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@LegalEagle3 жыл бұрын
The answer is no, absolutely not.
@raawesome38513 жыл бұрын
@@LegalEagle I agree.
@Elizabeth-xp2sf3 жыл бұрын
No, absolutely not.
@evanswain44443 жыл бұрын
Should he and can he might be different answers.
@raawesome38513 жыл бұрын
@@evanswain4444 fair enough.
@FTZPLTC3 жыл бұрын
"Can a president pardon himself? Asking for a friend." -- Richard Nixon.
@lebens35853 жыл бұрын
@Shoot non mask wearers on sight What
@mjak9933 жыл бұрын
"from some guy" was more like it.
@VandalAudi3 жыл бұрын
“...except for impeachment.” Sorry, Dick, yer outta luck.
@FTZPLTC3 жыл бұрын
@Shoot non mask wearers on sight - Pretty sure he's not going to give anyone the 'rona via KZbin.
@TheGuerillapatriot3 жыл бұрын
so no.
@tomdekler92803 жыл бұрын
"Can I pardon people in exchange for services?" "Technically yes, but that will break all kinds of bribery laws" "Are those bribery laws federal laws?" "Yes, why?" "No reason"
@JudgeJulieLit3 жыл бұрын
A president who breaks federal bribery laws ipso facto himself will need his successor to pardon him. To pardon oneself would be to act as judge of oneself as defendant, which blatant conflict of interest likely is illegal and against the code of US attorney ethics.
@ameliecarre47833 жыл бұрын
Pardonception
@technicallylonnie29963 жыл бұрын
@@JudgeJulieLit using it in that way would result in impeachment, and the pardon text specifically says "except in cases of impeachment" which would mean the president could not pardon himself even without adding other clauses.
@BlackTempleGaurdian3 жыл бұрын
@@technicallylonnie2996 Only if they get impeached before the pardon takes effect.
@technicallylonnie29963 жыл бұрын
@@BlackTempleGaurdian probably, but to pardon oneself before even being charged would either require admitting that the suspected activities were in fact engaged into, or it would require a very wide stretch of the pardon to just say "I hearby pardon anyone with the last name of ____ from any crimes committed during this time or between the following dates."
@quattordicimontenapoleone31133 жыл бұрын
“We don’t want no king no matter how benevolent!” “Super duper pardoning power? Can’t see any problems with that. Only the best will lead this nation!”
@jonathanfaber32913 жыл бұрын
As a British person on the other side of this historical falling out, watching America fall to pieces is truly spectacular. You can come back yknow, we’d even give you parliamentary representation and everything, and since you spread beyond the Appalachian mountains, it’s not like the BS taxes are unfair now.
@vctrsigma3 жыл бұрын
@@jonathanfaber3291 I wish our "monarch" also contributed more to the govt coffers than they had paid to their interests. I would also like a reduction in the number of tweets to the same level.
@v.t.30643 жыл бұрын
@@vctrsigma saaaame
@johndenver60063 жыл бұрын
@@jonathanfaber3291 Há. Didn't you guys leave the EU?
@JoshSweetvale3 жыл бұрын
@@johndenver6006 Just got divorced in time to get back with the old ex! :V
@bioLarzen3 жыл бұрын
The question arises: why does the Presidents of the USA is required to take an oath at their inauguration, if they can't really be penalized for breaking it (see immunity), and can just go ahead and pardon themselves if they breach their oath? That makes no sense whatsoever - the presidential oath is just an empty gesture this way, it carries no significance and no potential consequences...
@Videomorgue3 жыл бұрын
Oaths are worthless, unless people who violate those oaths are held accountable. So basically, they're worthless. 🤷
@lottawoman4ever3 жыл бұрын
Excellent analysis! Agree! The President must "faithfully execute the laws" and if he/she does not, he is in violation of Art. II and his oath of office. If a self pardon is effective, then the president would be able to subvert the rule of law when we are a "government of laws, not men." (John Adams) True Originalist will acknowledge that it was not the intent of the Founders to create a king who could function with immunity. The government was not intended to be a shield for unlawful activity, but a machine for justice.
@Thommadura3 жыл бұрын
1 - A president is ALREADY the president by the time they take the oath. The oath is a formality. Example, LBJ became the president the moment JFK died - not when he took the oath in the plane. 2 Impeachment is the the potential penalty for breaking the oath. The founding fathers never envisioned the incredible party line split that we have today. The expected the Congress to actually work together for the good of the country (Remember, most of them were Federalists the precursor of the Republican party and were conservatives).
@lottawoman4ever3 жыл бұрын
The President takes the oath that is enshrined in Article ll concerning executive power in the Constitution. It is an outward expression and commitment in front of the U.S. that he/she will honor and protect the tenants in the Constitution above all else. Article I requires that the oath of office be taken and it provides the exact language for the oath. If a vice president of House Speaker must assume the Office in case of death or incapacitation of a sitting president, it may be done so privately but it is a requirement under the Constitution that allegiance be sworn or affirmed to the Constitution of the Unite States. It is more than a mere formality. Based on the requirement in Article I, I would venture to say that if a president-elect refuses to swear or affirm the oath, they will not be seated. Therefore, there are consequences intended for a president who violates his/her oath of office. Impeachment and even criminal prosecution are options. The DOJ has a policy against indicting a sitting president but that is an opinion. An opinion or policy is not law. It is just that no U.S. Attorney General has ever indicted and allowed the Supreme Court to rule on whether the indictment will hold. A president is not above the law and the Constitution makes that clear. It is politicians who subvert the language in the Constitution to give cover or deference, depending on the circumstance, to a president.
@ceoatcrystalsoft49423 жыл бұрын
Ceremony
@klutterkicker3 жыл бұрын
Seeing a lot of "the founding fathers never thought a president would do that" lately.
@stokhosursus3 жыл бұрын
That’s how our government was established. They knew they couldn’t foresee every possibility, so instead they made sure to establish the necessary machinery to deal with the situations as they would surely arise (and have). If they had thought they knew everything, they’d never have established a process to amend the Constitution, and if they didn’t suspect that any of the governing powers could be abused, they’d never have established the system of checks and balances and given the States all the rights not specifically delegated to the Federal government by the Constitution nor prohibited by the Constitution. This imperfect little document is quite a powerful thing!
@winterwombat3 жыл бұрын
The founding fathers thought they'd designed a system that would actively keep this sort of thing from happening. To say that they failed would be a monumental understatement.
@valeoncat133 жыл бұрын
@@winterwombat I feel like part of the failures of the constitution and founding fathers(though it wasn't in their control) is that they created an equalizing type of document/government in a world were such equality never existed. Basic evils were normal for them, so they couldn't perceive the flaws in the system.
@JosephDavies3 жыл бұрын
I think it would be more accurate to say "The Founding Fathers never thought a President would be _permitted_ to do that", as they created an adversarial system in the three branches meant to watchdog each other and limit overreach. Some of them did foresee this kind of collusion as a possibility. In truth, there is only so much you can do to build a system that's foolproof, no matter how trivial or complex. They granted us a large number of tools to prevent or combat this situation, and as a country we have collectively abdicated that responsibility. There will never be one specific rule that could protect us from tyranny. In order for our system of government to fail it requires us to allow check after check to go unmet; it requires our permission and support.
@marcpeterson51153 жыл бұрын
@@winterwombat I disagree.
@227gamerman3 жыл бұрын
"Bribery is illegal" Not if its called "Lobbying"
@LaFemmeFictionale3 жыл бұрын
Ohhhh, burn!
@thatonedog8193 жыл бұрын
Anti lobbying laws should absolutely be a thing 🙃
@SapientGalaxy3 жыл бұрын
@b_radfriendship That wouldn't do much. Similar laws and judicial opinions have been made since the 70's
@VinayakPande533 жыл бұрын
Or campaign contributions.
@draxxy_X_lemar3 жыл бұрын
@@thatonedog819 wait...they aren't any anti lobbying laws?
@jonribeiro2663 жыл бұрын
John Adams: "Should we add a clause that the President can't pardon themselves?" Tommy Jefferson, probably: "Mmmmm, nah. They'll probably figure it out."
@KateHistoryMysteries3 жыл бұрын
“Not even Hamilton is that stupid.”
@ZephWraen3 жыл бұрын
As CGP Grey would put it "They saved that homework for a future congress. 200 years later..."
@astrobullivant59083 жыл бұрын
Jefferson wasn't involved in the drafting of The Constitution because he was ambassador to France at the time.
@Sam_on_YouTube3 жыл бұрын
@@astrobullivant5908 Neither was John Adams, though he was an important figure at the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention. Letters from Jefferson from France were also influential even in his absence.
@KateHistoryMysteries3 жыл бұрын
@@Sam_on_KZbin I also imagined this conversation happening during one of Washington’s cabinet meetings...
@whiskeyfur3 жыл бұрын
The easiest analogy I can think of when Trump sells pardons, it's like the church selling indulgences.
@MichaelPohoreski3 жыл бұрын
Hey, the church has been selling heaven insurance for hundreds of years! Why stop now? /s
@Julia-lk8jn3 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelPohoreski your information is slightly out of date. Trade with indulgences was stopped 1567 by Pope Pius V
@Julia-lk8jn3 жыл бұрын
Sad but true. And one thing for certain: if he'd thought for a moment he might find solvent buyers for indulgences, he'd have sold those, too. But honestly, I think most of his 'friends' are more the sort who'll try to avoid the next life altogether by throwing a few million dollar into some 'flash-freeze your way to immortality' special offer.
@ussinussinongawd5163 жыл бұрын
@@Julia-lk8jn I'm gonna buy an indulgence second hand then
@thesalad943 Жыл бұрын
The pope’s 2 thefts for $5.00 last year was the best deal I’ve ever seen
@TheMasaoL3 жыл бұрын
"It's time to think like a lawyer for the president." I'm not convinced the president's lawyers think
@tardvandecluntproductions12783 жыл бұрын
One can think a much as a whole species and still be unable to make the presidents demands sound reasonable in court.
@niftythegoblin3 жыл бұрын
On the contrary, I think they use like 95% of their brain power doing mental gymnastics trying to defend this guy, they're just not always successful
@supahvaporeon3 жыл бұрын
Considering that Rudy just got the sickness, idk if there is a requirement.
@electroskylightgaming40853 жыл бұрын
They dont think, they have neurological impulses.
@notrod53413 жыл бұрын
Why am I suddenly thinking of gardening supplies
@bryanburgess39503 жыл бұрын
Wow, the pardon power seriously needs to be limited.
@vctrsigma3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, most checks on the president are reactionary and not confirmatory. Essentially requiring a supermajority to undo them instead of even a simple majority approval. One complicit majority in one chamber and all of a sudden the president can do whatever they want. e.g. why would declaring a nat'l emergency and shifting tons of funds be default accepted unless a supermajority veto in both chambers. If the role of the unitary executive was so important for decisive timely action in cases of emergency, it should be structured like the War Powers Act; do what you must, but get an affirmative consent from congress within a reasonable timeframe IMO
@Gerthious3 жыл бұрын
Overturning broad weed convictions after its been outlawed etc. Or the Vietnam example mentioned, there are real world examples to its need and use... by virtuous presidents
@ArchusKanzaki3 жыл бұрын
I guess its the usual of America's founders be like "Look, we intentionally made it broad so it will be flexible and adaptable and we trusted whoever is president probably had good moral. If future generations had problems, they can amend it. We are not infallible" Current future generations : "This is sacred text that cannot be modified at all. Everything need to be done as founders intended"
@davidpriestley16503 жыл бұрын
A great simple addition would be that presidential pardons can only be given to convictions, or documented admissions of guilt. So they need to go through the court system, so none of these "any and all crimes they might have committed". Further scope could be allowed if the pardon is passed through Congress or the Supreme Court (for things like "all confederate soldiers" or "all Vietnam draft dodgers") - checks and balances on expansive pardons.
@OneEyeShadow3 жыл бұрын
@@Gerthious Your sentence should automatically end when your crime ceases to be a crime in the first place. It's crazy that's not a thing.
@zelliehtrue3 жыл бұрын
"The president will need to call a good lawyer" [Giuliani] "No, I said a good lawyer" [Powell] "Well, he's obviously going to have to make a bunch of phone calls" I'm laughing.
@FerretJohn3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately for him Trump no longer has access to Good Lawyers. Normally Personal Attorney to the President of the United States would be a Resume Topper, you'd be the first name on a million dollar letterhead (Smith, Jones, & Johnson. Attorney's at Law, you'd be Smith). But Trump is such a notoriously bad client, especially after becoming President, that Good Lawyers won't work for him anymore. So now all he's got is Giulliani and the firm of Dewey, Cheatum, & Howe.
@JudgeJulieLit3 жыл бұрын
@@FerretJohn If he's 'umble enough, "Chizzle, Drizzle and Mizzle" may take him pro bono.
@Sinister250313 жыл бұрын
Why doesn’t he call Ben Shapiro. It’s not his area of expertise but Shapiro should be able to do something!
@ThomasTVP3 жыл бұрын
@@FerretJohn All GOOD lawyrs know better than to involved themselves with this sack of crap.
@nicholasfarrell59813 жыл бұрын
zelliehtrue maybe Dewey, Cheatum, & Howe are available.
@FTZPLTC3 жыл бұрын
"The president could be impeached right up until the last day in office." ...good to know.
@miathapapaya3 жыл бұрын
We'd need 2/3rds of the senate.... I couldn't say what theyd do even now after the Capitol insurgence
@tomhannah38253 жыл бұрын
But turns out if we don't do anything now because it's too late, that could allow him to "Pardon Himself" for all his many crimes...
@FTZPLTC3 жыл бұрын
I've just seen Lindsay Graham on Twitter, declaring that an impeachment would be "divisive" to the nation, when actually, it would just be divisive to the Republicans. Based on polling, about half of Republican voters support Trump's idiot coup, which puts the GOP in a difficult position in the event of an impeachment vote. If they vote unanimously against, they'll piss off half their voters; if they vote unanimously *for*, they'll piss off the other half of their voters; and if they don't vote unanimously at all, they'll piss off both halves, maybe not quite as much, but enough. So really, the only good outcome for them is if the Dems puss out of impeaching at all.
@KaitouKaiju3 жыл бұрын
@@FTZPLTC well then, maybe it's time for the Republican party to split. Personally, I think these two parties are way too big anyway and don't represent anything but the most extreme views on most issues.
@FTZPLTC3 жыл бұрын
@@dacomputernerd4096 - Which I think might be just as bad for the GOP, whether he runs for them or as an independent.
@nickstone11673 жыл бұрын
President Trump: self-pardon, bye losers. State cases: Hello There. Have they told you who I am?
@pirojfmifhghek5663 жыл бұрын
New York State: "Hey, remember that time you did dealings with foreign agents on US soil? That also happened to be our soil."
@maxmazza29873 жыл бұрын
As a New Yorker, I'm looking forward to this.
@joesomenumbers3 жыл бұрын
@@pirojfmifhghek566 New York State: Here's a fine Trump: Okay
@tweakernation3 жыл бұрын
@@joesomenumbers Dunno where Trump will get the money to be paying fines with almost $1 billion in cash coming due for his loans
@jerff3 жыл бұрын
The real question is how to keep him from leaving the country before those charges are brought?
@EmpressMermaid3 жыл бұрын
The fact that we are even asking if the President can pardon himself just shows how far we've slipped from reality.
@fatty10403 жыл бұрын
No that's just the U.S constitution. A time bomb. Which is why ammending it is important depending on the country's circumstance. Of course common sense says pardoning yourself is wrong but not in the U.S law. The U.S. law is abstract and primitive and (lots of it needs updating). Just saying that would start a country wide debate.
@EmpressMermaid3 жыл бұрын
@@fatty1040 I agree, we do need to amend in regards to this issue. But somehow we made it over 200 years without this ever really being a thing. Crazy world we're living in now is all I'm saying.
@elgatofelix89173 жыл бұрын
Lockdowns for a virus with a less than 1% death rate shows how far we have slipped from reality. If Trump needs a pardon for any crime it's the crime of allowing lockdowns to be implemented.
@bossrat52953 жыл бұрын
@@elgatofelix8917 the spanish flu was only 2% sooooo
@cthomas0253 жыл бұрын
@@bossrat5295 You expect them to be aware of the history of what has been regarded as the worst pandemic in modern times? They would never have gotten that comparative information to the Spanish Flu and how similar the death rates are to Covid from their alt-right resources!
@joshuahillerup42903 жыл бұрын
I prefer how pardons are used in Canada, to wipe criminal records of those who have served their times and shown that they have reformed.
@mikeharris19873 жыл бұрын
That's actually how it works here too, but only by custom. Ordinarily, a person can only appeal to the president for a pardon after admitting guilt, showing remorse, and serving their sentence. Corrupt pardons were once thought to be so politically toxic that no one would ever dare try them.
@joshuahillerup42903 жыл бұрын
@@mikeharris1987 does it also remove it from the criminal record, including things like affecting future employment and security clearances?
@mikeharris19873 жыл бұрын
@@joshuahillerup4290it only wipes away the punishment, not the facts of the case. I'm not clear on how that would affect security clearances, so I can only speculate that security clearances could still be denied based on whatever crimes were pardoned.
@joshuahillerup42903 жыл бұрын
@@mikeharris1987 ok, so it's not like in Canada
@waynefeller88243 жыл бұрын
@@joshuahillerup4290 - In the U.S., after a period of no criminal activity, and showing remorse, one can request that those charges be expunged from your record. This expungement fills the same niche as your pardon system. To get an expungement, one fills out paperwork that goes to your local courthouse. They then decide to expunge, or not. If you receive an expungement, then those crimes are completely removed from the record. In the U.S., a pardon is given from a political leader, i.e. a state governor or the president. In this case, it is considered an admission of guilt, and the crime stays on your record, until a certain time has passed, and an expungement can be requested. With security checks, a pardoned crime will still show up. However, this is not considered an automatic fail for most clearances. And after an inquiry, a decison to whether or not you should be granted clearance will be determined at that time.
@gregorylittle69913 жыл бұрын
This seems like what those of us in the gaming world would call a broken mechanic.
@elizabethmidford98433 жыл бұрын
President nerf patch coming when
@gregorylittle69913 жыл бұрын
@@elizabethmidford9843 it's been delayed since last November due to Covid. Awaiting update from devs.
@emilygordbort73003 жыл бұрын
Executive Build OP, pls nerf
@Sl1mch1ckens3 жыл бұрын
@@gregorylittle6991 ive had an update from the devs, they are working hard to fix this but are unclear weither it will be finished by the release date of january 20th.
@gregorylittle69913 жыл бұрын
@@Sl1mch1ckens Good to hear they're trying to make progress. Players are getting frustrated and some a thinking of quitting due to the unhealthy meta resulting from it.
@HazZzur3 жыл бұрын
From a non-US guy: This unrestricted power to pardon anyone for anything seems like the most stupid, abusable, corruption-inducing mechanism to ever exist in a democracy.
@vvirtualvviolence2833 жыл бұрын
"Democracy"
@RipMyTamagachi3 жыл бұрын
As a US guy: I 100% agree
@Zocress3 жыл бұрын
Well, America isn't real democracy. It's a semi-democracy or democracy-lite if you will. It can't be a true democracy with the electoral college in place. But yes, the unchecked power of presidential pardons is absolutely ridiculous.
@neeneko3 жыл бұрын
Keep in mind that all the nations that switched over to democracy after the US had the US's mistakes to learn from. This is why the second and later waves of democracies look so different from the US system. The US on the other hand sorta combined monarchists, rising new rich, and borrowed from a racist and poorly researched understanding of the already existing Iroquois Confederacy, and cobbled them together with a lot of fiction and philosophy.
@musiclaboratory96943 жыл бұрын
@@Zocress the United States is not governed by a democracy at all. we are governed by what is known as a constitutional republic which specifically is not a democracy. People thinking we live in a democratic country is why they also think are rights are being infringed upon, people don't even know what our system of government is how can they possibly know if their rights are being abused?
@thomasandrewclifford3 жыл бұрын
This video gets more and more scary every time he says "but can he do this? Well...yes"
@paulmdevenney3 жыл бұрын
Indeed. America is more of a monarchy (and certainly oligarchy) than Britain, that's the irony.
@macrussell783 жыл бұрын
@Anne Robinson Give one example of legal eagle being debunked.
@DrewKime3 жыл бұрын
@Anne Robinson 6:31 Please listen to the entire section on prospective pardon. This was covered, and no, no one has to be indicted before they can be pardoned.
@DrewKime3 жыл бұрын
@Anne Robinson Watch the video. Nixon.
@nejdalej3 жыл бұрын
Devon: "Time to think like a lawyer for the president" Me: "Give me a handkerchief, my face is melting."
@nicholasfarrell59813 жыл бұрын
nejdalej and the only way to stop it is snot.
@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth3 жыл бұрын
Quick! Go back! Go BACK!
@TheKrakenfist3 жыл бұрын
Every time I hear that we're still not sure how to interpret something in the constitution, I'm reminded of vaguely written board game rules and the wonderful arguments they create. We need a second LegalEagle dedicated to tabletop rules lawyering. LINE OF SIGHT v. THE STATE OF THE GAME
@GoldenSunAlex2 жыл бұрын
Get some 40K tournament players on it.
@charnor272711 ай бұрын
What is an encounter in Dungeon and Dragon 3.5 edition? That should time them down for a few hours.
@zachsands88693 жыл бұрын
Question: How much could Wile E. Coyote sue the ACME Corporation for all of the faulty products he has purchased from them?
@sternis13 жыл бұрын
He could definitely sue them, but he has to prove that they are indeed faulty when used as described by ACME. I have a hunch that ACME likely specifies (in their manual or in another way that's clear and likely to be read by the user) the ways in which their products may or may not be used. However, since most animations of Wile E. Coyote are rather old, it's likely that the laws and requirements for product safety has changed since then. But certainly and interesting case to see! Edit: Ok So I looked at a few of the ACME products, and found that in almost all cases of injury for Wile E Coyote, there's a clear unforeseeable misuse, and the fualt of injury would be entirely on Wile. There were actually however a few cases where the product WAS indeed faulty and could have been argued to be cause of injury. Also, reasearching this a little further, there HAVE actually been mentions of this in legal contexts (albeit humorous). I found two examples from the early 90s dealing with this.
@dracopalidine3 жыл бұрын
Perhaps he was using them in a way not intended for use therefore the liability would be on him and not the products?
@dracopalidine3 жыл бұрын
@@sternis1 oh wow I'd love to see those references haha
@sternis13 жыл бұрын
@@dracopalidine You should be able to find it via google (that's what I did!)
@starvalkyrie3 жыл бұрын
Watching Road Runner cartoons.... there's no way that Wile E Coyote is using any of those devices as directed in the manual. He frequently fails to anchor heavy equipment. Uses rocket powered propulsion through hazardous areas littered with obstacles. And I don't think any reasonable person could believe that most of those devices are even intended for roadrunner capture.
@SilverAnicore3 жыл бұрын
"President Mike Pence." There's a combination of words I didn't need to hear today.
@PhantomBanker3 жыл бұрын
Or any day, for that matter.
@jacksong62263 жыл бұрын
Much prefer it to harris
@a_pet_rock3 жыл бұрын
@@jacksong6226 The guy who made it legal to torture children in Indiana is preferable to literally anyone?
@ericm.54083 жыл бұрын
I can't eat my White Castles now hearing those three words!
@tomkelly003 жыл бұрын
Fortunately that would require way more brains than twitler45 has
@Noschool1003 жыл бұрын
Man, never thought we'd get a president bragging about self pardons
@warcrimeenjoyer2193 жыл бұрын
@Mitt Romney stands with BLM that’s a pretty red pulled option
@Noschool1003 жыл бұрын
@Mitt Romney stands with BLM I mean trump was the that said he could pardon himself. There's no reason to say it unless you are trying to flaunt your power.
@myscreen2urs3 жыл бұрын
Trump is going to pardon himself like you've never seen. It's gonna be the best pardon. This pardon will be HUUUGE! Bigger than Nixon's pardon, some might say. 🙃
@Stettafire3 жыл бұрын
@Mitt Romney stands with BLM oh yes that soycialist propaganda is scary stuff 🤣
@andreashabeck11553 жыл бұрын
@Mitt Romney stands with BLM did or did did not the president brag about self pardons?
@TheSolipsist03 жыл бұрын
The whole pardon concept seems undemocratic to me.
@FulgurInteritum3 жыл бұрын
quite the reverse actually. Otherwise you are saying a random judge has the ultimate say over the law.
@awwastor3 жыл бұрын
@@FulgurInteritum Well not really, you can appeal and you’re gonna go through the whole judicial system this way. Also with the pardon the ultimate power has a person which sometimes is elected by the minority, that doesn’t sound very democratic to me.
@FulgurInteritum3 жыл бұрын
@@awwastor the apeals courts and supreme court dont take every case. Only lucky people manage to go all the way up. And the the majority of states electors electing a president is how the democracy here works, as we are a federation. It's as democratic as our republic is.
@ShangZilla3 жыл бұрын
Pardon is an archaic relic of feudalism where the monarch had absolute power.
@FulgurInteritum3 жыл бұрын
@@ShangZilla nah, it's a way for the executive to balance power with the judicial.
@hillkillr3 жыл бұрын
I pardon myself all the time, especially when walking through a crowd. "Excuse me, pardon me, excuse me."
@labibbidabibbadum3 жыл бұрын
That's asking for pardons, not pardoning yourself. Granted nonetheless.
@TheExplorder3 жыл бұрын
@@labibbidabibbadum Well, the white house is a very formal workspace these days, with everyone asking "Pardon me?"
@jendelreavis3583 жыл бұрын
Ahhh...I remember crowds
@bodhisitter3 жыл бұрын
Plantation owning human traffickers: "Only the best and most virtuous will lead us."
@OurayTheOwl3 жыл бұрын
They did truly believe that, but that line still holds as we adjust our perceptions on who exactly that means. If they said "only plantation owning human traffickers" their documents wouldn't have lasted until now.
@felixrodriguez50503 жыл бұрын
@@OurayTheOwl and that's the invisibility of white supremacy in policy matters.
@drpibisback76803 жыл бұрын
@@felixrodriguez5050 I mean, there's definitely white supremacy involved in the idea that literally owning black people didn't disqualify a man for an office that was supposed to be for the best of the citizenry, but it doesn't seem to actively encode white supremacy into policy the way policies created to negatively impact populations that are disproportionately (if not entirely) non-white do. Kinda hard to challenge that as invisible white supremacy in policy when it's more of a policy that treats white supremacy as invisible. It's not actually promoting it, it just enables it to the extent other forces (societal and legal) do so. While that might sound like hair-splitting, there's a kinda important distinction between "the constitution's principles were written when what was and wasn't acceptable was different" and "the constitution is hypocritical by nature and therefore shouldn't be trusted."
@Ugly_German_Truths3 жыл бұрын
@Velsen Fest No you have the white house for any conspiracies promoted by Insane pro-racists. BLM is for awareness about policing being deliberately harmful to 1/6th of the population due to racist heritage.
@OurayTheOwl3 жыл бұрын
@@felixrodriguez5050 I wouldn’t say that’s invisible white supremacy. The words themselves don’t actually call for that even if it was well understood to mean that at the time. Which is why I can see why you’d call it an invisible agenda. However, since it’s not written to be overt, the same principles can be applied as inclusivity grows and be used to the opposite effect. This isn’t a particularly good example of “policy” or institutional racism as the intentional vagueness allows for the subversion of those very efforts.
@aaronsande3 жыл бұрын
I have a repeating fantasy that Trump steps down for Pence to pardon him, then Pence goes "You know what? Nah. PSYCHE!"
@beautifulmidnight3 жыл бұрын
Oh my GOD. I was thinking that. How absolutely delicious would that be?
@wendyheatherwood3 жыл бұрын
"Thank you for transferring the presidency to me. Unfortunately I will not be pardoning you. However, now that you've surrendered all legal authority here is a list of everything I've been wanting to say to you for the last four years. Get comfortable. We're going to be here a while..."
@steveschulte86963 жыл бұрын
The Pence pardon power only extends to noon on 20 January 2021. So anytime Trumps wants a Pence pardon, it may be granted. Pence only has the power is duly sworn in. Pence holds office only until noon, there is a several minute vacancy in the office until the President-Elect is sworn in, and the Vice-President-Elect.
@bwktlcn3 жыл бұрын
@Philip L Tite I keep thinking he’s going to find a way to stay (or come back). And he will be so angry, he will want to destroy those who didn’t support him enough. Or he will try to get his kids as governors of states that prosecute him so they can pardon him....
@lperea213 жыл бұрын
Pence will need a pardon too. But not from the correct authority
@PoklaanNL3 жыл бұрын
There needs to be 1 more limit on pardons: Only convicted persons can be pardoned for crimes they were already convicted of, with an explicit ban on prospective pardons (pardoning someone for a crime they've yet to be convicted of or even charged with).
@AldenRogers3 жыл бұрын
Obviously no pardons should be allowed for any illegality the president is personally involved with.
@SianaGearz3 жыл бұрын
@@AldenRogers Presidential immunity. Generally, nothing a president does in the office is technically illegal. So while it would be desirable, i don't know that it's necessarily possible.
@TheLPcollector3 жыл бұрын
my worst fear is that 45 pardons himself for any federal crime he has done is doing or will do and make the timeframe abitrarily long, so that it extends to both before and beyond any timeframe that he could be alive (say 1900 to 2100). or have pence do such a thing... i fear trumps gonna be the one to take the chance, especially with recent developments, and he may very well get away with it which would be a VERY BAD precedent to set
@FulgurInteritum3 жыл бұрын
nah, the whole reason pardons arent that way is to prevent political prosecution. The pardon system works as intended, the law is enforced by the president, and if he does something bad, then congress can impeach him.
@johnny_eth3 жыл бұрын
Pardons should not exist period. At most, the president should send a reference to a court to ask for a review of a case.
@calebchoi69323 жыл бұрын
The fact that we’re even asking this question shows that we’re in deep shit😂
@bumblebeast13203 жыл бұрын
Me: Can the president do this horrible thing? Legal Eagle: Well...probably. Me: 🤦♂️
@sammarks91463 жыл бұрын
"It depends" is every lawyer's favorite phrase.
@jesng77703 жыл бұрын
@@sammarks9146 not just lawyer but doctor too.
@fatty10403 жыл бұрын
Lol the answer is of course. Everything in the video just explains the uniqueness of this specific situation. Point is the *law* is very blurred here (Common sense isn't) thus the ambiguity.
@thetotalwarsmaster3 жыл бұрын
@@fatty1040 what I will say about this is to look at Nixon. He was pardoned right after he resigned. Sooooooo there goes out the window a lot of what the lawyer said. o there goes about 1/2 of his first argument.
@MartoLun3 жыл бұрын
It really is shocking how many times the answer to "Can the president of the USA legally do this horribly tyrannical thing?" is yes. It just happens that no one has done it before, because it would be political suicide to do so, and would ruin the chances of any re election. That is, unless you turn your supporters into a cult...
@DOC_9513 жыл бұрын
Everything about being able to pardon seems like a developer cheat code that was accidentally left in the game.
@aylbdrmadison10513 жыл бұрын
Accidentally?
@tuckergary15163 жыл бұрын
oh we have a new superhero. "the orange sphincter" his power is to lie whenever his lips move. a nod to bill mar
@TheDisturbism3 жыл бұрын
I have spent a lot of time on KZbin in the last 10 years, too much, and I feel like you have created a near perfect KZbin channel. Years of talking in front of judges seems to have perfected your KZbin persona. The perfect mix of humour, information, and monetization! I have yet to watch one of your videos where I wasn’t engaged and entertained - so well done! You are my KZbin hero!
@gabo120823 жыл бұрын
Why insult turkeys like that
@ronindebeatrice3 жыл бұрын
A: He shouldn't. It's immoral and sleezy. He absolutely will pardon himself.
@lilJuvis153 жыл бұрын
100 years from now (if our democracy is still around 🤞🏼) they’ll be talking about 2020 and the absolutely batshit insane 4 years of Trump. Then they’ll see that over 73 Million Americans wanted a second term ...
@brianng34143 жыл бұрын
I think he is going to do both -pardon himself and then have Pence do another pardon himself. But you know he is going to do it. Even now, he is still lying about the election even though there is no proof of "stolen election".
@alr21573 жыл бұрын
@@lilJuvis15 and in 200 years they will know that the mass was hypnotized by propaganda and couldn't think clearly. And that Puppet Biden was more to fear than Ego Trump.
@andrepereira33383 жыл бұрын
But... what's B? WHAT'S B???
@arnoldhau13 жыл бұрын
@@brianng3414 Not sure about that. He would have to step down and that would conflict with his ego.
@KevinReijnders933 жыл бұрын
A big take away from this seems, to me at least, that the president has too much power and is only held in check by the honor system.
@OurayTheOwl3 жыл бұрын
Yeah no, he said repeatedly that avenues to contest the president already exist, and simply because they exist they may affect the supreme courts rulings. Laws were made for a reason, and you saw examples of how and why they were used for the benefit of the country. Its just that no president in the last 250 years has acted quite in such a way that specifics needed to be hashed out to this degree, because we assumed those previous measures would be adequate.
@evannibbe93753 жыл бұрын
He is held in check by elections and the fundamental principle of rulers: one cannot rule alone.
@candacen77793 жыл бұрын
One could make that argument for essentially any democracy or democratic republic.
@josemartini27073 жыл бұрын
He can be impeached, impeached, impeached... he is held in check by those who can impeach him. Apparently it wasn't a good enough case.
@gildedbear53553 жыл бұрын
@@josemartini2707 what case? The Senate didn't call witnesses or look at any evidence.
@FrancescoDondi3 жыл бұрын
The years since 2016 have been "Wait we can do that?" UK: "Yes it's regulated by a law of 1457 never repealed" US: "We thought it was forbidden but turns out nobody knows"
@RocLobo3582 жыл бұрын
The UK doesn't have those kinds of decisions. Only guidelines.
@panda_girl52983 жыл бұрын
If he pardons himself that will open a door to future presidents to the same. The president, Democrat or Republican, should NOT be above the law. PERIODT
@TheMarkster2453 жыл бұрын
It already happened (kinda) Nixon resigned then Ford took over and pardoned him
@rlivermont3 жыл бұрын
I would say that Trump has opened the door to all sorts of nefarious behaviour by the occupant of the Office of the President.
@rabbitbobo41313 жыл бұрын
The president by definition are above the law, and has the power to over throw decision. The under line of this problem is that the fathers of US, has always expected people of virtual and honor in position, and would use this power for the dispute of people and pardon conflicting parties which would cause long term conflict within the nation.
@shesaknitter3 жыл бұрын
If a president is above the law, that means that the Rule of Law part of the Constitution...that no one is above the law...means nothing. If that is the case, what else in the Constitution means nothing?
@altrag3 жыл бұрын
@@TheMarkster245 Yeah but that still means he needs to convince at least one other person that he shouldn't be indicted for his crimes. Whether or not Pence would take that deal is .. likely, but not guaranteed. We know that Pence is obviously supporting Trump's idiocy in public but I don't know if anyone knows what their private relationship is like. Pence is in many ways (again, at least in his public persona) kind of the opposite of Trump. It may well be that he was just riding Trump's coattails and will turn on him when something like the question of a pardon deal comes up. Of course, I doubt we'll find out. Trump is too egotistical to admit that he was wrong about being able to pardon himself, so I think its highly unlikely he'd actually abdicate like that even if Pence was willing to provide the Ford-style pardon. There's also the fact that Trump doesn't actually believe he's committed any crimes, so there's a good chance he sees pardoning himself as just a "because why not" measure and doesn't actually think it matters. We'll find out in the next 6 weeks I guess. In the short term, I'm more curious how his tone will change after tomorrow when the EC representatives finally put the nail in the whole election coffin. Is he just going to ramp up and claim the EC is fraudulent as well, or will he change tactics and try some other form of treason to undermine US democracy? The climax of the final season of Survivor: West Wing should be exciting!
@samcalven123 жыл бұрын
Why is the law harsher on the common citizens than it is on federal officials.
@mechanomics26493 жыл бұрын
Corruption and complacency.
@brandonsalvatierra57743 жыл бұрын
Probably because the federal officials make the laws...
@supremememersnoke73503 жыл бұрын
Because they're the ones in power.
@samcalven123 жыл бұрын
@@supremememersnoke7350 so you are conceding the power of the people to only federal officials
@supremememersnoke73503 жыл бұрын
@@samcalven12 No.
@-_IT_-3 жыл бұрын
This video saddens me. They do not want one person to have too much power, but makes it easy for one person to have too much power.
@fatty10403 жыл бұрын
Lol having a country leader *Always* puts them in power. Its been like this for ages.
@Stettafire3 жыл бұрын
@@fatty1040 By the standard of most Western nations. It's way worse in the US. There is nothing he can't do. In both Canada and the UK there are actions the PM can not take
@fatty10403 жыл бұрын
@@Stettafire Of course you are right but the pm still gets power is what i am saying. Someone always does.
@candacen77793 жыл бұрын
@@Stettafire Not necessarily. There are actions that the US President cannot take, but it requires enough members of Congress to actually pursue punishment if those actions are taken. We are in a period in history at this moment where the number of Congressional members willing to do what is necessary to hold the President accountable are few. In fact, I'd argue that the same thing can happen in the UK, Canada or any other democracy (especially in the UK, where the "Constitution" is confusing as hell, and largely unknown by the majority of its citizens). A nation's leader is only as powerful as the people who are entrusted to hold that leader accountable are willing to do their jobs. The UK and Canada are no strangers to corruption, and should their Parliamentary members decide to not answer to the citizens of their country, but instead to those who fill their bank accounts, they can easily find themselves realizing how easy it is to have a leader who can get away with murder as well.
@williamknox66483 жыл бұрын
So technically a president could pardon every person with a minor weed charge
@kenlandon6130 Жыл бұрын
he could pardon everyone in federal prison period
@stormbowman71483 жыл бұрын
So the President could technically troll everybody by pardoning all future turkeys?
@michaeldaly10963 жыл бұрын
Only if the turkey commits a federal crime
@GadgetDon3 жыл бұрын
No. A pardon can only be granted for crimes that already happened.
@maciejp78293 жыл бұрын
@@GadgetDon so what crime did the turkey(s) commit?
@Destorath6663 жыл бұрын
@@maciejp7829 being delicious
@filipferencak27173 жыл бұрын
@@Destorath666 Damn those turkeys!
@pricklybiscuit3 жыл бұрын
I'm starting to get the impression that the powers of the president is very easy to abuse for personal gains. Ahhh no way could just be me imagining things
@junit4833 жыл бұрын
Certainly not because presidents will only have the highest levels of integrity and moralities.
@vdlion7173 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure the last 4 years have shown exactly that. He has literally gotten away with about 50 things that would have sunk any other president.
@Koooo43 жыл бұрын
Seems like most of the limits put on the president is just "yeah, im sure no president would do that, no need for an actual law."
@genieglasslamp50283 жыл бұрын
What do you mean? It's not like its ridiculously easy for for the president to use his power for personal gain or anything. Oh wait.......
@vdlion7173 жыл бұрын
@@Koooo4 yes, they also didn't anticipate an anchored in 2 party system where nearly nobody crosses party lines anymore. The mechanism to remove corrupt presidents is inherently flawed because of this.
@Intabih3 жыл бұрын
Motion to Discover: What do you do with this room on a day-to-day basis? Is it a spare room? Do you glare at the chair whenever you pass it?
@uhthin3 жыл бұрын
Pooh what am I missing here? Why is this getting thumbs up?
@musiclaboratory96943 жыл бұрын
@@uhthin generally speaking the lawyer representing this channel has said in past videos that he will respond to valid questions submitted in a courtroom fashion. I.e. " objection" "motion to discover" ect. Ect.
@talzane54753 жыл бұрын
Are we sure it's not a green screen?
@vercoda99973 жыл бұрын
@@musiclaboratory9694 I’ll allow it. Continue.
@sidvyas85493 жыл бұрын
@@talzane5475 that’s what I think lol
@hansheden3 жыл бұрын
This is sooooo wrong. No single person should have the power to decide what is and isn't a crime.
@AldenRogers3 жыл бұрын
especially when they are personally involved in said crime.
@FulgurInteritum3 жыл бұрын
but they dont. the president and congress are elected. Are you saying a random trash judge should get to decide law?
@eliscore3 жыл бұрын
They're not. They only have the power to control who's punished
@Thommadura3 жыл бұрын
Actually, that is not what a pardon does. A pardon normally REQUIRES the person to admit guilt. What a pardon does is reduce or eliminate punishment for the crime. However our whole legal system is based on a single person deciding a case - called a JUDGE. And in the Federal system, that can include deciding if a law is constitutional. The Federal lowest court, and the court of appeals cases are decided by ONE judge. A multiple judge situation is rare before the Supreme court. ANd a great example of power, the first president nominated EVERY supreme court judge.
@rainbowevil3 жыл бұрын
@@FulgurInteritum what kind of garbage refutation is that? Just because they were elected at some point in the past doesn’t mean that they, a single person, don’t “have the power to decide what is and isn’t a crime.” They absolutely do, and that’s the problem.
@jefffenton59323 жыл бұрын
“We are a long, long way from George Washington now.” Indeed.
@Deimnos3 жыл бұрын
@Jeff Fenton read your INDEED in te voice of Teal'c from stargate :)))
@tuckergary15163 жыл бұрын
george w. to trump who can't stop lying. 4'000 + last count.
@barelyasurvivor12573 жыл бұрын
Sigh very much so Jeff
@nathanielbellmore3 жыл бұрын
Lol George would probably be stacking bodies right now. Too much corruption all over the place, he's gotta water that tree of liberty.
@jusded68033 жыл бұрын
It's a reagan and clinton repeat.
@saundraschaefer3 жыл бұрын
My headcannon is that you're secretly Ryan Reynolds' long lost brother.
@me01010010003 жыл бұрын
I can no longer unsee that
@asterix8113 жыл бұрын
Then why isn’t he sponsored by Mint Mobile instead of Ting Mobile?
@BubbaYak3 жыл бұрын
They even kinda sound the same
@hatemteirelbar95103 жыл бұрын
Nope Jim Halpert
@jeremygibbs73423 жыл бұрын
I honestly thought at first it was Reynolds pretending to be a lawyer XD
@queenannsrevenge1003 жыл бұрын
"Don't like it? Amend the Constitution. No, seriously - AMEND THE CONSTITUTION!"
@JublovinJub3 жыл бұрын
I'm game! So many holes have been brought to our attention that desperately need to be filled! If we can take anything from this Presidency, we can say we learned what we need to fix! POWER back to the PEOPLE!
@mathewfinch3 жыл бұрын
Or we could just trash the old system and make a new system, much like they did when they wrote the constitution and abandoned the Articles of Confederation, an act that was technically outside of any legal authority they had as well.
@stokhosursus3 жыл бұрын
@@mathewfinch Actually, you’re right that the Constitution we have is directly due to the Articles of Confederation but not quite in the way that you’re asserting. The “founding fathers” realized that they would not be able to effectively foresee every possible situation that would arise to the point that they could fairly and completely codify the entire rule of law in the Constitution. Democracies were quite a new thing at the time, and there was not enough experience or knowledge to be able to do what they wanted to do with the Articles of Confederation. So, instead they decided to establish the machinery of our government to allow for changes and to prevent any one person or group from holding too much power. They established the basic structure, the division of power, and the checks and balances within that system. They also establish how the Constitution could be amended. Instead of one person or group of people wielding all the governing powers, the executive powers, the legislative powers, and the judicial powers were divided among three separate branches, where each were given the ability to check each other’s use of their respective powers without infringing upon the exercise of those powers. They went a step further by giving all rights that weren’t specifically delegated to the federal government in the Constitution or prohibited by the Constitution to the States-one additional check on the entire federal government. Conflict is the core principle of the structure of the US Government, established by the Constitution that, despite its messiness, has provided quite a powerful machinery for preserving the core values of the United States presented in the Declaration of Independence and enshrined in the Constitution. In short, they trusted that we’d figure it out as we went along, and they made it very difficult for any one person or group to be able to do it all alone without eventually having to work things out in conflict and compromise.
@AndrewAMartin3 жыл бұрын
@@stokhosursus Unfortunately, they did not foresee that the spirit of compromise for the good of all Americans would be lost to extreme partisanship.
@willdejong77633 жыл бұрын
I'd like to give congress the ability to nullify pardons, probably would want to use similar rules to impeachment and require 2/3 of the senate to support the veto. Maybe with a time limit, allow for the pardons to be thrown out up to one year after the president leaves office. Also should limit the pardons such that they are not applicable to crimes committed after the president who issued the pardon leaves office.
@RaraAvis233 жыл бұрын
“No, I said a *good* lawyer” 😂
@theintern29603 жыл бұрын
"It's time to think like the president's lawyer." I physically recoiled from that concept.
@donnadicasa3 жыл бұрын
"Well, I've got Covid, better get to the White House, the rally, the hearing..."
@tparadox883 жыл бұрын
Time to leak various liquids and gases.
@m.k.c.52123 жыл бұрын
Made me want to puke immediately
@agactual23 жыл бұрын
Objection: You’re supposed to make us feel better, not worse
@christophermiller54333 жыл бұрын
Overruled. A lawyer’s job isn’t to make you feel better, just tell you the facts and advise.
@iamme45523 жыл бұрын
Not part of the job but here’s something legal to keep you warm at night anyway. A presidential pardon is an executive order. As demonstrated by one of Trump’s first executive orders a president can negate any executive orders issued by the previous president in the last six months he was in office. Biden will have the power to immediately negate all the pardons Trump has issued recently or will issue including Flynn and others. Sweet dreams. 😄
@TheBlarggle3 жыл бұрын
@@iamme4552 As if Biden would do anything even close to that. Biden is there to smooth out all the bumps so Republicans can act like they've never heard of Trump.
@andmos10013 жыл бұрын
Overruled: legal eagle is not you personal consultant
@BankRoll553 жыл бұрын
@@iamme4552 I needed this reply SO much. Thank you
@fugyfruit3 жыл бұрын
So does this mean he admits that he has committed crimes that need to be pardoned
@drewgoin88493 жыл бұрын
Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79 (1915) - A pardon implies acceptance of one's guilt
@ShadowTani3 жыл бұрын
His whole presidency have been about enriching himself, that much should be apparent to most people outside of the more oblivious supporters that actually believed an oligarch would "make America great again", and so it follows with little surprise that he then probably committed crimes along the way. Trump might not be able to see past his own ego in many aspects, but he got enough self-awareness to know whether or not he did some underhanded things along the way. Could he be pardoning himself just as a precaution against false claims in the future? It's a possibility, but that kind of foresight seems out of character for him. He has enough pride to believe he can overcome any false claims easily enough, true claims however...
@fatty10403 жыл бұрын
@@drewgoin8849 Not really. If you watched the video you can see both the good and bad of being pardoned. It is still a coin that has to be flipped and depends on the people and the people of the court.
@natthekiwi70743 жыл бұрын
You realize racists disperportionally voted for Trump right? Why are you saying demokkkrat?
@fugyfruit3 жыл бұрын
It works better as Republikkkan
@pointlesspos84403 жыл бұрын
For some reason when he says "I'll see you, in court." I feel a bit more comfortable than I should.
@michaelbrantley60393 жыл бұрын
Motion to discover: so if trump can get himself pardoned will states individually be able to charge him for federal crimes that are also state crimes?
@CK-jm7sq3 жыл бұрын
I would also like to know
@jakestrom83953 жыл бұрын
Not a lawyer but I’m pretty sure you can only be tried if the crime was committed in the state that tries him.
@jayd26553 жыл бұрын
The SDNY and the NY-AG is exactly what Trump is afraid of and is doing anything he can to illegally reverse the results of the election. He know by advice from people around him that he'll be deposed, tried and possibly be found guilty of state crimes. His books will be exposed, his brand will be tarnished if not destroyed and he can be sent to jail.
@sheashay173 жыл бұрын
This is actually a really good question given how much “diplomacy” Trump has done from his various golf courses in the states and how he initially operated from Trump Tower in NY, including at the time of the Russia scandal... (Additionally, DC may have some ability to charge him for his dealings at Trump properties in the capital, though that may be more dubious given DC’s relative handicap of not being an actual state...) -Edited to point out this original part of my comment is incorrect, as pointed out by another commenter, DC crimes are federal and thus susceptible to federal pardons.
@robertnett97933 жыл бұрын
Not a lawyer... But the power of pardon only extends to federal crimes. And I am not aware that a crime can be both at the same time. Granted, a complex criminal scheme might contain a multitude of crimes. But as the power of pardon only nullifies the federal crimes - there might still be a lot of crimes left. Also it's really not, that we are short on state crimes Trump is investigated for. So chances are, that he spends the rest of his days in the big house anyways.
@Nr47473 жыл бұрын
"I beg your pardon" takes on a whole new meaning in the last days of the Trump administration.
@naman63343 жыл бұрын
"Time to think like a lawyer for the president?" Oh dear, I'd rather not lol. Gonna end up in jail
@PaulusCunctator3 жыл бұрын
or the hospital at this point
@echiko49323 жыл бұрын
@@PaulusCunctator id rather go to jail, its cheaper
@williamoldaker53483 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the Pardon system needs to be changed.
@FulgurInteritum3 жыл бұрын
that would require a supermajority of the states to agree.
@Thommadura3 жыл бұрын
Actually, what Trump HAS done is establish that here are LOTS of loopholes in our over 200 year old constitution I personally believe that what we need is a Constitutional Convention and a completely updated Constitution. IF we are going to go through the process, there is LOTS to do
@FulgurInteritum3 жыл бұрын
@@Thommadura never will happen. we will just split the country in two if we try, we wont get 66% agreement, which is a far better outcome anyway.
@Thommadura3 жыл бұрын
@@FulgurInteritum Yup, agreed. At least not in my lifetime. If they could not get the Equal Rights for Women Amendment approved in time, what chance to we have to get the Presidential Pardon changed, unlikely. too. Electoral College, nope. I could go on. so could you. I simply stated what is really needed - not that it would happen.
@Rebel30003 жыл бұрын
First the electoral college, now pardons? Anything the left doesnt like needs to be changed unless it benifits them, huh?
@HaikatrineKat3 жыл бұрын
"Except in cases of impeachment" That's going to be the line debated for the next 10 years.
@Thommadura3 жыл бұрын
@David Wang THe EGG came first. There were eggs on earth long before there were chickens!
@teresaromanski3925 Жыл бұрын
Trump should have been convicted in both impeachments, what do you do when the Senate (jury) goes against their oath, and doesn't uphold it's duty? The whole system is rigged to protect the politicians. There really is no justice in America. I find it stunning that the party in power can commit as many crimes as they like, and when the next president is the opposing party, they can't hold the former party's criminal acts accountable, because it will look political. It's total bulls--t.
@admis93583 жыл бұрын
Man it's almost like our constitution should be updated or something
@dylank.44983 жыл бұрын
Yeah good luck with that. Certain people in this country believe that “you cannot change the constitution.”
@mechanomics26493 жыл бұрын
You mean updating something drawn up in the 1700's and whose last amendment was proposed over 200 years ago? Hey now, let's not get too carried away here.
@BattyButtercup3 жыл бұрын
I mean, Christianity did that with the New Testament and that went Well™. i'll allow you all to have your own, immediate mental reels as to how "well" that went, historically & immediately, for good and ill.
@Jimmy_Jones3 жыл бұрын
America: REEEEEEEE
@supremememersnoke73503 жыл бұрын
Or completely overhauled.
@jonathanvernon72513 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't a self-pardon be the ultimate expression of quid pro quo? Receiving something of value (ie. a pardon) in exchange for granting a pardon.
@TmanaokLine3 жыл бұрын
Watching this after the insurrection in Jan 2021 just feels sickening...
@josephjackson34853 жыл бұрын
Why yes, insurrection... We Americans have been out of harms way for too long and do not know what an actual coup de tat looks like. Please don't say this to any Saudi Arabia / Indian / Frenchman and so on and so forth
@LeNoir6793 жыл бұрын
@@josephjackson3485 lol you have zero idea what you're talking about
@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human3 жыл бұрын
@Joseph Jackson It was an armed takeover of the building where the US governing bodies meet, with those governing bodies present, by a riotous mob who wished to overturn an election result. That is an insurrection by definition. The only reason it wasn't a bloodbath is because the US police decided that was the time to try de-escalation and negotiation for the first time ever. And because the House and Senate were able to be kept away from the mob by the police and Secret Service officers guarding them. Either of those things happened differently, and instead of being a global embarressment it would have become one of the darkest days in US history.
@GoldenSunAlex2 жыл бұрын
@@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human Tbh, I think if the police had acted like they normally do it could have started an actual civil war.
@morgand.38093 жыл бұрын
Me, before watching the video: "Oh, GOOD. Here's Devin to explain in detail how the US laws and institutions have logical, sensible restrictions that will prevail over all this crazy, ridiculous, outrageous nonsense about Trump being able to use the presidential pardon to do absolutely everything he wants!" Me, after watching the video: "... never mind."
@L1Run3 жыл бұрын
Lol. Yeah whoops.
@David-gr1do3 жыл бұрын
@Nic DeGrave my thoughts exactly. I thank god daily that Trump is a buffoon, but I’m afraid of what a competent man could do.
@mikehawk92813 жыл бұрын
Everytime he asked the question "can he do that?" I thought to myself no of course not, and I was surprised to know I was wrong most of the time lol
@x--.3 жыл бұрын
The pardon power has been interpreted to be *very* broad. And that's saying something considering how broadly it is written.
@altrag3 жыл бұрын
@@x--. Yeah, the only real question is whether he can pardon himself explicitly. I don't think there's any (real) question about being able to pardon his co-conspirators and certainly no question about being able to pardon his family members. But the president being able to pardon himself would literally put him above the law. "Except impeachment" is fine and all, but lets say he pardons himself and gets impeached for doing so. Sure, he's now out of office and "disgraced" but that pardon would still stand. Impeachment wouldn't undo the act that got him impeached, so he would still be free from indictment after he was removed from office - a thing that is generally considered a no-go in the US (though I'm not sure that whole "above the law" bit is actually constitutional or just one of those feel-good sayings that Americans believe but might not actually be true when tested. There's a good chance we'll find out though as I suspect Trump is too egotistical to pass the baton to Pence and effectively admit that he was wrong about being able to pardon himself).
@veezopolis3 жыл бұрын
"Let's think like the President's Lawyer" About time someone did
@headgames31153 жыл бұрын
He thinks?
@polarhack2223 жыл бұрын
@@headgames3115 Jury's still out on that one, probably because of how ridculous his lawyers' claims are.
@kerricaine3 жыл бұрын
@@headgames3115 why do you think his head was leaking so badly? Tried too hard to form a thought
@catelynh10203 жыл бұрын
"There was a non-zero number of federal crimes commited"
@FTZPLTC3 жыл бұрын
For real. As much as I don't want this election to go on longer (because it seems to have ended more times than Return of the King), it seems like America could REALLY do with getting some legal precedent laid down on this.
@igordasunddas33773 жыл бұрын
I'm not even American, but I like that while being Ukrainian and having a German Citizenship I could very well follow your video. Thank you!
@videomissionary3 жыл бұрын
One credit to Trump, he exposed a lot of flaws in the justice system as it applies to government. Y'all gotta fix that shit quick. Imagine what a clever version of Trump could accomplish with this knowledge.
@MF-R3 жыл бұрын
True, he has also put a flag on all the people we shouldn't trust.
@WeezaY50003 жыл бұрын
Competent fascist 2024. 😪
@creed87123 жыл бұрын
You make it sound like the other presidents didn’t know about this shit. It’s a lot easier to get away with shit if you ignore the problem. That’s why people only complain about voting when their team is loosing as you can see from the last two elections
@TheDragonslyr3 жыл бұрын
There needs to be a broad pardon of all non violent, no victim crimes, that were only created to suppress the poor.
@autumn_breeze6163 жыл бұрын
Yeah but then the privatized penal system loses money, and we cant have that now, can we.
@FriedrichHerschel3 жыл бұрын
That's a bit unspecific. Especially the "no victim" thingy, as quite often, the general public can be the victim, or the perpetrator him-/herself.
@bezretmet3 жыл бұрын
@@autumn_breeze616 the most insane part that the private prisons can actually sue the state for millions if prisoner numbers drop too low. like the state is incentivized to keep crime numbers high it's insane.
@the1exnay3 жыл бұрын
You gave three conditions for something to be pardoned, and i think all three of those would be quite contentious as to what exactly they refer to. Depending what you meant i might agree or strongly disagree.
@finnpeterson43353 жыл бұрын
That's literally just a presidential pardon, dude.
@Nullzeros3 жыл бұрын
Everyone in the Midwest: “Well sure we pardon ourselves all the time here” “it’s just the polite thing to do when you leave somewhere”.
@zachm23313 жыл бұрын
As someone raised in Wisconsin, I can confirm.
@AshleeKnowsNot3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@davidscott54063 жыл бұрын
@@zachm2331 *cries in milwaukee*
@stokhosursus3 жыл бұрын
Wait...for reals?!?
@arthurias76933 жыл бұрын
@@stokhosursus pardon me sir, can I get by ya real quick?
@Thrifty0327813 жыл бұрын
I feel like "The Office" would make a great video for your "Lawyer Reacts" series. They break so many sexual harassment laws that it's a wonder Dunder Mifflin was not sued out of existence.
@L1Run3 жыл бұрын
"We defy kings! We shall institute a just government." "But if we do, how will we have a king?" "Good point. Very good point."
@edwardnygma85333 жыл бұрын
On that note, didn't they actually think they should address the president as "your majesty" for a while?
@andrewshepherd16333 жыл бұрын
@@edwardnygma8533 John Adams led the charge on trying to figure out how to address the president and his majesty WAS considered briefly. Ultimately it was firmly decided against. Whether or not it occurred in the way shown in the JA miniseries is another issue altogether.
@brokestudentinschool27313 жыл бұрын
What is this a quote from?
@edwardnygma85333 жыл бұрын
@@andrewshepherd1633 Right, didn't Washington have to decide Mr. President for himself? And I've never heard of this miniseries, tbh, was it any good?
@edwardnygma85333 жыл бұрын
@@brokestudentinschool2731 Looks like some John Adams miniseries.
@TheSecondVersion3 жыл бұрын
So basically... the President can legalize The Purge by declaring prospective pardons for all crimes committed within a 24-hour time period
@mikeshields67463 жыл бұрын
As long as people make sure their "Purging" raises to the level of a federal crime. You can murder people, but don't jump a subway fare.
@SimonBuchanNz3 жыл бұрын
Just make sure you murder across state lines, right? Unfortunately that means most people won't be able to do the murders they really want to...
@syyneater3 жыл бұрын
I think you could also do it on federal lands, though you’d have to make sure you didn’t commit any crimes on your way to the park.
@cshairydude3 жыл бұрын
If you're talking about a 24 hour period in the past, then sure. I can't see the courts upholding a pre-emptive pardon for crimes that haven't been committed yet.
@mccrow45613 жыл бұрын
"It's time to think like a Lawyer for the president" *Proceeds to have a literal meltdown*
@BreadMan4343 жыл бұрын
Thought pipelining...slowing...focus...blurring...moral...compass...disappearing...must...hold...onto...my...RIGHT TO CHARGE ALL OF THESE ILLEGITIMATE VOTES, YOUR HONOUR. HOWEVER WE ARE NOT CALLING FOR FRAUD YOUR HONOUR.
@collinsmovies11523 жыл бұрын
@@rjwh67220 He's referring to giuliani's hair dye melting all over his face (literally)
@ilikeyourname48073 жыл бұрын
I usually hate people using the word "literally" loosely but in this case he actually melted
@elgatofelix89173 жыл бұрын
You misspelled liberal meltdown 😅😅😅
@PeloquinDavid3 жыл бұрын
Well done. You're the first one who has managed to answer virtually all the questions I had on this (and then some...) As you mention, SCOTUS will be able (if it chooses) to review the merits of a corruptly granted pardon(s) IF (in particular) it were to judge that such a pardon or batch of pardons were so egregious that it brought American justice into disrepute. As many others have noted, SCOTUS is not immune from the need to take political reality into account when rendering difficult decisions- and, most famously, does "seem to follow election results" - but it's anybody's guess as to how they would read the politics of the current situation...
@heatseekerx513 жыл бұрын
"The President might be able to pardon himself" Bill Clinton: "I could have whaaaaaaaat?"
@MurderMostFowl3 жыл бұрын
I know you're joking, but Clinton was impeached, so technically he couldn't
@chriskimpton45193 жыл бұрын
@@MurderMostFowl impeached but acquitted, so in the same boat as Trump surely?
@mechanomics26493 жыл бұрын
Republicans would be up in arms and foaming at the mouth if Clinton or any other Democratic president, especially Obama, were in Trumps place saying what he's said on this. The cognitive dissonance is incredible.
@williamwontiam31663 жыл бұрын
@@mechanomics2649 yeah, I’d kill for some common objectivity here.
@keithklassen53203 жыл бұрын
@Michaelle Green He was honest after he was legally required to be honest, and not even at first, lol. "I did not have sex with that woman."
@lukedodson32673 жыл бұрын
Legal Eagle: Time to think like a lawyer for the President! Me: I...was just tucking in my shirt.
@Circlewisewoman013 жыл бұрын
🤣
@CAMarg-zs1xq3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@britishnerd39193 жыл бұрын
In fairness, creepy as Giuliani was in that interview he was clearly tucking in his shirt and the scene was edited to make it look worse.
@anthony28163 жыл бұрын
Objection: We should be basing our definition of the word "grant" on how it is used elsewhere in the Constitution, not how it later became used in property law.
@anthony28163 жыл бұрын
@Philip L Tite Yes, but since the pardon power is directly from the original part of the Constitution, why shouldn't we determine the definition of "grant" from that document, rather than 200+ years of later usage and interpretations? If the pardon power was created last year, then I'd agree with you. But it wasn't.
@SensationalBanana3 жыл бұрын
In short, what I used to believe to be fiction in House of Cards, turns out to be entirely true...
@Violent2aShadow3 жыл бұрын
Could the President pardon himself for impeachment? "Certainly not!" "Ok.....But could he pardon a hitman for 'taking out' any member of Congress who decides to hold impeachment hearings?"
@ingamingpc16343 жыл бұрын
Probably if there is enough money to grease the wheels
@mattbibeault8433 жыл бұрын
They would still be charged with murder under state law, I'm guessing a murder in D.C. is under a D.C. law not federal law also
@bayani693 жыл бұрын
@@mattbibeault843 unless the assassination takes place in Alabama or Texas, then the GOP governor can gladly pardon Trump... You've got to think like a right winger man... ;)
@KingoftheJuice183 жыл бұрын
He already said that he would pay the legal bills of anyone attacking a protester at his rallies.
@johndododoe14113 жыл бұрын
@@mattbibeault843 D.C. law is almost entirely federal law, although I heard they used to have a local gun restriction, which was presumably not a federal law, so there could be a local DC law against murder, but there probably isn't.
@devonhendrix54763 жыл бұрын
Why do I have an anxiety that Trump will see this and be like "I can do that?!"
@MsJubjubbird3 жыл бұрын
don't. This channel is far too intellectual for Trump
@jeremygibbs73423 жыл бұрын
Trump has a team who has already thought of this. But why play your ace when the game isn't over?
@davecrupel28173 жыл бұрын
He won't do that.
@notzlol31773 жыл бұрын
@@davecrupel2817 it's 2020
@pyrricloser42033 жыл бұрын
Why would you have anxiety about that? Even if Trump did pardon himself for...uh, all those crimes he done, I guess? How would that affect you or your life at all? Even in the slightest inconvenience? Everyone's hate boner for the President is shriveling their brains.
@SsnakeBite3 жыл бұрын
"Hey, LegalEagles! It's time to think like a lawyer for the president." OBJECTION! That would require _not_ thinking.
@duckonaroll19133 жыл бұрын
@@FlameOnTheBeat what
@ajusino23243 жыл бұрын
@@FlameOnTheBeat you beat me too it
@JaggedBird3 жыл бұрын
Hilarious
@LunaErosStudios3 жыл бұрын
Giuliani: OVERRULED!
@temporaltoast43493 жыл бұрын
The concept of a President being able to pardon, is ridiculous in and of itself. We're a country that's founded supposedly on the concept of "rule of law", yet we have a high ranking official akin to a king being able to circumvent the law. That itself seems counterintuitive to the founders opposition to the British King's ability to circumvent the "law" and being above the very concept of it, as you pointed out. It's an abusable concept, and I'm sure the founders would be pissed to see how it's used these days. To be blunt, this is a power that should be removed in the next 10 years at the very least, it's idiotic as a country of the people, to be circumvented by a person, no matter what side they're on
@sugarking123 жыл бұрын
Nothing screams "I'm innocent" like pardoning yourself from any current or future criminal investigation.
@dustyak793 жыл бұрын
Nothing screams corruption like a sitting president investigating a The other political party and his agents falsifying warrant applications to continue the investigation lasting 3 years with no evidence. Like Stalins gulag chief said “Show me the man I’ll show you the crime”
@alexrogers7773 жыл бұрын
@@dustyak79 "Nothing screams corruption like a sitting president investigating a The other political party and his agents falsifying warrant applications to continue the investigation lasting 3 years with no evidence." Citation needed. " lasting 3 years with no evidence." Blatantly wrong.
@dustyak793 жыл бұрын
alex rogers “Blatantly wrong “ citation needed.
@dustyak793 жыл бұрын
Patrick McDuffie Funny I didn’t see anything about Russian collusion or Russian spy/asset anywhere there. Maybe morons shouldn’t make comments off subject because they are too stupid to follow a simple statement. The Morons in the house have talked impeaching since before he took oath of Office those morons wasted millions of dollars in tax payer money finding nothing those morons finally after 3 years didn’t like a phone call. Make those into Bullet points Moron!
@angryspork6103 жыл бұрын
"It's time to think like a lawyer for the President." No, thanks. I've seen what's happened Giuliani.
@screwballprotagonist43813 жыл бұрын
Put down your chram!
@hazukichanx4083 жыл бұрын
"Okay, so first thing? The president didn't commit that minor crime. He wasn't even there, he was managing his very successful slave labor resort at Mar-A-Lago. ...What? No, I didn't say slave labor. Oh, you have that on tape? Well maybe you misheard. Anyway, there couldn't be slaves there, the workers are too professional about how they pack the cocaine in the fake shrimp containers. What? Oh, no, this is cocaine the beverage, not the illegal narcotic which I definitely don't know anything about, I haven't snorted that since the time me and the current president killed all those hookers out by Vegas on that weird murder-bender!" And so on and so forth.
@daverose29583 жыл бұрын
I don’t think our founding fathers ever thought a person like Trump could have become president. Otherwise they probably would have explicitly said a president cannot pardon himself
@thewolfofwallstreet6273 жыл бұрын
The founding fathers were not perfect themselves as many of them did own slaves back in the day too. However it was just the times they lived in that breeded that environment. I don't think the founding fathers could have predicted a lot of things that happened recently.
@Vohlfied3 жыл бұрын
@@thewolfofwallstreet627 Even during the time of the Founding Fathers, some nations had abolished slavery and some of the FFs we Abolitionists. The idea that "they didn't know any better" does not hold water.
@ConsumerOfCringe3 жыл бұрын
this video aged perfectly
@lenkacfk71553 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's like Trump took it as a blueprint 🙄
@NikkyElso3 жыл бұрын
You didn't even know the half of it 4 days ago
@ConsumerOfCringe3 жыл бұрын
oh boy, i didnt expect endorsing a coup when i typed the comment -_-
@TheFuri0uswc3 жыл бұрын
Pardon sounds kidna broken, the developers need to nerf
@brandonsalvatierra57743 жыл бұрын
OP
@Jartran723 жыл бұрын
The dev team split up a long time ago. Now the license is all split up so we will probably never see a remake with modern traits and graphics.
@mr.mustacheman77483 жыл бұрын
The Founding Fathers: We must create a system where no one person has too much power. Also the Founding Fathers: Let's give the president the power to nullify any crime.
@mpj123453 жыл бұрын
They weren't that big on democracy anyway. Especially someone like Hamilton whose Federalists basically wanted monarchy with a paintjob.
@Thuazabi3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I always find it funny how so many people hold them with near God-like reverence. Like, you guys do realize we had to pass 27 amendments because of how much they inadvertently or intentionally messed up, right? But then those same morons will dismiss it by calling you unpatriotic, so you can't win.
@polarhack2223 жыл бұрын
@@Thuazabi While I do agree with you, 10 of the 27 amendments were made by them.
@polarhack2223 жыл бұрын
@@Thuazabi And the, "you're unpatriotic" thing is just nationalism lite, do we not have freedom of speech. You can say pretty much whatever you want. That's what I didn't get about the sports kneeling thing. And they are also usually also the people who whitewash our history.
@sokoyaadedolapo53213 жыл бұрын
@@polarhack222 in Nigeria there's freedom of speech but your freedom after the speech isn't guaranteed
@fieryweasel3 жыл бұрын
Whatever he does, never forget that each Republican in office right now is complicit in everything he's done.
@Znegil3 жыл бұрын
So this means Mr. Orange could just give a broad pardon to everyone who did storm the senate yesterday... 🤮
@ben-wm6yc3 жыл бұрын
Likely will too :/
@suecaggiano61113 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't they have to be convicted first? Will he be in power that long
@Znegil3 жыл бұрын
@@suecaggiano6111 no, not with a broad pardon, like he said. He can just go: I pardon 'insert family member' for all crimes in the last 20 years. This stuff is way too powerful. Of course only for federal crimes
@Herowebcomics3 жыл бұрын
He could, but that involves doing presidential work! And we all know how much he hates doing that stuff!
@FulgurInteritum3 жыл бұрын
could, but he wont.
@Gaminating3 жыл бұрын
Could we please get a Laws Broken: The Simpson’s Movie?
@iliakatster3 жыл бұрын
Its lunacy that we're even talking about this.
@bratwurstkinsman67403 жыл бұрын
Pardon for what exactly is what I'm wondering.
@Pocket_Crab3 жыл бұрын
@@bratwurstkinsman6740 for 4 years Democrats have tried to find anything to send him to jail. You think they will stop after his term is over? Lmao no, they have hatred seeded so deep for him that they will keep him in court, so they can try to ruin his life. They have already shown they have no morals by taking him court on hearsay from someone that doesn’t even live in the US and when it was found out it was all just a game of telephone, they immediately went back to ‘ He ShOuLd Be ReMoVeD bEcAuSe He iS rAcIst’.
@cannedyams99773 жыл бұрын
Remember when a member of Trumps team was found guilty for giving hush money to women who had an affair with him, under Trumps orders? That is an actual, and may I say immoral, crime that Trump has committed. Anyway, whatever your standing is, history is not going to look kindly back on the Trump presidency.
@jadec39593 жыл бұрын
@@Pocket_Crab I can't imagine how your back must feel to have your head shoved so far up your ass after all this time to STILL think trump has done nothing wrong
@omlyfans27833 жыл бұрын
@@Pocket_Crab I didn't realize paying only $750 in taxes when you make millions was legal. I didn't realize he has 21 sexual assault cases currently going against him because hE dId NoThInG wRoNg
@gmorkins60063 жыл бұрын
Yeahhhhhh I'm gonna go ahead and say that there probably should have been a clause explicitly saying the president can't pardon himself.
@jake_from_statefarm72093 жыл бұрын
I agree, but try getting that past the Senate depending on how the Georgia runoffs go in January
@rburkwood3 жыл бұрын
"The President can be impeached and removed even up to the last day in office. So if people find his behaviour so odious they can impeach him and remove him from office. And that is the political resolution to all of these things" This video aged VERY well. Kudos.
@GoldenSunAlex2 жыл бұрын
Needs to be amended to 'try' to remove him from office.
@gmurph6233 жыл бұрын
"Can you grant something to yourself?", so apparently the US constitution isn't that different from the Dungeons & Dragons rulebooks "I have two follow-up questions your honour. Is Trump considered to be his own ally? And is Trump considered to be within 5 ft. of himself?"
@diablo.the.cheater3 жыл бұрын
With the difference that the DnD gets a new edition every few years to try to amend the problems of the previous edition
@wanderingwonder1113 жыл бұрын
@@diablo.the.cheater hopefully this is just the end of 4th edition
@fallofcamelot3 жыл бұрын
70+ million people voted for this guy. They have zero issue with his corruption. Let that sink in.
@m.k.c.52123 жыл бұрын
It makes me anger, sad, and nauseated.
@memesodamnshit40673 жыл бұрын
You have any issue with Biden’s nearly 50 years of corruption?
@bossrat52953 жыл бұрын
In 1972 47,000,000 or 60% of the popular vote voted for Nixon Bare in mind this was a time when the total u.s population was a little less than 2/3 of today’s
@Itried20takennames3 жыл бұрын
@@memesodamnshit4067 Absolutely. But Trump is absolutely doing these things, with legitimate, legal evidence. The only thing I heard about Biden was the laughable Fox host who had “documents” showing huge, vague crimes that got lost in the mail (darn it!) or things some dude on the Internet thinks. But same question to you: would you be okay in 4 years, if the Repub candidate for President gets the most the popular and electoral votes, with Biden saying “I won...by a lot. If I didn’t win, it must be massive fraud I somehow failed to stop, despite talking about election fraud for months, and I look forward to my next 4 years!” Do you see any problem with a sitting Presidents, including Dems, declaring themselves the winner of an election? That is not “fake news” ....we all saw Trump do exactly that.
@brianng34143 жыл бұрын
@@memesodamnshit4067 Trump tactic -divert attention. One corrupt president at a time. After 4 years, we can revisit the issue. Let's get rid of the current garbage first.
@burtjackson52613 жыл бұрын
He can't pardon state level so I couldn't care less about his pardoning. And that's what is going to get him. NY is going to be relentless.
@davidstorrs3 жыл бұрын
Hey, New York has every right under the Constitution to pursue all legal cases against Trump. (deep cut joke?)
@BelladonnaJojo3 жыл бұрын
They're gonna get him the same way as they got Al Capone
@chezmoi423 жыл бұрын
I really hope they stick to their guns. I'm counting on Ms James, but you know he will try to wriggle out.
@jackcrowley26403 жыл бұрын
@@davidstorrs VERY true :)
@miceltusav883 жыл бұрын
What laws has he broken? No one will answer that
@logancarbin81603 жыл бұрын
"it's time to think like a lawyer for the president" so, not think at all. Got it.
@worthasandwich3 жыл бұрын
Time to think like a lawyer for the president, I'll get the cheap hair dye.
@Ugly_German_Truths3 жыл бұрын
Wasn't it fake spray-on-hair not a dye?
@KatelynDawn3 жыл бұрын
I'll grab the fake tanner!
@QemeH3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, nah... I'll pass, thanks. I kinda need my sanity (or what little is left of it).
@venicewright71263 жыл бұрын
I'll set up the press conference across from the adult store!
@SarcasticData3 жыл бұрын
"If YoU dOnT lIkE iT jUsT SIMPLY AMMEND THE CONSTITUTION!" Because it's just that easy.
@Jartran723 жыл бұрын
Without people fighting for it notjing will happen. So it you want to see it happen go out and fight for it. Demonstrate. Call law makers, call senators and representatives. Go do it!
@mesaplayer96363 жыл бұрын
Why don't we riot and brake stores and destroy people's lives because that's much better.
@WisteriaDrake3 жыл бұрын
@@mesaplayer9636 That's actually very American, when you think about it. Boston Tea Party, for example, was the destruction of property. Declaring a revolution and executing political officials is more of a French or Russian idea. Americans tend not to actually want to directly confront issues like that.
@DreamEatingBaku3 жыл бұрын
I know it's not a simple thing to do, but there are already 27 amendments to the constitution, right? it's not exactly a Sisyphean impossible task
@fatty10403 жыл бұрын
Well if we want change we have too. Taking the route of convenience (unwilling to try) is what got us at this point anyway.
@LivingGuy4843 жыл бұрын
Could the president pardon himself and literally anyone he chooses? *He probably can*