What Happens If a Presidential Candidate Dies Before the Election? (and the 25th Amendment)

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[@LegalEagle]

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[@CBielski87]

what is the domain for executive orders? how far could a sitting president push their legal capacity to prevent voting by mail [counting votes at all] by declaring xyz EO? what would be a logistical legal response to an EO that is without precedent or obviously not within legal domain [or some combo wombo of both]?

[@brianrunyon266]

When you can, cover some of the court cases in the Alex Cross novels, or the TV series Riverdale, or Pretty Little Liars.

[@Larry-rk1op]

There's a really good long burn comedy trial called the trial of tim heidecker on KZbin. Would love to see you review it.

[@RomanaShakeel]

could you do more ‘The Case Of’ videos

[@andreysantiago6255]

Can you please do Little Shop of Horrors? The Character Seymour Krelborn has done a lot of bad things but for some reason people think he is good.

[@Jabersson]

Eagle: "This whole process would be insanely political and basically chaos" 2020: _Go on_ ...

[@Mr.Sniffles]

He’s giving 2020 too many ideas!

[@kingarthurthe5th]

“Oh ho ho! Don’t stop on my account. Give me some ideas!”

[@euripidean]

Stealing.

[@VideoAssaultSaturday]

@Nospam Spamisham I like 60% of what you said, but Obama worse than Trump??? You're BEYOND stupid! Are you kidding me??? Trump's rigging the system even worse! If you cared about even ONE QUARTER the stuff you just complained about you wouldn't support the sub-human that's making things worse every-single-effing-day... You brainwashed loser. #NOMOREREPUBLICANS #THECOVIDPARTY #BRAINWASHEDMASSES

[@dquakist]

@@VideoAssaultSaturday Tell me how many wars did Obama start and how many wars did Trump start?

[@mellertid]

This seems way too complicated. Dying inconveniently should be outlawed.

[@natesmodelsdoodles5403]

But how to enforce the law...

[@ripztubig4457]

Nate's Models & Doodles arrest the dead

[@natesmodelsdoodles5403]

@@ripztubig4457 Fun Fact: the Cadaver Synod (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod) was the trial of a deceased pope that began about seven months after the pope had died.

[@ripztubig4457]

Nate's Models & Doodles good factoid my friend

[@boulderbash19700209]

Lawyers ... *sigh

[@Randerson2409]

"It's way more complicated than that." I wonder how often lawyers need to say some variation of this phrase

[@satratic127]

Onve every presideny dies

[@rickelmonoggin]

"Hopefully this is a totally normal election between two healthy individuals and the winner wins fair and square.." ROFLMAO.

[@barbarastrayhorn4667]

What an optimist. Where has been? Under a rock?

[@furiousdestroyer5022]

Nope cuz the democrats have cheated and its a shitmess rn

[@davidkelly4210]

@@furiousdestroyer5022 where's the fruad then?

[@ukkiesc5087]

@@furiousdestroyer5022 I would like to refer you to his most recent video looking at the actual suits on this topic

[@ishansharma5304]

@@furiousdestroyer5022 How exactly did the democrats cheat?

[@ImaginaryMdA]

Imagine having to call a virus "apolitical". Good lord, what is this time line!

[@adder3597]

A broken one...

[@mellertid]

"Professor, is this virus bipartisan or apolitical?"

[@adder3597]

@@mellertid 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheBrothergreen]

​@@mellertid Neither. It's a liberal hoax, that is to say, completely biased. FAKE NEWS!!! *facepalm

[@briankeyes268]

The elite had to find this out with the bubonic plague too. It spared no class.

[@zweck4629]

Its strange how 60 year olds with decades of experience are fired from their job for being too old, yet we elect 70 year olds with 0 years of experience to the most powerful position in the world.

[@grmpEqweer]

Age discrimination kinda sucks, though. Unless someone is legitimately deteriorating. There should be mri scans.

[@snaplemouton]

0 years of experience in corruption, sounds like a great deal to me. I'd much rather get a businessman than a professional liar.

[@proton8689]

@Carl Glennerster Actually, the unemployment rate's decrease is about at the same rate as when Obama was in office. So at best Trump didn't mess things up and just kept the consistency.

[@grmpEqweer]

@@snaplemouton You think Trump isn't corrupt? Wow. Do a search "Trump money laundering." None of what you'll pull up is conclusive, but there's a lot of evidence that says Trump's organization has been cooking the books. Trump also has a pattern of stiffing contractors for work. Don't forget Trump University, which was a straight-up scam. Corporations can be even more corrupt than politicians.

[@snaplemouton]

@@grmpEqweer Search engines are the epitome of confirmation bias. Keep living in that dream world of yours where news headline equates reality.

[@the_____project4582]

I never knew when I started watching your channel that one day I'd be in college for criminal justice. Thanks man. You inspired me

[@trolmaso]

how’s that going?

[@Tali2161Zorah]

Can you do an episode explaining the difference between "homicide" as listed on a death certificate, "homicide" as a legal term, and the terms "murder" "manslaughter" and "negligent homicide"?

[@funkygilagila]

Huh

[@everythingpony]

No

[@philomathstudies9226]

"that would be insanely political and basically chaos" Okay...so on brand for 2020 then lol

[@OrigamiMarie]

You can almost plot the course of what will happen this year by what would elicit the most groans from the audience.

[@angrywaffle2860]

I feel like a presidential candidate dying very shortly before the election would be a proper bookend to this year. I want Trump to win but this year has just been so nutty that it's just a "sure, why not." Type thing at this point.

[@walrusArmageddon]

This year is the embodiment of Murphy's law Whatever can go wrong *will* go wrong

[@neocomp92]

@@angrywaffle2860 Isn't that the plot for the final season of Scandal? Presidential elect got assassinated and one of the protagonist who was the loser becane President.

[@kerbonautics5217]

"Hopefully this is a normal election" this election has failed that criterion already

[@OrigamiMarie]

Yeah, and the whole threat to not respect the results means we won't have a clean path out even if they both live.

[@Magmafrost13]

"Between two healthy individuals" failed that one too

[@mrcritical6751]

Covid happened at the worst year it could have happened

[@OrigamiMarie]

@@mrcritical6751 and yet right now it almost feels inevitable that such a thing would happen on this administration's watch. It's like they were pulling multiple lottery tickets daily, of course one was going to land. But then the fact that it happened in 2020 in particular just feels like somebody with a lot of power and a bad sense of humor is laughing right now.

[@rbarua3368]

OrigamiMarie Well, maybe the silver lining is that all this actually caused more people to vote.

[@TheExpatpom]

You know, the Electoral College isn’t even the weirdest thing about the US electoral system for those of us watching from the outside. We usually think it is but when Americans tell us about the idea of guarding against populism we sort of go ‘oh, okay,’ though now we’ll probably say ‘and do you still think that works’. But the really weird thing is that in 2020 you vote in early November, the Electoral College votes in mid December, gets the Congressional rubber stamp in early January, and the president is sworn in on January 20th, like you’re all still getting information around the country by horse messengers and carrier pigeons. In this day and age you shouldn’t need 11 weeks. You shouldn’t even need as long as half of that.

[@_Dovar_]

That's a good thing.

[@romevang]

Those 11 weeks allow time to resolve any inconsistencies in the election. Like vote counting issues etc.

[@colinreynolds01]

@@romevang yeah since THAT has worked so well in the past to prevent discrepancies between the popular vote and the EC vote....

[@romevang]

kungfucolin its not perfect. Better than rushing to a decision.

[@colinreynolds01]

@@romevang My point is that it's made no difference, ever.

[@thomasneal9291]

I would laugh so hard if Pence himself invoked article 25 with the support of the Senate. for about 5 minutes anyway.

[@TheBlueArmageddon]

6:00 Trump has to write a letter that he isnt mentally disturbed? "I am great, the greatest. No president has ever been as healthy as me. I feel fine, so fine."

[@manuelmarine]

the finest. 😂

[@human-tk2fo]

It's really hard to prove that you aren't crazy, and he's really not a great wordsmith

[@drmadjdsadjadi]

You forgot to add, “But crooked Hillary needs to be locked up with crazy Bernie and sleepy Joe, who cannot put together a sentence at all. They are all dumber than rocks and Bill Barr needs to prosecute them and lock them up before the election and ensure they stay there through my fourth term in office.”

[@altond511]

@@drmadjdsadjadi Spoken like a true idiot.

[@drmadjdsadjadi]

alton gifford And that is precisely what Trump is, so I must have captured his essence perfectly.

[@IceMetalPunk]

Look, I don't ever wish death on anyone, and I certainly won't be happy about his death if it happens. But he did this to himself (and all the people around him). He consistently ignored medical advice and, even worse, MOCKED people for following it. For almost a year. No matter how much people said "this pandemic is serious and we need to do these things to try and slow it down or stop it," he always responded with the equivalent of "no, I don't wanna, you can't make me, neener neener!" It's hard to feel as bad for someone who gets sick when they could have easily reduced their chances but refused to over and over again -- and put OTHER people in danger in the process. If you tell someone that arsenic is poisonous and will kill them, and then they drink from a cup clearly labeled "arsenic" anyway while telling you "you can't tell me what to do!".... I mean, I won't be happy they died, but I'll be less sad than I would for anyone else. Especially if, in the process, they start splashing the arsenic water all over everyone else's food.

[@PittsburghSonido]

The truth of Trump's supposed sickness will never come out. I my own speculation I see Trump as wanting to stir the realm of politics for a few days by outing himself as testing positive for Covid.

[@soulife8383]

He's the entire reason there is still to this day anti-covid/mask debate. His supporters still mentally reference Feb/Mar when it was "fake news". "he didn't want us to panic over the fake flu".. That was his contribution and why the WH is on medical leave ultimately. Fox should be held liable for fanning that flame.

[@Ranillon]

@@PittsburghSonido Nah. Even Trump - who is quite sensitive to anything that makes him "look" bad - would never try to pull this sort of conspiracy off. His already dying chances for reelection took a hit when he got Covid-19 as it just brought all his failures into sharper focus. Likewise, this had put the appointment of the new SCOTUS judge in danger of serious delay (and even the Republicans know that if they push her through after Biden wins during the lame duck session before the new congress takes over they are all but guaranteeing that the democrats will respond with some sort of SCOTUS rebuilding such as adding more judges. Thus, they'd rather have it done sooner rather than later).

[@Bearman851]

@@Ranillon actually he did, to make himself look good and the scientist look bad.

[@jefferybrown4427]

@Reuel T Yeah that's how it works. Covid-19 worsens pre existing conditions. Most of the 100% of people would of lived if Covid-19 didn't hit them. Edit: Yeah Covid-19 on its own is bad. I was just trying to get this guy to understand why whatever info he has is that way. All of those people died of Covid. They would of lived. That was my point.

[@roselisesullivanbarrett]

There’s a difference between Schadenfreude, or being happy for someone being sick with a serious disease, than being able to appreciate the karma of someone who’s actions have caused a deadly virus to spread more than needed, underplaying the emergency, and undermining medical officials trying to help, being effected by the consequences of his actions which he made thinking he was exempt from being affected by said actions

[@KingBobXVI]

​@Paul Dawson - "Trump acted swiftly and decisively in the best interests of America." He quite factually did not. The virus was known about last hear (hence Covid _19_ ), and the pandemic experts in the White House were warning of its spread in early January. The ban Trump enacted was in February, which was both too late (most airlines had already cancelled their flights from China by then), and not the right kind - banning flights directly from China except for US citizens only resulted in travelers getting layovers in other countries first, making it harder to do contact tracing. What he _should_ have done was what all the experts were recommending, which is to not ban travel, but institute mandatory quarantine and monitoring for travelers entering the country. Not to mention that after that, he spent months downplaying the effect, demanding people go back to work as soon as possible, downplayed and mocked the usage of masks, and kept calling the virus itself a "hoax". Tricking some 30-40% of the nation into not taking it seriously and increasing the rate of spread while also refusing to support measures that would allow people to stay home like more rounds of stimulus packages (and not funneling what little we did get directly to big businesses) absolutely helped spread the virus and led to the deaths of far more people than should have ever died. As for China, no one is defending their own response - they downplayed and denied the virus as well, and just like with Trump it was the wrong choice. Your strawman about anyone criticizing Trump "being defensive of China" shows far more about _your_ character than anything else. Whether I agree or disagree with China being "at fault" is completely irrelevant in the context of the US response to it.

[@jasonkinzie8835]

@Paul Dawson So if a virus starts in a particular country (China) than this absolves all other world leaders of responsibility in the way they handle it? What nonsense! Look at the way most other countries handled this pandemic and than look at the way Trump handled it. Its night and day. Research the death tolls in each country yourself. Its incredibly easy to do so if you have internet access, (which you obviously do.). Trump has blood on his hands. Him getting covid is poetic justice. And it isn't just liberals who think this either.

[@77gravity]

@Paul Dawson You're an idiot too, along with your criminal hero.

[@noahw4623]

@@KingBobXVI North Korea has not had more than 1 known active case of covid19 at a time. It's fairly clear they are (or were) killing people who became infected as a precautionary measure. Now murder is a far cry worse than simple deprivation of rights, but deprivation is where it starts. Once you start devaluing the rights of others it is a very slippery slope and even those with the best of intentions (read: non-politicians) will find themselves overstepping their bounds and ultimately you will wind up with a dystopian society that is as bad as any dictatorship, if not worse because the brutality is hidden. Consider the ails of the modern times, basic medical care is outrageously expensive. Because as a precautionary measure the government decided you do not have the right to treat patients unless you spend $200k+ to get a medical degree from a university (which is also highly regulated) and petition the board of medicine in your locale for permission to treat patients. This is because there is a chance if you do treat someone that you might be wrong and harm them. Licensure doesn't make a doctor any more knowledgeable, nor does his degree and education make him immune from mistakes or treating patients improperly, but you and I? We're somehow incapable of treating anyone, even ourselves, and it's such a danger that we deserve to be stripped of the remainder of our rights and thrown in a cage like an animal if we transgress the law. If it was just medicine, and it was for a long time, maybe we could justify it. Now however, it's everything. You can literally be arrested and thrown in prison for cooking food for homeless people without the Government's permission. Let me reiterate that, because of the potential danger to public health of unhygenic cooking practices, you can be stripped of all your rights as a human being and thrown in a cage if you cook for and feed people who are starving without the Government's permission. This isn't hypothetical, this has actually happened to quite a few people trying to start soup kitchens. What do you think is going to happen if they decide that travelling is too dangerous for Americans? One day you'll have to get permission just to go to the grocery store. Every single day more and more legislation is added that has good intentions, but ultimately strips you of your rights as a human being. These are at least voted on by people who are supposed to represent us, so we can hope that they're well thought out, but an executive order? "All Americans returning from China must be quarantined", ah yes, force them into medical observation and imprisonment against their will, then charge them for the luxury later. Nevermind how it affects their life, they could potentially hurt someone else unintentionally! Hell we can all hurt people unintentionally, let's revoke everyone's rights. You might strike someone so we'll cut off your arms and legs, you might rape someone so we'll mutilate your genitalia, you might bite someone so we'll remove all your teeth, you might say something that inspires violence so we'll cut out your tongue, and do not dare to think a bad thought because we will lobotomize you. Sound unreasonable? That's only because you are rebellious. Everyone wants to place someone else in chains, it's only "reasonable" that THOSE people be restricted, but that law can't apply to ME because I'm a "good" person. This country was objectively more moral when it was run by Christians, the issues came when we started ignoring what our Bibles said i.e. "Do not oppress a foreigner among you" and trying to make ourselves gods. You do not have the right to quarantine anyone. Nor does the government. The implied consent of the social contract goes away when we start subjugating our fellow man on our own worldly whims. I don't like noise, so you aren't allowed to have company over to celebrate an important event. It's only reasonable. I know you don't know any better, so I don't blame you. I just wish we could all grow up and be decent to each other, care about one another. We wouldn't need laws at all if we were perfect, and until we are perfect we will never write perfect laws. So then we should take such matters with the utmost solemnity, and require it from our leaders as well. If such actions that reduce the freedoms of others are required, it should be to the least amount possible, not purely what is most efficacious. And that goes doubly for executive mandates which are not up for debate.

[@creativedesignation7880]

@Paul Dawson I was gonne reply with facts and evidence, but then I remembered that we all have the internet and had over half a year to research this. You are getting things wrong on purpose (nor sure if you are lying or just brainwashed) there is no point in telling you anything. I hope you will manage to get out of your delusion one day, good luck to you.

[@azure663]

I wish more and more every day that we had just listened to old Washington's advice and avoided political parties altogether..

[@evannibbe9375]

Then we would have gone the way of the ancient Greeks, giving up on the existence of an economy as people just vote the public largesse to themselves. That’s what happens when you don’t vote according to principles (which is what parties are meant to stand for).

[@azure663]

@@evannibbe9375 Counterpoint: People have principles too. Presidential platforms themselves are matters of principles; all republican presidents have principles in common but they do not all have the same principles. That aside, the Ancient Greeks, from my vague memory, did not have a democracy or republic of any sort. Athens was a democracy/republic, but it was an individual city-state, not the whole country, Greece warred with itself quote consistently; Athens actually fell long before Greece did. It'd actually be more apt in your case to liken it to the end of the Roman Empire, where, if I remember correctly, Emperors began to last days, and nobody supported them.

[@Syllencecraft]

It's crazy cause we just had the local elections here in Romania and a mayor won two weeks after he died because people said "so what, he was a good man" LMAO

[@heroslippy6666]

those are some loyal voters.

[@cosmiccrusader6483]

When in Rome(ania)

[@Syllencecraft]

@@cosmiccrusader6483 wdym?

[@alexandrub8786]

I hate the foreigne influences that US has over our country./s But the americans did that before us and to more important positions.

[@grayonthewater]

Omg your profile picture 😂 wow that takes me BACK lol

[@LuxurioMusic]

So let me get this straight: *confused screaming*

[@coronin8587]

Wow, you got it!

[@Jaewing]

Pretty much yeah, gotta love American spaghetti law

[@nivrrtakr2891]

🤧😳

[@conn1e]

This made my head hurt, yikes. Someone should make a flow chart.

[@agentzapdos4960]

"President" stops sounding like a real word about halfway through this video.

[@Ajehy]

Also “candidate”.

[@PierreaSweedieCat]

There is a minimum age. There should be a maximum one, too.

[@creative_commander4973]

Fair enough, nice work

[@realhardpolitics-com5124]

I mostly agree, that it seems only old white guys get nominated for president and can actually win. But perhaps there should be a mental test. Imagine as life-span increases, one day we will have a president that is 100 years old. May be Bernie or Biden can run again.

[@SuperFralin]

@@realhardpolitics-com5124 could easily be automated with "median age *0 .8" as max age when elected

[@sarthakpatel3080]

True but chances of that happening are very very low. Considering congress makes the laws and its is full of old people. They don't want to lose their job, so they would never pass a maximum age requirement law.

[@Z6D4C4]

I say 70. That's it. Stop right there.

[@joemagill4041]

'How will American democracy cope with this?' I'm gonna go with... badly.

[@Puukiuuki]

@Vinnie P. Pseudocracy

[@matteste]

Plutocracy.

[@PhoenixtheII]

In a democracy, you'd be voting on legislation, and not on people. So. yea... It's funny how, American "democracy", undoes whatever democracy stands for. And still call it that.

[@spesago2]

I would like to know how well Designated Survivor gets its legal stuff right.

[@MatthewSmith-sz1yq]

It really doesn't, it's way to optimistic. Our succession laws are a mess, specifically the issue of "bumping". This issue means that any acting president will be given the choice of either operating without key cabinet members, or presidents being replaced by the dozen. I will try to explain it below, but you might have to look it up. Let's go ahead and label each person by what number they are in the line of succession. POTUS is 0, VPOTUS is 1, and so on. Now, let's say a catastrophic event happens where numbers 1 through 13 are eliminated. Number 14 becomes president, right? Wrong. They become "acting president." An acting president, much like any other position with "acting" before it, is actually just a placeholder. Unless they officially get appointed by congress, or other legal means, they are just filling in the gap. If a more legally qualified person shows up, they get replaced. So number 14 appoints an acting secretary of defense, because they need a secretary of defense. Well, the secretary of defense is higher up on the chain, being number 6. Because number 14 was only "acting president", they now get "bumped" off the seat by number 6, who is higher in the succession chain. Well, now number 6 needs a secretary of state, number 4. They fill that position, and then number 4 takes over as acting president, "bumping" number 6 off. So, a "designated survivor" would have the choice of either having a severely handicapped government where almost every major department is leaderless, or a rapid-fire switching of presidents that would give the entire country whiplash. Under our current set of rules, if a catastrophic event happens that kills most of the chain of succession, the "acting president" will likely have a couple days before the executive branch comes to a screeching halt. It does make some sense, in a morbid sort of way. These succession laws were written entirely with nuclear weapons in mind. The assumption is that if POTUS, VPOTUS, the speaker of the house, and the president pro tempore of the senate are dead, there is no tomorrow to worry about. The job of the designated survivor is just to issue the order to retaliate with our own nuclear stockpile, and then watch the world end. This is also why the succession order doesn't follow any sort of order aside from seniority. In other words, homeland security is at the bottom of the succession list, at 18, while secretary of agriculture is at number 9.

[@rinnerinne1639]

They employ lawyers. Just like shows that are medical, they have doctors that give them the medical terms that are correct.

[@lyreparadox]

@@rinnerinne1639 lol, just like "Historical Advisors" in movies, they only work if you listen to them.

[@John-tr5hn]

It doesn't. Almost everything in that show is just pure garbage.

[@HappyfoxBiz]

*pokes the president with a pole* he groaned, he's still fit to rule, I mean lead

[@ChristopherKutzler]

video Suggestion: jury duty do's and don'ts. I got a summons for jury duty and would like to hear what is expected from me from the lawyers and the court, and what I should expect as a jury member. the only thing I've been told is the dates to appear, and bring a mask.

[@TheHermitChick]

Bring something to read. Lots of just waiting around in my experience.

[@pbgd3]

christopher kutzler you’ll show up. They will probably give you a number sort of like going to the deli D30 they’ll then make you watch a video of what to expect and make you wait a while. Bring a book. Charge your electronic devices. They will then tell lost people to leave but they might tell your group to stay. Then they’ll further bring back however many they need and usually seat a jury and ask you questions about conflicts and such. If you are in the box at this point you are probably stuck. If you are in the gallery you may be allowed to leave. Lots and lots of waiting.

[@Kekkai_]

I also got a summons and that'd be cool

[@randomtinypotatocried]

I'd recommend googling your juror's rights since most don't actually know their rights.

[@halomanXP]

Research Jury Nullification; You're welcome

[@FarCryfanLove]

This went from reviewing Law movies and Laws Broken in movies to serious real world problems. 0 to 100 right here. Still love this channel you are doing a great job. Keep up the good work.

[@Tenchigumi]

10 to 11.

[@happynameday]

LegalEagle: Invoking Amendment 25, Section 4 is unlikely to happen Attack on the capital: hold my Trump flag

[@exnihilo8388]

Good job being impartial on this and just giving us the facts. Thank you

[@danielschein6845]

Let me just take a moment to give some sympathy to the opponents of those 3 congressmen who died just before the election. Losing to a corpse has got to sting.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Why? Did they arrange the deaths, but the killings happened too late to adjust the ballots? Because of a lazy hit-man?

[@NestedQuantifier]

@@MonkeyJedi99 You are really dumb, aren't you?

[@John-tr5hn]

If John Ashcroft hadn't lost to a dead man, he wouldn't have become Attorney General. Many of Bush's original Cabinet was made up of people who had lost the 2000 election.

[@DJ_Dermo07]

And now he's leaving Hospital today without even being there for the two weeks of self isolation while his staff are now also testing positive

[@josephd6115]

It’s called a pro gamer move

[@OrigamiMarie]

There are suggestions on Twitter that he's on corticosteroids, which have an interesting habit of making you feel absolutely fantastic until you crash unbelievably hard. So that could be going on.

[@Simple-ist]

It’s actually common (at least for my hospital in the US) for patients to be sent home to self quarantine, so as to not take a space in a stressed hospital for a person who is not receiving any care that they couldn’t receive at home.

[@OrigamiMarie]

@@Simple-ist yeah, but he has a whole private suite for just himself, nobody else can use it, so he's not clearing space for others. I guess maybe doctors, nurses, and equipment can be redistributed though? But we know how he'll behave, he'll increase the hospital load by a whole lot by just being out and near people, the most reliable way to reduce system load would be to keep him in his hospital suite *alone* .

[@viobola7]

I really enjoyed hearing him call the president “he or she” and “they” even though we have yet to have a female president. So thoughtful ☺️

[@stevenclark5173]

Well Biden is pretty old so Kamala might have to step up in the next couple of years.

[@noahw4623]

Jo Jorgensen is the Libertarian candidate for 2020, and she's been getting more popular than even Ron Paul, so with any luck she might be the first female POTUS in history

[@weehoo_bananas]

@@noahw4623 As much as I hate the two-party system, a vote for a third party candidate is pretty much throwing your vote away and an effective vote for Trump

[@robertobrien1069]

@@noahw4623 please god no, the last thing we need is a libertarian president. Gary Johnson got booed because he said he believed in driver’s licenses.

[@yovtobe]

@@weehoo_bananas it's a vote lost by whoever you would have otherwise voted for

[@servinglooks247]

"British rule invalidates the will of the majority". Isn't that how the American elecoral system works?

[@barbarastrayhorn4667]

Yes!

[@boulderbash19700209]

No, it's not. The country name is United STATES of America, not United PEOPLE of America. It means the president is elected according to the majority votes from its states, not from majority of population.

[@servinglooks247]

@@boulderbash19700209 But it's not a good thing that the minority has more votes. What makes the president have legitimacy if not popular vote?

[@boulderbash19700209]

@@servinglooks247 The president is elected by states, not people. Why do you think popular vote take precedent than states vote? The USA was created by states, not people. Therefore, whoever the president is, will be decided by states, not people.

[@deboisblanc]

@@boulderbash19700209 The people's vote should count more than land. Many states aren't much more than land yet they get the same two senators as a very large state. One person one vote.

[@bootyeater7331]

The virus is easy to beat when you have the best care in the world. I feel for those who couldn’t even say goodbye to their family members because they weren’t allowed in the hospital.

[@bythegods5683]

If the virus is so easy to beat we wouldn't have so many people die from it. There is no magic formula even if you are rich.

[@MasterOfBaiter]

American healthcare puts a lot of people to the choice of money or health.. Ofcs there is better care like strengthening the body with steroids like trumps doctors are doing or have people 24/7 watching you and you alone to stop complications early, but if you can't afford it you ain't getting it.

[@azurezerox8392]

@@MasterOfBaiter are people actually getting that sort of care commonly in other countries?

[@MasterOfBaiter]

@@azurezerox8392 I can't speak for other countries but at least in Switzerland we are containing the cases and moving dangerous patients around so we don't have to many infected per nurse/doctor. And when it comes to the steroid treatment no they aren't. Reason being that the treatment has not been approved and thus can not be used on mass. If it were however our healthinsurance would cover up to 90% of it.

[@GarrettMoffitt]

Herman Cain enters the chat.

[@retro1reactive]

"HEY LEGAL EAGLES IT'S TIME TO THINK LIKE A LAWYER AND A DOCTOR" *ME FINISHING SENTENCE* "SO WE HAVE DR. MIKE HERE." ☹🥺

[@Arkainjel]

That would be a neat collab.

[@davidmodlin8776]

Thanks for the video! My wife and I just discussed this last week, and neither of us had any idea what would happen

[@jennarusso458]

Your videos are so informative, useful, and entertaining. Thanks for these!

[@Logstickz]

This is a long winded way to say that the ”two party” system is, in fact, a very dumb system.

[@heroslippy6666]

yup

[@walterkennedy9474]

And that system can be blamed on the first past the post voting system our country runs on.

[@AlasdairGR]

This is a long winded way of saying that having the Electoral College still in place and having so many different and varying state laws is a terrible way to run a national election.

[@valentinewiggin7782]

Yes, yes it is.

[@SeanKH19]

@@AlasdairGR I agree. The US needs to abolish the Electoral College so that urban voters can rule over the rural population with a de facto one party government. What could go wrong?

[@ginnyjollykidd]

"Because 2020" might become the most quoted reason for objections for a while. 🤗

[@bythegods5683]

Might is an understatement.

[@kenster8270]

Double bonus point for using the term Schadenfreude in a sentence! 🤓 And as always: compelling quality content on this channel. Thanks for doing what you do!

[@afa78djd]

You have a fantastic channel here L.E. Very educational. I wish there were more channels like yours here on KZbin.

[@rileym7110]

Donald Trump: I’m not scared of Corona Virus! Corona Virus: Im about to pull a pro gamer move-

[@livingdays8706]

COVID 19: Get nae naed

[@MarkovianMan]

Coronavirus: I moved on him like a b*tch. I don't even wait.

[@acid360delta7]

Trump: "I'm all better" Corona Virus: *rage quits*

[@Johnmorova]

@@acid360delta7 more like Trump: "i'm all better" Corona Virus: "Bruh. Remember what you said about not ever using the word smart with you..." Trump Rage Quits

[@codystone9142]

Donald Trump: Still not scared of Corona Virus!

[@nessleepk]

This happened in Nevada when, even after posters warned voters, a dead brothel owner was voted into office after he passed away.

[@grmpEqweer]

Well, clearly he was a very qualified person.

[@deykuzor]

Took a really STRONG literal interpretation of "Better Dead Than Red" that one... (They voted him in cos they were afraid that liberal communists - The Red - would win. That slogan is super confusing since "Red states" are Republicans in modern context. )

[@zeeenno]

Proof that all you need is an (R) next to your name to get votes.

[@anonymousdonor8084]

84Juliet84 ummm are you aware of the current politics of Nevada?

[@tissuepaper9962]

Voters probably thought it was some kind of trick. I would honestly probably still vote for the guy if the only source telling me that he had died was a poster. I would assume it was a lie, especially if it was a controversial candidate (as I assume a brothel owner would be).

[@oshinvats7304]

I feel like this quote from the dark knight rises describes masks in this time perfectly. “Wear a mask, it is not for you, but to protect those you care about”

[@chickenduckhappy]

Thanks so much for your initial clarification ♥️ I have no love for the politics and some of the words but I wish him the very best for his health 🍀🍀

[@ashleewoods9205]

Devin: *posts a serious video about a serious issue* Me: ok but this lighting is fantastic.

[@Call-me-Al]

Seriously, it really is.

[@celestiaXX]

I just realized that

[@ashleewoods9205]

@UC5nIIduuKpL5PC7Bv4zSytA nope. I've been here since 50k subscribers but go off. I just appreciate good lighting and good filming. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@Call-me-Al]

@@dkbroman Personally, I just finished rewatching Defenders/Daredevil a few days ago, so I'm still a bit focused on composition and lighting choices.

[@Mikey-jv5fv]

DK Broman Since when do you have to be a “generic Instagram girl” to appreciate competent lighting???

[@valentinewiggin7782]

If this turns into Bush vs Gore, I'm going to scream.

[@JebeckyGranjola]

It will. Why do you think they are in such a rush to nominate Amy Corona Barrett?

[@nosuchthing8]

That's the plan

[@zugdarr]

It won't be so bad. The best scenario is they miss installing ACB and this has to go to the Supreme Court and it goes 4-4. Hopeless deadlock. That would be better than watching an all out nuclear war from space.

[@jeffw1267]

@@zugdarr LOL, ACB is getting in. President Trump has already secured the Senate votes.

[@zugdarr]

@@jeffw1267 Of all the things they can do if they lose the election... secure the courts for 20-30 years. I'll take it.

[@joshuacoleman8814]

Great content. That being said, I'm surprised you haven't made much content regarding the supreme court nomination. Keep it going!

[@boondoc001]

My friends and I literally had this question the other day. Thank you for answering it

[@TheRibottoStudios]

*Trump's Team:* He's fine, the President's fine, EVERYTHING'S FINE. *The Public:* okay so like why would the doctors be giving him AGGRESSIVE treatments only reserved for severely ill patients? We're getting a lot of mixed signals- *Trump's Team:* SHUT UP THAT'S WHY.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@3SGEI'm dying 😆

[@leepboo9978]

Trump tweeted he will leave the hospital today

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@@leepboo9978 oh great infecting everyone else in the white house 😶

[@leepboo9978]

Ribotto Studios they probably wont be that dumb

[@rainonedavid3564]

Because he's the president... so of course you're gonna give him aggressive treatments

[@irishdc9523]

It's bad that he's got it, but it's Karma. He downplayed it, pretended it was nothing more than a flu, let it spiral out of control then it bites him in the ass and he catches it himself.

[@littlesneets8026]

Well, I can only see one reason why downplaying the virus could be positive. When the outbreak took place, people were panic buying, there wasn't enough stocks to go around, because people thought they were going to have to survive a zombie apocalypse for months in their home. So much panic and discourse could potentially be dangerous, who knows what else people would've done in fear for their lives. Now that being said, he should have taken a better approach and continue to recommend sa fety precaution and sanitation imo. I wouldn't know much about the issues though, I'm not an American nor trump supporter, so I'll take take your word on the issue.

[@iamtheoffenderofall]

Has the thought of this being a political ploy not even crossed your mind? Have you ever heard of the October surprise during presidential elections?

[@Cx10110100]

And now they be making vaccine out of his blood, 2020 is interesting

[@warren5037]

@@littlesneets8026 people were panic buying when cases started to quickly increase as far as I saw online. When cases were still low, Trump could have recommended to stay vigilant. Instead, he did not attempt to get Americans to be more careful, and he did not try to get funding for medical personnel, amongst others. Just banning flights from China and Europe was not enough.

[@genieglasslamp5028]

I really hate how trump supporters want non trump supporters to show empathy to trump while he has Corona. Like no. Play stupid games win stupid prizes and one of those prizes is Corona.

[@jhill4874]

I've been asking these questions. Thanks for trying to answer them.

[@mwmheps]

Thank you!! I was definitely wondering this.

[@Fidodo]

"It would be absolute chaos" You're giving 2020 ideas

[@dominict9325]

I'm not happy or excited about Trump or the GOP senators catching COVID and I don't wish death on them. But you can't deny the irony, the way that this feels like cosmic justice considering how much these people have downplayed the virus. So no, I don't wish death or suffering on these people and I do hope they recover. But I'm not going to lose any sleep if they don't, and neither should you. I'm an Australian living in Victoria, which is currently under a pretty strict lockdown due to a recent second wave - Dan Andrews, our premier, has been taking a hard stance about it and had been doing everything in his power to protect us, to eliminate the virus from our community. His government made a few crucial mistakes earlier in the year and I don't really like him or agree with his policies that aren't related to lockdown - but as one of the only politicians in the country or even the goddamn world who actually seems to give a shit about us and about saving lives, I would be absolutely devastated if he caught the virus and suffered complications or death. You should not care about the well-being of politicians who do not care about yours. Nor should you celebrate somebody suffering from a deadly virus. Trump deserves what he has given to the American people - apathy.

[@TheCheese1988]

I'm from WA, and we have the same feelings toward Mark McGowan. He has consistently acted in the best interests of our citizens, and isn't that what we all need or want from our politicians?

[@bythegods5683]

Trump did not give apathy. He gave hate. And imprisoned innocent children. Caused the deaths of millions for his own personal gains. That is not apathy in anybody's book.

[@itsfine5818]

@@bythegods5683 Imprisoned innocent children? What?

[@jokuvaan5175]

@@itsfine5818 His cabinet issued the policy that immigrants/asylum seekers/illegal immigrants who are detained will have their children taken away from them and they'll be held in a separate facility. In those facilities they were locked up in what can only be described as cages. Several children in one cage even as young as 3 years old in some concrete buildings just sleeping on matresses on the floor.The people were mostly from central America. I think they ended that but several children are still held bybthe government because the people in charge don't know who their parents are.

[@DaDunge]

Well if he recovers what will he do? He'll likely use it as an excuse to talk down about mask usage. Which could potentially lead to less mask usage by a lot of people which could potentially lead to more deaths, so really it's trump or a lot of innocents. That said I would like him to live and face justice for all the crap he blocked when he was president.

[@LivingDeathGuy]

All I can think of is that one scene in doctor who “doesn’t she look tired?”

[@nancilane5069]

Thank you so much! Fascinating assessment....

[@adamismad666]

As someone watching from across the pond i can do nothing but wish America luck Next 4 years are gonna be some crazy times

[@17thknight]

Don't worry, we about to make politics boring again

[@lucifer2b666]

Crazy in a good way though if and when the president gets reelected.

[@17thknight]

@@lucifer2b666 Yeah no. He's a mile behind and his incompetent, Nazi ass is done

[@pewpew9711]

@@17thknight """Nazi"""

[@snaplemouton]

​@@17thknight Believe what you want, but his approval rating is much higher than sleepy Joe Biden. The people who voted for him in 2016 didn't just magically changed their mind, far more people changed their mind in favor of Trump in the last 4 years, especially with the riots.

[@portmoneul]

There are so many good meme references here Here is mine: Romania elected a dead mayor America: hold my beer

[@robertt9342]

America has already elected animals and dead people as mayor of higher levels of governance.

[@troyevitt2437]

Plot Twist: America's beer is piss-weak, you can see though it, and the amount it takes to get properly pissed has been more likely to make me retch from excess carbonation than alcohol content since 10th grade. I'm 50.

[@JoshSweetvale]

Hold my Corona*

[@piros100]

dogs and cats have been already elected as mayors across the US. why can't you guys just vote in a squirrel, I'm sure you'd be better off :)

[@wingsofwrath4647]

It gets better. The guy actually died of Covid-19, and the election took place just over a week ago...

[@InjuryLaw]

Just discovered your channel and have lost 2 hours already... Look forward to going back over your past videos!

[@cjninja5945]

I don't know if you do your captions personally or not, but thank you for having them.

[@oliverbodevan7894]

Is it just me or does his picture quality and background just look insanely good

[@Billiamo]

Thanks to Ting Mobile

[@Emrickninja]

Trump: "Did you ever see a man that likes a mask as much as him?" Weebs:

[@recordkeepingandinformatio8206]

I gently open the door.

[@nicodemusedwards6931]

Batman.

[@animecatdat2490]

Nice.

[@mollyross888]

have you ever done a video about ranked choice voting?? would love to see your spin on it. for the record i am all for it. love your channel : )

[@Warderblade]

New Lighting looks sharp Real nice!

[@kaizoaudio1798]

It seems like a vote for president is also a vote for their vice-president; so you’d think that the vice-presidential candidate would then take the place of the deceased if they won an election.

[@edwardblair4096]

You are forgetting about the 1800 election between Jefferson and John Adams before the electors had separate ballots for President and Vice President. Instead each elector cast two ballots for "President". In this case that ment that both Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr received 73 electoral votes resulting in a tie which went to the House to resolve. After that the 12th amendment was passed separating the election of the President from the election of the vice-president. So if your state law says you, as an elector, have to vote for the person that appeared on the ballot, you can not substitute the VP candidate into the presidential election. They are two separate elections that are done in parallel, and under those circumstances you would be casting two faithless electoral votes.

[@edwardblair4096]

Plus you could argue that a voter for candidate X, who died after their vote was cast, may not have made the same decision if they knew that the VP candidate would become President instead. Theoretically they might disliked the VP candidate, but not enough to change their vote for candidate X. Unless you are running a specialy designed "ranked choice" election, it is not really proper to change the meaning of a vote after it is cast.

[@gene8172]

@@edwardblair4096 Then that voter should’ve voted for a ticket they liked better. Voting for Candidate X means also voting for VP Candidate Y as a package deal. If winning candidate X dies then we get winning candidate Y.

[@alpheusmadsen8485]

@@edwardblair4096 It's ok to forget that election, though -- it was such a disaster, an amendment was passed (I believe it was either the 11th or the 12th) that addressed this, and made the President-VicePresident pair elections what they are today.

[@John-tr5hn]

Each elector votes for President and for VP. It's possible that faithless electors could choose a totally different person for VP, or that different VPs could be chosen by different states.

[@robbiegarber898]

So... They're never going to activate section 3. Since that would mean Pence is no longer the head of the Senate, and would not be able to break the tie for the SC nomination, its likely the administration prefer to have the SC nomination confirmed. And since you need the VC to activate section 3 - it ain't happening.

[@m.w.3264]

@@TroyVan6654 Yeah, but there's no way that Chuck Grassley would have a vote as both President of the Senate and as the Senator from Iowa.

[@SnprOne253]

By SC you mean SCOTUS, right?

[@pdoylemi]

You mean Section 4 I assume? Section # is where the President turns over power.

[@speedy01247]

several senators are sick as well, so it may be the case that the senate won't be able to vote in a new justice. (ironically the republicans struck down a law allowing congress to vote remotely several months ago)

[@EebstertheGreat]

Even without Pence, it's likely that Republicans would have enough votes in the Senate to confirm Barrett.

[@buzzbolt2]

Your ad segways always catch me by surprise. Truly a genius move, every time.

[@lizzdoe2821]

Holy cats this is so crazy!! So much back and fourth!! I would’ve never guessed that there were so many directions for every possibility!!

[@facetentacles6528]

"this whole process would be insanely political and basically chaos" So... no different than the last 4 years

[@isaacgleeth3609]

Just the last 4 years!? Try the past 20-30 years.

[@iamtheiconoclast3]

Yeah I'm gonna have to go for at least two centuries. :)

[@TheJimlock]

Video suggestion/question: What kind of liability would the president, or another elected official, be facing if they were diagnosed with Covid-19, ignored the 14 day quarantine period, and infected others?

[@TorreFernand]

If they get voted out, nothing. Former presidents cannot be prosecuted for anything they did during their time in office (regardless of whether they were acting as president or not) to prevent political retaliation. If they stay, only as much as can be agreed it's an impeachable offense.

[@randomstuff-qu7sh]

@@TorreFernand Sounds like from a criminal standpoint, they'd get away with it. Does that insulate them from civil penalties/lawsuits though?

[@GrumpyKay]

@@TorreFernand if they broke the laws that we have in our country they should be allowed to pay for their crimes. If a president straight up committed first degree murder... he better be thrown in prison for it. Being a president shouldn't give them a pass.

[@slightlycrookedworkshop]

@@TorreFernand Where does it say that former Presidents can't be prosecuted for crimes they committed while in office? The only thing keeping a CURRENT President from being prosecuted is the DOJ's position on the matter. Nixon would have most likely been prosecuted when he left office if he wasn't pardoned.

[@kevinsullivan2153]

@@TorreFernand There are a number of laws and rules which protect a sitting president; in general impeachment is the only remedy, and as we saw less than a year ago some parties will never vote to impeach or remove their president no matter the crime. Once they are out of office they have very few protections, though tradition is to NOT go after them. Of course, one party is not interested in that tradition ("Lock her up!" and "Obama spied on me!") so I'm not sure we should extend that tradition to cover them.

[@chirone00]

That ad integration, so smooth, so so smooth

[@xnadave]

Wow. Great presentation. Just out of curiosity, how long do you spend researching content for these videos? That is an insane amount of information.

[@canisxv9869]

I think its hilerious a German word is used so often by Americans :-D I never knew Americans actually used the word Schadenfreude (to be honest its a beautiful short description for this situation)

[@josephgarcia7572]

We use a lot of words from a lot of languages. A lot of languages have words for concepts like schadenfreude that we don't have so we like to adopt a few.

[@varangiangaming7178]

It's not that uncommon or surprising considering that English, uses a lot of borrowed words such as anger which comes from the Germans and the Vikings.

[@rcknbob1]

It's even funnier that Google reported ~5000% increase in searches for "Schadenfreude" after Trump's diagnosis was reported.

[@ecyor0]

Well, English *does* have a gestalt vocabulary after all :P

[@sfBE11]

I think Bush 2 said something along the line of the problem with the French is they have no word for Entrepreneur

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

The main author of the 25th amendment is still alive. John Feerick. I've met him a few times. We mainly talked about the Article V Convention, also an area of expertise for him. But you can't talk to him about this stuff withour him bringing up the 25th Amedment. He loves this stuff. He's not in great health though, and probably would not sit down for an interview at this point. Edit: maybe he would. I just say a link to an hour long interview about it with the New York City Bar he did as recently as July.

[@jalabi99]

@Sam maybe LegalEagle can do a Zoom interview with him. That would be fascinating!

[@TheSilverWolf1998]

"I wouldnt wish it on anyone" Well according to Trump's own words, virtually nobody gets it, so he is now a nobody and you are allowed to wish it on him. I don't write the law I just enforce it good sir.

[@ArcanineEspeon]

Sounds good to me! I could debate on whether 'anyone' is truly the opposite of 'nobody/virtually nobody' but I'd rather just have you be correct.

[@MrZenerTech]

Please do a video about the ending Qualified Immunity Act. I've found it difficult to find information on this topic that is any more recent than June of this year. Thanks for all your awesome hard work!

[@karl7736]

Let's be honest, a dead person would do less damage than Trump.

[@drmadjdsadjadi]

Skinfaxi The damage to civil and public discourse as well as the terrible budget deficits we have now and have had for his entire presidency. Let’s face it - a lot of us like (most of) his policies and court appointments but we tend to hate his erratic tweeting habits and his overinflated ego. I believe we should and must always be willing and able to compromise on our preferences but never give the slightest inch on our principles. His constant tweeting that is intended to be covered by the media and his near-complete disregard (along with the rest of the Republicans) of fiscal conservatism is beyond the pale. Honestly, he should resign and let Pence run the country. Everything would run a lot smoother.

[@ambriaashley3383]

Skinfaxi He’s failed on policy and progress as well. Most of his term was repealing Obama’s bills on policing, climate change, the pandemic, consumer protections. Main new things he did were instituting new judges, immigration bans, and leaders like DeVoss, which is all very partisan of course.

[@drmadjdsadjadi]

Ambria Ashley Although I happen to agree with most of those policy repeals just like most conservatives will as well, I do think from a conservative perspective, he has failed in policy as well - his trade deals are minimal accomplishments that could have been done with far less drama, he picks fights over things that personally matter to him but which have little to do with the good of the country, and he has not really advanced the conservative agenda as much as prior Republicans have done. For example, he has failed to repeal (and, more importantly, replace) Obamacare, he bashes free trade like he’s a union boss, and he hasn’t done any meaningful entitlement or pro-business immigration reform. He isn’t a conservative. He is a populist authoritarian at heart.

[@drmadjdsadjadi]

Skinfaxi Definitely not true. If you constantly piss off the other side by your rhetoric, you end up energizing their base to undo what you have done (and you end up radicalizing them as well). He needs to learn that deals must be win-win whereby you always are willing to compromise on your preferences but will never compromise your principles.

[@drmadjdsadjadi]

Skinfaxi Excuse me, I am only discussing Trump here and, unlike Trump, I am a conservative. If you support Trump, you are definitely not a conservative, He does not know how to compromise. Where is the wall we were promised? Where is the cut in the budget deficit we were promised? Where is the repeal of Obamacare, let alone the replacement? Why is it that he keeps giving up our principles such as entitlement reform instead of this stupid, “I will never touch Social Security” liberal crap? We need to be raising the retirement age and cutting benefits or entitlements will swallow the entire federal budget. You know how we should compromise? I will tell you how: We should be giving Democrats a guaranteed payment to every American every month in exchange for the complete and total removal of ALL federal welfare, federal loan, wage regulation, and federal entitlement programs and let people decide on what they want to use the money for. No more a department of Education. No more student loan programs. No more Department of Labor. No more minimum wage. With a properly designed Universal Basic Income none of these are needed. No more Department of Commerce. Cut business taxes and regulation but ban states, local governments, and the federal government from giving tax incentives or abatement to private companies, No more social security (we can phase it out for those 50 and over but we need to plan to eliminate it for everyone else). No more Medicaid. We can keep Medicare only because it is impossible to find guaranteed health insurance for those in that age bracket at an affordable price. No more Department of Housing and Urban Development. No more Section 8 housing. No more FHA loans - only VA loans. No more Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae or Sally Mae. No more Amtrak. Privatize air traffic control. These should be our openings. We can give the Democrats a rather generous UBI for all of these things. Abolish the income tax. Then institute a flat consumption tax of 20% on everything no matter what you buy or where. These policies will eliminate poverty for anyone who wants to work provided we compromise (at a reasonable level) on the details of the UBI. “Those who do not work shall not eat” should be our mantra for anyone who is able to work. For those who are truly unable to work, we should have a special humanitarian supplement to assist them but that is it. These are conservative solutions and yet they will appeal to the other side because we promise in exchange for eliminating all of these welfare means-tested programs, there will be a universal benefit that puts the people back in control of their own lives. Most importantly, it will make the Democrats stand up and state whether they want a participation trophy, no child or person allowed to fail society or a society where everyone is given the freedom to succeed but, more importantly, the freedom to fail, along with having to live with the consequences of that failure. Now I know I cannot get all of these things that will actually make us a better society but we need to be marching towards these goals and Trump has done none of this. I will take half a loaf or a quarter of a loaf but Trump is giving it all up and throwing in stuff for the Dems because he has no principles. He wants to insult and whine but he also is desperate always for a deal, which is why he does not make good deals for us. So just STFU and actually LOOK at Trump because he is the ultimate RINO who has hoodwinked you. He is a populist liberal authoritarian and so are you for supporting him. He is going to destroy us. Goldwater would be ashamed.

[@thedebatehitman]

You’re on a roll these past few weeks.

[@thiscannotbeyourname]

Carnahan was 20 years ago?! I remember it like a hazy, TV on in the other room, yesterday. I'm getting old.

[@CoffeeLover-mz7bk]

I think we are looking at civil unrest if one of the candidates dies before the election or directly after. Hopefully neither does.

[@barmetler]

"I don't wear a mask like him" That's a bad thing Donald. Nothing to brag about

[@yazanhussam8182]

In open, not crowded spaces, context matters.

[@davidfeder8153]

he said when very far away. do you need a mask to play a singles tennis match with no spectators?

[@TheBrothergreen]

@@davidfeder8153 Strange then, that when he catches the virus half the white house gets it at virtually the same time. Kindof leads me to believe that it's NOT just when he's out in the open away from people. Also, yes, sports are especially bad because you are breathing deeply, exhaling forcefully and frequently, and touching objects that can carry germs extremely frequently. Tennis is probably one of the more risky ones out there. You should take extra precautions while playing sports, not less.

[@Grinnar]

*COVID-19 has entered the game.*

[@BaronSengir1008]

@@Grinnar COVID is sus...

[@dmullins301TWM]

I have always believed that our schools should focus much more of their efforts into teaching our kids about our system of government, from the federal system down to how local governments function. Having a law degree myself for many years, I can confidently state that your ability to present and explain complex legal issues in a manner that is not only intelligible, concise, and thorough, but also actually enjoyable reinforces my belief that lessons such as presented on this channel would serve our country well if presented to as large an audience as possible. Excellent job, sir. Please keep these videos coming. I am a huge fan, and I watch them with my 12 year old son who loves them too.

[@TheBrothergreen]

I would be happy if schools simply taught logic and how to construct and deconstruct arguments properly.

[@emmaclaire6610]

In Australia we actually do get taught about our government system from year 5, so its surprising to hear you don’t get taught that!

[@nilscoussement]

Can you explain to my why the Trump family is not charged with 'reckless endangerment' ? I am talking about going to an event without a mask while it is an obligation over there. Possibly while knowing he has Covid-19

[@ModelLights]

@@TheBrothergreen 'if schools simply taught logic and how to construct and deconstruct arguments properly.' If they did that the democrat party would disappear. They need people with near zero logic. so it'll never happen.

[@actually5004]

Or maybe parents should teach their own damn children instead of making them a burden to the countries largest ever daycare system.

[@aussiepancakes6897]

You should do one in the Va and how you have to use the freedom of information act just to get access to your own medical records

[@keepmoving1185]

I really like your tone and cadence. Is this a learned skill or innate talent? Would you do a "meta" video about public speaking, perhaps to a courtroom or a skeptical audience? Great work, I enjoy your emails greatly. (As they bring me peace of mind with entertaining and educating me.)

[@x-cessive5977]

This is one of those situations not to make fun of him but to rather tell him “I didn’t wanna say I told you so but... I told you so”

[@ecyor0]

If there is ever a time to laugh at the man who is known for killing hundreds of people by tying them to railway tracks, it is when he has inadvertently tied himself to the railway tracks and the train whistle blows in the distance.

[@robertthomas5906]

@@ecyor0 That would be Cuomo. He sent infected people to nursing homes. Trump tried his best to stop it and "the resistance" kept trying to bring them in. Remember? He was xenophobic, racist for not allowing infected people in. There were protests. On the Diamond Princes he ordered them to not bring infected people back, they did anyway. So it's not him, it's the democrats and they continue to make it worse. "Protests" (Burn Loot Murder) without masks, etc.

[@x-cessive5977]

Reuel T if I get mauled by a bear and die because of blood loss the bear is the cause of death

[@joshuajoe1419]

@Reuel T So why did the US have a massive rise in deaths? What killed the rest of the 94% people? Also where are you getting your data from and why should I trust your data over actually proven data?

[@drewroberts139]

Trump is currently in hypocritical condition...

[@asterix811]

17:52 "And if a winning candidate were to die between December 15th, after the electors have voted, but before January 6th, things start to get pretty messy." Because all the procedures you've described up to this point have all been crystal clear?

[@Backwardsman95]

Very well researched

[@HostMPBWY]

I love your content. Keep it up! ✌️

[@henrygarciga]

I timed your delivery at 141 spoken words per minute. The editing is very good, moving the camera angle to create visual interest . The rise and fall of cadence and inflection of vowels toward the end of a point or sentence is important as this is a subject given to unwieldy, dry, point of fact explication and interpretation of law. If someone endeavors to pursue a similarly personalized YT channel with 80% personal narration, this is a good model to work from.

[@mrappu2884]

XD

[@ishidan01]

As opposed to SOME people *cough vivafrei cough*

[@patricktsai2303]

Nice

[@henrygarciga]

@@mrappu2884 --I'm not a lawyer and have to ask what is XD ?

[@Ace_with_cake]

@@henrygarciga It's an emoticon. It's a sideway face that looks like they're laughing really hard with the squished eyes. Lol.

[@nickalimonos3588]

Reagan's dementia. Those were such quaint times.

[@davidcalero-dc6173]

Outstanding channel 👌

[@gravy1219]

I love your sponsors, I never see them coming, its like you're a lawyer or something :D

[@cdmichaelb]

So here's the thing, he's already downplaying covid and he's not even out of the woods. That man is dangerous. I hate to think ill of someone, but I feel like if he makes it out of this it's going to be worse for all of us.

[@actually5004]

He's downplaying it because he can. That's correct, a seventy four year old man at the very height of his symptoms is downplaying Covid. It's a respiratory infection too, which might really affect someone's capacity to speak at all. I caught it before he did and I agree with him. Occam's Razor, you've been the victim of media gaslighting, my dude.

[@zakl940]

@@Skinfaxi if it was me? I'd immediately step down and give the job to someone more qualified. After finding out of aliens were real or not, of course

[@zakl940]

@@Skinfaxi one, I definitely would, and two, then I would talk to people more experienced than me who know what they're dojng, see what they think, and then make a decision based in that. This also isn't dodging the question, if I was in the situation described this is what i would do

[@zakl940]

@@Skinfaxi I wasn't even critisising trump, I just thought the question was interesting. I'm not even American I could care less about politics

[@BradLancaster86]

house is on fire meme comes to mind, "This is fine"

[@guywithcowonhead2066]

I know that more for the dog than the house. Plus, the version I see is normally in a bar. At least, that's how it appears to me.

[@ThisOldSkater]

You kidding? That's the friggin meme of the year.

[@HighlandCall]

trying to figure out why its called the "British rule": the rule here and as far as I'm aware across Westminster system countries if a candidate dies during an election campaign (major or minor party; doesn't matter) is that the election in that seat is delayed for several months until a replacement candidate is named and then everyone campaigns again. This isn't a by-election; legally it is part of the general election but it just happens a few months later. Last happened in a British general election in 2005 but every year a few council wards have deferred elections because of candidate deaths. Never has mattered nationally because the delayed South Staffordshire Election in 2005 was in a very safe Conservative seat after an election where Labour won a big majority so no one really campaigned that hard but if one happened in a marginal seat in a very close election I suspect you'd see all sorts of money and campaigning time thrown into it by all sides.

[@rsm9ab]

So glad he brought up Carnahan, cause I was thinking about it from beginning of video. The one time Missouri wasn't the show me state.

[@Dan-ud8hz]

"Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." " Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." ― The Declaration of Independence

[@nuclearsloths9160]

@Fernando Castillo How does that sound bernie broly? It sounds like a pretty good argument. People die, because your state wants them to. Its just. A fact. I dont get it. How is that bernie broish?

[@justin9202]

@Fernando Castillo you do know pretty much every 1st world country other than the united states has universal health care, and that they have less deaths on average due to medical conditions compared to America right?

[@JoshSweetvale]

@Fernando Castillo That's "identity politics" innit? 'It's satan!' Without explaination.

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

@Daniel Duvalle yes, the parallels are undeniable. What was that other basic principle of american self identification? "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure." Does the loggerheads dying like flies from Covid already count?

[@savagenovelist2983]

What the government says: Terrorist Propaganda What I say: The use of legendary words by a legendary figure for a valid purpose.

[@zakk143]

I will not succumb to schadenfreude... I will not succumb to schadenfreude... Honestly, really love this channel and your work! I'm not a lawyer or law student, but learning how to think like a lawyer and break down problems like one has been a great tool for understanding the world around me, approaching problems at work, and just genuinely being a more critical thinker. Thank you for everything you do on this channel!

[@Boyzby]

I'm relishing in the schadenfruede, because bad things should happen to bad people for once.

[@Bob-lr2xp]

@@Boyzby "INFECTIOUS DISEASE GOOD BECAUSE ORANGE MAN BAD!"

[@esteemedmortal5917]

I savored the schadenfreude for at least a few minutes. But he ran over any inkling of sympathy I had when he did a little tour in his car. I respect the office and the impact of losing a candidate. I do not wish death on others. But otherwise? F*** him

[@theparadigm8149]

0:52 HA! 🤣 “Elephant” in the room...