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Analyze courtroom scenes from the 1986 Ivan Reitman movie 'Legal Eagles' and the Three Stooges short film 'Disorder In The Court'
Can you do a Lawyer Reacts to the new and/or old Perry Mason?
What you think of Bill Cosby's appeal.
The rubber glove the court gave OJ was less then an in even centimeter. Skin thin .
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. You should watch the finale of the show Manhunt Unabomber ‘ USA vs. Theodore J. Kaczynski’
"Don't worry, the justice department will uncover if the president oversteps their bounds."- Congress
"Don't worry, congress will handle it if the president oversteps their bounds."- Surpreme Court
"Don't worry, the Surpreme Court or Congress will stop the secret police and Trump ignoring the election."- Voters
"Don't worry, the Voters will vote out a president that ignores the election results."- Congress and Supreme Court
"Wait what? Maybe we should be worried."- Voters
This is so true
You forgot the last piece of the puzzle: "Don't worry Donald, we will help you influence the voters again, so you get reelected" -Putin
"Don't worry Donald, we will help you drag anyone trough the mud, who even dares to question the election results, unless you loose." -Republicans
Yep, like being forced to watch someone slowly strangle a puppy without any way to make it stop.
@@creativedesignation7880 Even if you lose*
Or did you not notice Trump pushing super hard against mail in ballots in the middle of a pandemic?
@@werewolf4358 I noticed, it is part of his plan to get as little people to vote as possible. Well as little sane people as possible, his supporters who think masks are some sort of facist oppression method will love to enter a crowded polling location during a pandemic.
Why does stone always looks like he is holding in a laugh
He propably is
"Laughed all the way to the bank"
Between that almost laugh, and those sunglasses, he looks like some made up, over the top, Hollywood movie villain.....only he is actually a real person.
The Psychopaths' smirk.
Because he's the Joker.
.. Putting *strong* feelings aside toward this whole mess, I would still objectively agree that a President should not be able to pardon or excuse any individual involved in any investigation connected to him when it comes to impeachment or abuses of power.
3 years later the rabbit hole has only gotten deeper but hey no pardon for Jan 6th🐰🕳️😂🍊🤡💩⚖️
The President granting immunity to everyone, that lies on his behalf during impeachment sounds like pardoning himself with extra steps
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as opposed to lefties not even being charged in the first place for equally questionable things lol
@@decimus81 we dont do whataboutism here. stap it!. staph! :)
Sounds like somebody's going to get laid in law school...
Why don't he give himself a chest full of medals while he's at it?
Having someone who's educated in the law talk about the legal limits of the presidency is so helpful. Knowing what's within the presidents power is crucial at this time.
it's a subjective legal opinion... that's all and there are better out there
Look at Obama or Clinton, how many sentences did they commute, how many pardons were issued? Trump did not change the verdict in Stone's case, he just said he shouldn't die in prison, it's that simple. Obama, to cite one example, pardoned a soldier convicted of passing classified information to someone who put that information online, Manning is a traitor, but has a clean record, why is that OK, but letting a man in his 80's out of a jail cell that would kill him, virus or not, is horrific?
@@SheepdogSmokey Chelsea was a whistle blower, not a traitor. She is in the fight for freedom of information.
How about you do your own research as well using this as a start to point you in the right direction anything you didnt understand? Look it up yourself find the answers dont just be fed answers
@@SheepdogSmokey There's a big difference in the example you gave; one went against a sitting president, the other helped a sitting president to become the president. No one in a position of power should be able to pardon people convicted of crimes they are alledged to have also been a part of, that's just common sense.
“There’s some really weird stuff going on”
When is there not, Mr. Eagle?
@EVERYTHING IS tRUMP'S FAULT ! really? why do people do this?
EVERYTHING IS tRUMP'S FAULT !
bro what? Whites been in power for 400 years where have u been?
@@mileslong7103 looks like a troll account honestly
The Greater Good Relax. I was referencing the start of America’s slave trade when white men began holding the ultimate power over a whole race. I’m not downplaying it, my point is that 3 years of Trump didn’t start this shit, it’s been going on for centuries, we can’t blame it on 1 racist, we need to address everything.
@The Greater Good Well yes, the first Europeans arrived in the Americas in 1492 and began establishing outposts, colonies and centres of power a few years later, making it closer to 500 than 400 if you meant the Americas as a whole. The first European settlers in the modern US however didnt arrive until much later making the 400 year figure more or less accurate.
"I'm getting rave reviews for what I've done for Roger Stone" - Donny its not a movie or tv show
ikr, very selective Yes Men reassured him and he blows it out of proportion.
Nice that his covid white house rally got a five o'clock time slot too.
Biggest ratings ever.
Then where did I find this?
"Commuting this prison sentence was the best decision ever! 10/10 would lie to congress again."
Well, in a way it is. Popularity will mean a lot come November. The problem he faces isn't so much that, its that the people who are giving him those "rave reviews" are just more of his cronies. The actual American public has gotten pretty sour on his continual abuses of power.
His hardcore base would still vote for him if he murdered their babies in front of their faces, and obviously his hardcore opponents won't vote for him for any reason. But that only accounts for about half the population (~30% always-Republicans and ~20% always-Democrats.) And he's been shedding support from the other 50% with practically every move he makes. Certainly plenty of them will be Republican-leaning and never vote Democrat.. but a lot might choose to simply not vote at all and that isn't much better for him in the 2-party winner-takes-all system that US elections utilize.
@Lorenzo Nivellini
i dont know you. and as per poe's law i dont know if you're mocking them or you're actually one of them....
"Just a process crime" says Lindsey Graham, COL USAF, Judge Advocate General Corps. I bet when he was prosecuting and a defendant was caught lying under oath he just told the Court "Meh, no big deal. Give him a pass on that."
Says Lindsay Graham, whose Grindr profile and suggestive photos were reportedly obtained by the Trump administration as blackmail.
I remember a time where I believed the US had a good political system and democracy was something no one could take away. Im sad to see this happening to the country i love.
There is no 'good' political system. All we have is a best of the bad systems.
Sebastiaan De Wit there awe better democracies than ours. We were the best. We are not CURRENTLY the best. Any system which allows this level of corruption is not good
@@briannawaldorf8485 This. Sooo many people don't understand that America WAS the best, but isn't now. I'm not blaming dems, I'm not blaming repubs, we just need some serius make overs.
The key here is that it always falls on people to uphold democracy. It is not the system, but the people in power, that allows the rise and rule of tyrants.
The trouble is that the Republicans have chosen to march in lockstep with Trump instead of serving the people. They are traitors.
@@cbot9302 No. The USA has never not been a burning shithole.
"This country from the jump ain't nothing but terror mistake
So I think that hat would've been a good thing if it said
Make America great"
Youd think there would have been something in the rules that would indicate the president cant pardon someone who's crime directly involves the president himself
Oh like the the Clinton’s White Water partners?
@@Jguthro en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
Nothing stopped previous Presidents form doing this.
Roger Stone's crime has nothing to do with Trump, why do you think that it does?
@@Jguthro Yes, it was wrong then it's wrong now. What do you not get?
I honestly don't think criminals should get to hide behind "this was a first-time offense" as an excuse when they're being convicted of several different offenses that were part of a pattern of behaviour.
Imagine a comparison for a second, taking Roger Stone out of it: If a drug dealer is never caught with their actions for, say, 20 years, how is "This was a first-time offense" essentially any different from saying "Well, I'm such a good criminal I was never caught up until this point, therefore you should go easy on me"?
That's a good point but the prosecution would have to prove that it is a pattern of behaviour over that period of time. If they can't they have to treat it as tho this was the only case of the alleged crime that was commited. I actually know this from experience being prosecuted as a first time offender.
So you're saying if the FBI was found to have submitted bogus FISA applications those who signed the applications should be indicted rather than "let's make sure it never happens again"? I completely agree.
His "I do not recall" statement isn't what was contradicted. His "I have the best memory ever" was contradicted.
Also "I hire the best people"
LOL
Too bad you weren't a reporter in the room when he was bragging about "person woman man camera tv"
He'd probably just say that's an ugly question. "What a terrible thing to say."
@bigscale1 Quit it with the all caps BS. It make your stand out as a work of genius, but rather like a child scribbling on the wall with a crayon.
How can somebody be"A Fake News"?
Surely they would be a Fake Journalist or someone who reports on Fake News, but there is no such thing as "A FAKE NEWS".
bigscale1 ok, now you made yourself even more childish with that moronic reply. It’s like you people love to humiliate yourselves... is that your kink?
If the Supreme Court somehow overturns this, it'll be what, the 5th decision they've made this month that pissed Trump off?
They can’t overturn it. Legally
presidential pardons are beyond the scope of the supreme court. or republicans would have abused that doing obama.
There's nothing to overturn.
Even if they were able it wouldn't happen till sometime next year.
Not happening.
Injustice system: The one who commited crimes and lied about it went free. Those who did the right thing and came clean are in prison (as they should be).
What is legal is not always moral and what is moral is not always legal.
Someone said, "the laws exist to protect the rich". While this is not always true, many laws seem to be just for that purpose.
@@carlossantiso The laws should exist to protect society. When laws serve only the rich, they endanger society itself.
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@@artymowski no one is going to watch an hour and a half long conspiracy video on a censored and confidential prosecution that has almost no public information
OBJECTION! What is the point of lawyers when laws are no longer a thing?
Sustained!
Your honor the prosecution is clearly off topic. Her objection is bogus. May I approach the bench?
indeed. ask that to the millions of dead voters.
@@wasdwasdedsf hey, hey. got a tip for you. shhhhh. ;)
@@CreativoErratico thats right, just ignore all these statisticall impossiblillities and go back to sleep, just like your tabloid media told you to, like a good little citizen
I'm so sick of feeling like we can't do anything other than just vote. I always assumed the checks and balances systems would do something to prevent this from happening.
Checks and balances are working just fine. Those who wish to destroy the Trump presidency at any cost are just failing to do so because they have either a weak case or no case. If they had a strong case then he would have been removed.
@@uoabigaillevey ...did we watch the same video? Checks and balances sentenced someone to prison for corrupt lying to support the president, and the president just said "nah, he doesn't get punished, he helped me" and that was that. Doesn't matter how strong a case is when you've got corrupt people with that much power to ignore the checks and balances.
You can vote, and also use your voice, and also run for government.
Voting is just one step. Democratic republic requires citizens in decision making as well. Like calling ur reps and asking questions, demanding results, participating in social programs etc.
it’s a very involved process, we just don’t practice it as such. Starts with education and awareness.
I think you are all missing the point of the OP.
Trump is clearly doing things that aren't legal.
Where's the checks and balances in keeping out a person from office who even before running was clearly a bad person and most likely breaking the law with tax evasion and fraud. Let alone now he's in office and has quite clearly broken at least one law and is actively interfering with the investigation by using his power as a president.
You can't argue there's any checks and balances there. Nothing is being checked and nothing is being balanced. Which nothing 'really' is being done and probably ever will be done to fix such a broken system let alone country.
PLEASE Cover Portland, Oregon!
We're there right now and it's very scary! please shine some light on this situation or AT LEAST try to help people understand what they can do and how to react in this situation!
We personally believe the feds have grossly overstepped their bounds today! Please opine!
This! It’s so dystopian it’s terrifying
If I was there I’d be more scared of the protesters. If you stay out the feds way you’ll be fine
@@declaniii6324 say hi to Barr for me you political shill. I wouldn't be surprised if you are a government agent planted to sow confusion and change the narrative one little bit.
The feds are not the problem. It's the marxists run free in Portland
yea let's just overlook the fact you were attacking the ferds count house and have been smashing up the place for the past month and a bit did you think trump would let you smash up the place for ever
All of this sounds crazy even when described sensibly (I don’t know how you do it), but seeing Roger Stone’s actual words is what truly makes you realize how incredibly insane these people and their actions are.
Stone also just called a black radio host a ‘Negro’ live on air, so... yeah...
You're right, he's mean we should throw him in a covid infested prison. Forget the fact that he's 67 year old man with zero prior criminal history. Did you actually look over his trial, or did you just listen to others tell you their opinion of what happened?
@@Raider8784 but i'm guessing you're not ok with letting the nonviolent first offenders already in prison leave, are you? law & order and all...
@@jakek.2084 of course I am. I mean Roger Stone qualifies as one of those so I would be a massive hypocrite not to. I'm a big believer in prison reform in general, it's one of the reasons I opened up to the "devil," err Trump I mean.
@@Raider8784 in that case you should totally disagree with police snatching protesters in unmarked vans
Is this how US law works?
1. Should a person be able to free criminals from jail simply because he is president? YES
2. Should a president be able to free criminals he knows or have relations with? YES
3. Should a president be able to free criminals he committed a crime with? MAYBE
Seems pretty absurd to a non US citizen like me...
What crime did President Trump commit?
@@andrewscott8892 It would be easier to name the crimes he didn't commit! He's violated his oath to the Constitution, he has committed high crimes and treason! Given aid and comfort to the enemy! We know for a fact that he has asked Russia and China to interfere in our elections. Illegal and unConstitutional! We know for a fact that he has privately received money from foreign entities and governments, staying at and holding events at his hotels. Violations of the Emoluments Clause! We know for a fact that Trump has forced his government entourage to pay more than full price at HIS PRIVATE RESORTS, hundreds of millions of our tax money going directly into Trump's pockets! Fraud and embezzlement! And with children dying in his concentration camps, with his jack-booted thugs pulling free Americans off the streets and into unmarked vans, he is finally revealed for the genocidal fascist murderer that he is!
@@menghao737 if you are an example of the broad lefty opinion...I feel for you. I can't imagine being this stupid. Everything you listed is about as weak a case as you can present. OBAMA KILLED US CITIZENS WITH DRONES. HE MURDERED US CITIZENS. and you are freaking because foreigners stay at Trump tower?! You are clearly a useful idiot.
@@FGuilt Trying to overthrow the government.
@@ghostnebula8805 how did he try to over throw the government?
This shows the flaws of a dual party system SO badly, when punishing a leader goes against a parties best interest they just close ranks
Or when the other side is so intent on making a show of things that they don't bother to wait on testimony and complain about it when they know they won't be allowed to call new witnesses after the process leaves their chamber.
Why is that a flaw in a two party system? That sounds like a flaw in a system where only one party has all the power?
Why would that be different under a 3- or 6- or 15-party system?
If it were split even three ways it would be significantly harder for political parties to close ranks when the law becomes inconvenient for them.
@@lawsonj39 Because, it being an odd number would make it substantially for difficult to divide an issue cleanly between party lines. Three is also a better number than 6 or 15 because its still a small enough number to keep debates coherent.
And thank you for explaining the seriousness of "process crimes".
Hey Legal Eagle can you please cover the feds disappearing people in Portland?
They’re a black ops unit from the Bureau of Prisons activated by DOJ. They’re the same group of “little green men” who were in DC earlier this year.
Florida Man I heard they were border patrol that had their jurisdiction extended
it a rumor nothing concret
well you made a video with your proof of people been disappeared with evidence from both sides and proof of those people never been seen again like china dos
It's under DHS, they've been putting out press releases with the "who" and "why". You can also watch some of the conferences between Portland cops, feds, Gov Brown, mayor wheeler, etc, most of the things described as unknown are being openly discussed. Politicians act unaware of policies they approved. Gov and mayor are selling those poor foplks out.
I mean, threatening someone's dog is a pretty low blow.
Shame he didnt do that to John Wick
Philip ImPoSand Are you a mind reader!
@Sparticus Booker I didn't say it was okay jackass. 2 bad things can exist in the same world.
Honestly everything that I've ever heard about roger stone doing has been low. He's a walking example of why our system is broken in favor of the rich and their cronies.
lol. id say animal cruelty is a pretty low blow. also you wanna talk about low blows, you terr sympathizers?
I am once again thanking you for continuing to cover these recent and important events. It’s greatly appreciated.
In one of your videos, I remember you suggested Trump cannot pardon people who paid him money. This is worse, I feel, and yet here we are.
@Zhào Liǔ what makes him so great?
@Zhào Liǔ Greatest? Please tell me that's sarcasm.
@@stian7479 well, he's like 1,90 m tall and weighs aprox. 200 kilo's. That pretty big. It's not Hong Man Choi but still pretty big.
Zhào Liǔ you have exactly 1 subscriber... is it your mommy or your Russian handler?
@@sebastiaandewit159 good point
Do about legality of actions in Portland.
and now Chicago, and Columbus back in June
I've heard it's possibly legal but that wasn't from a legal expert so take that with a tub of salt.
drew pedersen federal marshals aren’t secret police, and nobody had a problem with them until Donald Trump was president. The blatant hypocrisy and hatred for a man who has accomplished more for the common citizen in 4 years than any president has in recent history is absolutely astounding.
@@Greenquack21
Before Trump was president, federal marshalls weren't removing the tags and identification, driving unmarked vehicles and snatching random people off the street, detaining them illegally without charging, and releasing them after the intimidation factor has been satisfied.
Just a quick NB: They could be committing a felony, seeing as they identify as a police force while they have no jurisdiction, are not acting in accordance with any police force's mandate and the authorities have actually explicitly declared their actions illegal.
The trumpists spin the 'they wuz protecting federal buildings', but the kidnappings were filmed miles away from any federal building, so good luck to the trump-bots needing to spin their narrative in their script...
Blah b they’re allowed to detain people without warrant, just not arrest them and nobody was being arrested. Those who were detained and caught inciting violence were arrested, and those who were weren’t were released. Federal marshals have jurisdiction with felonies, such as launching explosives into federal buildings among other things that could count as domestic terrorism.
I'm sure you've had multiple requests already for this but just in case you haven't could you do an upload on what potential legal action Trump faces when he leaves the White House?
Hard to tell what'll happen four years from now.
Emu81
Now Trump is taking his Fascism National! We can’t allow this to happen, we must stand up.
@@macdaddy1149 lol, is that what you call allowing the hack democrat states to be burned down by criminals for 2 months while somehow still being called a fascist?
@@wasdwasdedsf States arent all Blue or all Red.. there are democrats and republicans in both states, some almost 50/50, would you have those hurt as well to promote your agenda moron.
@@tukicat1399 huh?me having them hurt as well? i pointed out how the left hacks call him a fascist while not intervening and allowing the democrat hack ran states be allowed to be burned down by rioters for two months, and yet they still embarass themselves by screaming fascist the second he does one thing in defending a federal building in portland.
Can you make a video on qualities lawyers do/don’t look for in jury members? My sister almost got eliminated from jury duty because one of the lawyers did not like how engineers thought about cases. I hope that makes sense! Love the channel!
I would love to see you do a video breaking down all the legal complexities of the Federal Government sending Federal troops into cities like Portland, OR to deal with "violent protesters" despite the opposition of local leaders.
Patriot act
@Brett He did. th-cam.com/video/koB1hdap3ek/w-d-xo.html
It's legal jurisdiction if they're protecting federal courthouse and local authorities are not acting.
These protests have been largely peaceful. The bricks and molotovs and attempts to burn down federal buildings are a myth dreamt up by right-wingers to stir the pot.
@@FaxanaduJohn Come on now
I dont get it. Any of it. Every single solitary thing the "president" has done his whole blessed "presidency" we've been assured our entire lives isn't possible. Checks and balances have sh.t the bed.
This is what happens with "safe" elections from gerrymandering. Not enough Republican senators have to worry about their next election so they can do whatever they want. This gives their party in combination with the presidency to literally do just about anything without worrying about repercussions. There are enough republican voters who only care that the person they vote for has an R in front of their name and that is it. No matter how bad their candidate is they truly believe that the opposition is even worse.
@drew pedersen their idea was probably "let's nominate this shithead cause he's popular and has a chance to win." Play stupid games win stupid prizes I guess.
One of the check, the senate, refused to do anything to check in the President's power. Congress, tried, but fell short way too often, not following on too many of the leads and jumping to conclusion. Neither side talks to each other.
Congress is not working at all, and thus that whole branch of check and balance went down(With the praises of Republicans)
Supreme court is doing fine(so far), but they have an history of trying to not do any moral/political decisions, only deciding on what the law/constitution says and how to interpret it, or how it can be interpreted.
However, the rest of the judicial system is being hamstring by the DOJ. Anyone trying to check on the president, have Barr breathing in their neck. He will either attempt to replace the leader(with someone who will stop any investigation), force far more lowered sentencing recommendation, or outright force a drop of charges.
Add in the blocking and constant use of judicial system to delay any tiny bit of document requests, verification, investigation, etc from happening.
Word of the administration: Say nothing, give nothing, and if you try to do that, we will ruin your career.
@@thomascoolidge2161 yet how many are ready to vote for Biden because he has a D in front of his name and isn't Trump
@drew pedersen th-cam.com/video/xB26jj0jrjc/w-d-xo.html
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Hell yeah I too came for the Jojo reference
Part 6 never
• 0:08 - "Rave reviews"? 🤨 Does he think the white-house is the set of a reality show? 🙄 Angry Orange isn't a politician, he's an entertainer (or wants to be); anything for attention. ¬_¬
• 15:38 - That's specious logic. If the president is the kind of person who would conspire to commit crimes and abuse his powers to pardon himself and his co-conspirators, then he's also the kind of person to abuse the military to pull a coup or rig the election or whatever to remain in power. That's why you _must_ have laws to limit them.
Trump does think like that, it is pretty obvious as he is obsessed with ratings.
There is a Theory, which I am in favour of, that Trump never wanted to win the Primaries... let alone the Presidency. Instead, he was attempting to boost his carrier with a 'failed run' at being President, that after he 'lost' said primaries he would go onto media outlets such as Fox News and become a pundit. This is how more then a few political pundits got the recognition they needed to claim to be 'experts' when it comes to politics.
Good old cracked, their 'If X was honest' series did a really nice one about Presidential Debates!
The White House *is* the set of a reality show.
Hahaha literally orangemanbad
Can we all take a second and appreciate the work Devin's video editors do on his videos. It's excellent work.
I agree the Constitution needs an amendment. I wonder why has been this power given to the president?
I don't see why the president has the authority to overrule a sentence, but maybe there is valid reason, in my ignorance I don't know.
Is a president, not a king!
The pardon power was introduced so that land-owning white men shouldn't get so piss drunk that they're arrested and convicted for it, thus effectively blackmailing the constituency. Of course, they could just, like, not drink.
Back then the founding fathers had just come out of a monarchy so the idea that the leader should be able to repeal the verdict of the system was probably still a palatable thing. They also had ideas of honour and chivalry that probably made them think it wouldn't be hard abused without consequence. That's probably why impeachment has such a low bar.
I think it was meant to counter an abusing judicial branch of government. But the final text on it let's a lot of be desired, left so vague. The idea of "except in case of impeachement" might be what they wanted to put so the president could use it as gifts/rewards for those acting to protect the president, but really, it's... there is no time frame or anything on it.
@@nfzeta128 Thank you! I guess that could be an explanation. It is hard to grasp what the mindset of people was more than 200 years ago. We have a hard time understanding what people thought only 50 years ago when we watch old ads or movies.
@@jawstrock2215 You may be right but while the judicial branch has some internal balance with 9 members, the executive branch has only one. Too much power in just one person. That's not good regardless of the party affiliation of any president. Thanks for the response.
The only good thing about this is that I've got Jimi Hendrix's "Stone Free" stuck in my head.
Yep🎸
Trump’s “selective amnesia” reminds me of Changnesia from Community.
How dare you tarnish Senor Chang's good name by lumping him in with people like Trump.
At least when Chang was acting like a despot, he was doing it openly, and with style.
Yerghaiz Verot *Keytaur solo* 🎹🎸💥
Hilary had the most selective memory in history.
@@imkluu She followed the requests a dozen times to answer questions in person. Something chicken shit Trump is afraid to do. And the right makes excuses for him because they understand that he couldn't help himself but commit perjury within the first minute of testimony.
Yerghaiz Verot Señor Chang is the GOAT
I learn so much from this. Could you do a scotus 2020 recap, and also maybe a rundown of the Johnny Depp litigation?
It’s really hard to keep faith in the justice system when corruption like this goes on unpunished and is left to grow
10:01 "law and order" is often deployed by the right as a euphemism for authoritarianism.
They just pay lip service to "law and order", but they don't care. Like how a fetus is a baby when it comes to controlling what goes on between women and their doctors, but a fetus is never a baby for tax purposes. No republican objected when fetuses were not seen as human beings for the purpose of the pandemic stimulus checks.
@@Blackspidy619 lol
@@Blackspidy619 Nice talking points.
@@ghr1990 Those are the facts. A fetus is never a baby for tax purposes, fetuses were not babies for the purpose of the pandemic relief checks. They fight tooth and nail to treat the unborn the same as those already born in one context, on the other contexts... They remain completely silent.
They say "law and order" to mean "violence and punishment".
Interestingly enough, they never invoke law and order when it comes to guaranteeing the rights of citizens. The laws that constrain their power never seem that important to them. Wonder why.
I was never too clear on the events surrounding the Mueller report, it's good to have it laid out much more clearly.
Yeah, it surprises me that no one has laid it out clearly.
Even when congress brought in Mueller to testify on his own report, he didn't really lay it out, he just said a lot of "Yes, that was in the report."
Whereas Trump has had a clear, concise story since the beginning. It works.
@@tomc.5704 It's why so many people believe it was a 'nothing-burger' to this day.
I learn more from LegalEagle than I ever could otherwise. Top class channel.
Clearly Biased
@@myman8336 The fact that he refuses to believe in QAnon being a legitimate agent by simply referring it as: "conspiracy theory". How convenient?
@Seburban Because it is. A conspiracy theory is “a belief that some covert but influential organization is responsible for a circumstance or event.”. Like it or not, that’s the correct term.
@@icedmorning7610Indeed it is. But simply refusing to accept the existence of said influential agent and the arguments presented is just plain silly and biased.
"When logic and preportion have fallen floppy dead
And the white night is talking backwards , and the red queen is "off with her head"
Remember what the doormouse said , feed your head , feed your head"
White Rabbit is officially the theme song of 2020
you produce, always, such well-produced content (script, presentation, post-production. everything). so glad I found your channel
“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
― Plato
guess Plato had nothing to say about those in between...
To decry the implementation of this law for the sake of a few exceptions is to decry the value of a sturdy bridge for a twig. That an ant can cross the gap on the twig, and the elephant can step across the gap, we should not disregard the multitudinous numbers that lay between these extremes.
The dude was a sexist and pro-slavery. Even a quote by Voltaire would be more sanitary.
@@akosbarati2239 plus: 1) there are a lot of things (e.g which side of the road to drive on) that are nothing to do with being "good" or "bad" but which need legislation so people can be consistent.
2) sure, bad people break laws, but you can then arrest them and lock them up where they can't do harm. And that also deters (some) other people from doing the same thing.
@Akos Barati If it makes you feel any better, Plato didn't say that. It was Democritus. 62. "Virtue consists of having no desire to commit wrong actions, not in avoiding doing them." He also said, 50. "the man enslaved to money cannot speak the truth".
Considering his comments this weekend, Stone's "good fortune" somehow seems even more unfair.
Life in the US is pretty unfair right now.
Thank you for summing up Process Crimes as you did.
Undermining the Justice System itself is the death of Law and Order... just ask the French about their age of terror.
Who else saw "Stone Free" in the thumbnail and immediately though of JoJo's?
THIS LAWSUIT IS THE WORK OF AN ENEMY STAND!
I remember hearing a couple of times that accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt, and also means you have to honestly answer all questions relating to the act(s) you were pardoned for. And thus there's actually some risk for Trump to be pardoning the people who might have information that is damaging to Trump.
So from the segment at 12:08, it seems this is not the case for a commutation... So, that would make it indeed the perfect "get out of jail" card for Trump: just let who-ever did you bidding get convicted, but tell them to not talk about his involvement. And as a "thank you", he commutes their sentence, effectively making the effects (or most of the effects at least) of the conviction go away, without having the person be forced to admit guilt and thus have to testify on Trump's involvement...
@LegalEagle, am I seeing this correct?
They would keep their criminal record.
This is from WaPo from 2017 (so it's not referring to this particular circumstance) and it's a little more complicated than that. www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/08/26/is-accepting-a-pardon-an-admission-of-guilt/
It is exactly that: an admission of guilt.
And the pardoned can not take the fifth when questioned.
As always, thanks DJ and team. y'all really doing good, necessary work.
I'm glad I can always turn to you for sober and simple explanations on what's going on in regards to the rule of law.
Well I guess it's official, the U.S. is a banana republic.
Yep. And 32% defend us becoming a banana republic
I'd say it's closer to the truth to point out that the Republic has gone bananas. There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of rationality on either side of the equation.
Is the swamp drained yet?
@@AlecsNeo If the increase in the amount of snakes is any indication, then no.
oh, so what was wrong about? why aint he getting prosecuted for doing a wrong action? why are you just a lying clown? who are the people allowing their states to be burned down by a criminal cult doing nothing about it for the last 2 months? who was the guy saying, "hey ill allow you to ruin your places if you want" not intervening ones like you ALL SAID HE WOULD, thus proving your incredible accusations that hes an authoritarian dictat? how are you still able to breath with your 0 iq brain?
Hilarious to hear people complain about an anti-Trump bias when all you do is recount the facts of the case and investigation.
Trouble is, like a lawyer, he only seems to care about which facts support his case. Funny, that.
To Quote Eric Cartman "you just made a huge withdrawal from the first bank of lies" lol
LegalEagle: All of this could have been avoided if DNC had used a little email security
My Brain: Objection this is an ad
Me: Hmmmm I’ll allow it 😂
Smooth transition as always
Great Segway into the Add for backblaze.
"...but why do witches burn"
"Because...they're made of...wood?"
"Good!"
Congress must act to pass leg to limit the pardons. getting outta hand these days
odv this congress is almost over. I mean the Jan 2021 version
Congress can’t limit presidential pardon powers. That’s a constitutional power given to the president.
We’d have to literally amend the constitution to do that.
Florida Man sounds like it might be time for an amendment then. The president should protect and work for the people not be a monarch with somewhat unrestricted power
Yeah they should do it retroactively too! Even I'm not comfortable with the 2000 commutations and pardons given by Obama in 8 years as opposed to about 50 given by Trump so far
@@ajthesavage214 Obama didn't abuse his pardon powers, though. The overwhelming majority of commutations done by Obama were DOJ recommended, for low-level, non-violent offenders, or people who'd already served much of a ludicrous sentence.
So far, Trump has mostly pardoned/commuted corrupt politicians, corrupt CEOs, corrupt bankers, MURDERERS AND LITERAL WAR CRIMINALS.
That's awesome that I asked a question and you answered it in under a week.
One of the things I love about your videos is your use and mastery of language.
"...because there's some really weird stuff going on."
Now there's a phrase that seems like it's coming up a lot these days.
It's the 2020 mantra, by now.
Oh Devin, how we love thee with the crystal clear analysis, svelte sartorial style, devilish good looks, and snarky turns of phrase. When a movie is made, why yes, I will happily play you as the lead.
Pretty much Ryan Reynolds would steal that part from you.
@@MindfullyHuman Really? I feel like John Hamm would be a better likeness...
@@CollinMcLean - that's interesting. I can see where you're coming from... I just get more of a Ryan vibe 🤷♂️
@@MindfullyHuman Yeah I can kind of see Ryan Reynolds. He's also got a good dose of Billy Eichner in his appearance.
@@MindfullyHuman I'd rassle Ryan for it :)
Devin, this video was incredibly interesting but it was your ad transition at the end that really made me laugh. Thanks for your insight as always, looking forward to the next video.
OMG the segue at the end to promote BackBlaze was so seamless, I'm in awe. By the way terrific analysis!
Why is he even still present there are so many reasons he shouldn't be president outside of political reasons
That's because both parties are filled with unlikeable suits.
From what I know, the impeachment process didn't go through as the Senate stopped it
Mitch McConnell
Our justice system and the powers of the president are corrupt.
Sorry marxists, "he's not giving me free stuff" is not a valid reason to remove a president. Cope already
I think the president is confusing “rave reviews” with rage reviews
Wow what a valuable way to use your channel. Kudos!!!
One of your finest videos sir, and very informative.
We need to do something to limit pardon power, especially in light of what this administration is doing with it. And my generation may go down as one of the first generations in American history to not make amendments to the Constitution (not for a lack of trying).
President needs to contact INDOCHINO for a tailored suit. Tired of seeing those Steve Harvey suits.Looks like he ordered that from the 1986 Sears catalog!😂😂
Yeah but then it would be even more obvious how fat he is.
Into the Mild You know those people that could basically wear a burlap sack and make it look good?
Trump is the opposite of that.
It's from the discontinued "Dick Tracy Villain" line.
Into the Mild disagree. As a Canadian I saw well tailored suits work miracles for Stephen Harper. (The PM has an official tailor.)
But that's how mobsters are supposed to dress.
You are truly dedicated to the bit of integrating your sponsors into your topical vid.
Never change, also nice vid.
Best segue to a sponsor I've ever seen on YT!! Great vid, too!
“Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.”
― Honore de Balzac
That makes no sense. Bigger flies are more likely to get caught. You need to be much bigger than a fly to tear down a spider web while flying through. Like a bird or something. Flies are just shit out of luck with those
@@Jartran72 I think it's saying the law ignores government officials breaking the law and focus on low profile criminal
@@Jartran72 a horsefly tears through the web, etc
@@Jartran72 I once had a spider spin a web in my kitchen. I left it there, in the hope it would catch pests. It didn't. One day I saw a big fly fly into the web, bounce off, and the spider fell out. I don't think it ever caught anything, and eventually starved to death. That was a rubbish spider.
Who needs to follow the law when your friend is the President?
youre good! thanks for this!
Bravo on that segue to the Backblaze promo!
Love your videos, I'm still watching this one. A minor (though important) nitpick: LTC Vinnman's rank is "Lieutenant Colonel", not Lieutenant Commander. The Navy has LCDR, but the Army has Lieutenant Colonels. In your wording, you accidentally demoted him.
He’s a civilian. He doesn’t know better.
@@dr.floridamanphd true, very civilian here, and haven't commented on LE's videos before, so I forgot that "objection" detail.
It's Just Me, I meant LE is a civilian. Ranks can be confusing when first learning them so I gave him a pass.
To be honest, I didn’t even catch his slip up. 😁
I wasn’t trying to criticize you. My apologies if that’s how it came across.
@@dr.floridamanphd it's all good from my POV. I see now where you meant "legal eagle" is a civilian.
I am too, but work with the military a lot, so I caught the rank discrepancy.
I also am reminded of his thing of "raise your comments in the form of an objection" (which I forgot, but find as a cute idea).
It's Just Me, most people don’t write objection. We used to but it seems to be less of a trend now than in the past.
What line of work are you in? I’m just a grumpy old veteran. Did my time in the Air Force. Those were the daze. 🤪
I'm really glad you are covering this! Looks like corruption to me.
It is corruption. Lying to law enforcement and cheating all kind of laws, just to protect the corrupt leader who pardons you. Corruption 101
That sound effect placed around 4:10 on CRIMES😂idk I laughed way to hard
Thank you for sharing your insight
I'm just doing my job asking for a Legally Blonde 2 Legal Review, go about your day
Obstruction of Justice: When something obstructs the pursuit of justice.
Your segways to sponsors are actually entertaining lol. I'm always curious how you will connect it to what your talking about, and it's often a stretch and pretty funny. But I like it.
Gotta love some legal eagle facts... keep up the great content
Thought: in the last Supreme Court session, at least a couple of times (re: eastern Oklahoma re-becoming Native American territory and the Civil Rights Act prevents sexual orientation/gender identity discrimination) the argument was made by the Court that Congress could change those things if that was not the law they wanted. The interpretation of the President's pardon power being basically unlimited is just that, an interpretation by a Court from the 1800s. Could Congress reasonably pass a law to that effect?
Next up, we need your take on federal troops being deployed in US cities because they are Democratically leaning
Thank you for this insightful explanation
Once again, great transition to the commercial.
Do you ever wake up and wonder "am I in some sort of candid camera 'gotcha' show?". Living in the UK I think this about every second day (what exactly is Boris Johnson? Is he doing the equivalent of ironing side creases into your partner's trousers so you never get asked to do it again?). If I lived in 'Merica I would be wondering it every hour, on the hour.
How did we get here? Were we all VERY bad in a former existance?
We got here because we've had literal centuries of indoctrination with ideas like "the American Dream" and "we the best" and "democracy is sacred and the best system ever and we should kill anyone who thinks it's not".
Man, there sure are a lot of people spouting off about the "liberal bias" or "anti-trump bias" when the video is literally just about explaining the facts of the case and the laws governing them. Weird how the facts are always "anti-trump".
Blah b I’m gonna assume this is sarcasm, but the sad thing is that there’s quite a few people out there that would say this un ironically
This.
There are a lot of Trump supporters in America. More than there are Biden supporters. Get used to it. As to the complaint, what facts were shown. A clip of Pelosi claiming Trump abused his power, is not evidence that Trump abused any power. The President pardoned someone that was attacked for knowing him. Was he guilty of lying probably. Buuuut then they had no business investigating in the first place soooo, suck an egg.
PGTMR2 He’s trying to pardon someone related to his impeachment. That’s a clear conflict of interest. Also, the government had every right to investigate, since it was a direct attack on the country’s elections.
@@zacharygilmore1075 Roger Stone had no evidence he was covering up regarding impeachment with what he did. He was playing games with the FBI, which is foolish. No it's not a conflict of interest, Stone going to jail would have no effect on the already failed impeachment, based on nonsense. No, the government did not have a right to investigate Trump the way they did since 2015, under Obama orders. Which actually was abuse of power and election interference. Yet I don't hear you wanting to go after Obama. So you don't care.
I found this channel a few days ago and i’ve probably watched half of the videos on here in like two days DAMN THIS SHIT GOOD
informative video.. thanks!
The Sopranos in Washington. FBI should treat them like some criminal syndicate and build a RICO case. I bet there are plenty of rats on that ship, willing to cooperate.
It wasn't a hack his name was seth rich.
Please do your take on the courtroom scenes from "Rules of Engagement". Its a Military courtroom drama, but it would be interesting to here the differences between how the different courts operate.
Fantastic overview guys. One of the best explanations I have seen on it. Including everything that led up to Stone's conviction, as well as mentioning many of the different players involved, was nicely researched and laid out. I had been hoping you guys would do a video on Stone's commutation, and you did not disappoint! Thank you!
Congress should definitely do something about the pardon power (within reason), especially when it is clear that this particular "president" is clearly using it as a reward for people obstructing justice on his behalf, and/or using it for people who Fox News tells him about. It is clear abuse of power and corruption at the highest levels.
Could've called this video "Stone Free" as a Jimi Hendrix reference
I think most people would assume it was a different kind of reference...
@@bagodrago a jojo reference
Can you do stuff on federal agents kidnapping people?
Kidnap, arrest. Potato patato.
Andy Bunn There's still procedures that have the been done when arresting people and these federal agents failed at doing that.
Attacking a federal courthouse is an arrestable offense ---
Don't get mad cuz the Feds aren't hamstrung by the city's laws
@@thomasbullins2008 Please tell us how the news media covering the protests is an 'arrestable offense' when the State specifically stated that the Curfew the agents referenced before loading them into a van exempted media from those Curfews. Explain why they're just picking up random people without reading them their rights. They're detaining people as an intimidation tactic, not because a law was broken. You can tell because the moment those people asked for lawyers, they were immediately let go. They know they're doing things outside their power to do, which is why nobody's wearing any badges with names on them despite the DHS brushing that off as 'd-doxxing, yeah, they'd get dox'd otherwise'
Who put in place the Patriot Act?
This feels like balancing the checkbook on the titanic.
beautiful segue way into the advert