The Constitution Doesn't Say That - Legal Eagle Reaction

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[GodlessScummer]

"The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're accurate or not." - Abraham Lincoln

[Pahhd-dt]

It’s heartwarming to see just how much faith you have in the average Americans civics understanding.

[davidkinsey]

DC tried to have "No taxation without representation" on their quarter in the State Quarters series. The U.S. Mint refused the design.

[GRDiver]

11:30 “I just took for granted that people just understood…”

Say no more 😂

[Justanotherconsumer]

There’s a classic Onion article “Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be.”

The Onion has put out some great stuff over the years. They had a recent “Ex-FDA Official Confirms Existence of Vegetables” that, as someone that likes to cook, I found truly frightening.

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"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."
- Ludwig Wittgenstein

[gkiferonhs]

As a physicist, I much prefer the way scientific arguments proceed than the way social arguments proceed; one of the first thing always discussed is "what do you mean by ___?" A lot of arguments proceed from sloppy lingo.

[gocats]

My grandparents were from Canton Ohio and were 1st generation immigrants from Germany. My grandfather had to make a difficult choice to fight in WW1 against Germany. He was a Marine in the battle of Mont Blanc

[Dragonite]

Thomas Jefferson: We need a wall that separates Church and State, and Mexico will pay for it!

[Kanbei]

Thanks for a very level headed video on the topic. Your references to things being up to interpretation is important and I realised how far it goes.

[podemosurss]

5:00 Being from Spain, I can tell: overall, Spanish is the official language in all of Spain, but in some Autonomous Regions (kind of our equivalent to the States in the US) they do have other languages which are also official too. Namely:
* Catalonia has Catalan.
* Valencia has Valencian.
* Balearic Islands have Ballear.
* Basque Country and Navarra have Euskera/Basque.
* Galicia has Galician.

[freddyincarnation]

Big fan! Lots of love from the Philippines

[markiefufu]

As for languages, in southern Louisiana, you'll hear not only Creole, but you'll hear a lot of French as well.

[mattmacknight]

You don't want more than one official language unless it's constitutionally necessary to keep the country together. As a Canadian who also grew up in North Carolina I can see the benefit to the American way of no official language. Federally in Canada we spend so much effort and money to do everything in two languages for a small portion of the country. It makes sense federally for us. The problem arises here when a province like New Brunswick have two official languages. It becomes it's own beurocratic hell and trying to hire for those offical languages creates a two-tiered citizenry.

[thecynicaloptimist]

Regarding the taxation without representation argument; one could argue that, _theoretically, _ 16 year olds who can work and pay taxes are virtually represented, because representatives should act in the interests of *all* of their constituents, not just the ones who voted for them. However, in contrast, without the possibility of exercising one's vote, representatives are under no obligation to appeal to a demographic that cannot legally vote for them, and that demographic has no leverage over the representative, so it's entirely contingent on that representative's good graces.

[neilmorrison]

There is an argument that the innocent until proven guilty comes from Scots Law which is based on Roman Law rather than the Common Law of England.

Many of the Founding fathers either had Scottish connections or were influenced by the Scottish Enlightenment

[podemosurss]

8:50 In most European countries we are taught English as second language.

[loogoos]

Does anyone find it ironic that the Stamp Act is essentially the same as the modern sales tax; the British subjects in America were not happy with the Stamp Act, so the British had to tax them in other ways.

[IcyPhilosopher]

The Franklin Institute says that while Franklin did favorably compare the turkey to the bald eagle, it was more of a slam on eagles than an endorsement of the turkey to be the national bird.

[scientist_nick]

Just going to mention that with your knowledge of American History I have learned a ton of new things (I am South European) and kind of understand some principles Americans have engrained in their culture and why this came to be over the years. Although I am personally less intrigued by your "visiting historic sites" specials, I love all other content you create. Keep up the fantastic work!