests with a single day of chatting. Also, that vaccine yall love so much was completed in record time due, in part, to the efforts of the Trump administration.

    • @scythal
      @scythal 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Azurethewolf168 You're a furry Republican... best of luck when the GOP cracks down on furries - just look at Oklahoma!

  • @gnomusgang8658
    @gnomusgang8658 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Found something for your mistake video 2023 Sam. At 4:54 you say “which the UN considers a biological weapon” while instead showing NATO’s logo; not the UN’s.

  • @Ciborium
    @Ciborium 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    It should be easy for any *law-abiding legal American citizen* to purchase a firearm for self-defense and to defend against our enemies, foreign and domestic. It's right there in the Constitution and self-defense is one of the inalienable rights granted to us by our Maker.

    • @AwesomeHairo
      @AwesomeHairo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yes.

    • @joshgreen2164
      @joshgreen2164 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Key word "should". Problem being then we could fight back against our "elected" officials. I'm from Kentucky, Mitch McConnell hasn't won an election of any kind since 86 yet is still in office.

    • @richardscathouse
      @richardscathouse 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hasbro?

  • @nikta8587
    @nikta8587 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    you got the wrong emergency for "this guy" lukashenka at 3:16
    it's like you don't have a team to check every inch of screen or something