The Constitution Doesn't Say That!

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[LegalEagle]

🪶 What else do people get wrong about the constitution?

[heyspookyboogie]

I wonder when people started viewing the constitution as “giving people the right” as opposed to “restricting the governments ability to infringe on rights”

[girllittlemorbid]

Lol I've had more than one person say I was lying about having read the entire U.S. constitution. That it was impossible because it was SO long; no one could read the WHOLE thing! 😆

[mbrennan]

I taught high school government for over 25 years. We read the constitution every year and discussed its history. I only hope they remember it.

[takingitright]

honesty, from a law abiding perspective, this only affirms my belief that cops are not friends. that federal agents will go out of their way to condemn you. the constitution is not designed to protect your rights, it is to curtail the rights of the government infringing upon YOU

[adamcichoski]

"From each according to his ability to each according to his needs"
Me: Everyone knows that's Marx
Legal Eagle: 72% of Americans believe this is in the U.S. Constitution
Me: 🤦🏻

[mp-kqvc]

Years ago in my 20s I bought a pocket-sized printing of the US Constitution in a book store for like three dollars. Certain "legal experts" (not) to this day still try to tell me things that are "in the Constitution" and I always reply, "Where? I didn't see that in my copy." Always met with silence... I guess those experts never bothered to see if a copy was available in the local book store.

[FXRChristopher]

When I was young (many moons ago) It was mandatory for everyone to read the constitution in High School. The class was called Social Studies. I don't think they teach that anymore.

[joshuacaulfield]

Just an acknowledgement of your willingness to speak at YouTube speed, and the quality of your editor(s). This is a great video. Thank you.

[MoonPatch]

Me: Doesn't live in America and knows nothing about its constitution.
LeagalEagle: You're wrong about the constitution!
Me: Oh no!

[Kinvarus]

I love it when someone says something like "Hey man, you can't change the Constitution!" Yes you can, it's called an Amendment. There have already been 33 of them.

[cassidybronson]

All this shows is that you can be an attorney and still not fully understand the constitution to insure the government doesn’t unlawfully violate your rights.

[hardheadjarhead]

My wife’s grandmother was one of those native kids put into a mission school before WWI. She was beaten for speaking Ojibway.

[jasonmorley]

Just wanting to make it clear- Orwell was an avid socialist and fought against the Franco regime in Spain alongside the members of what he called “utopian” socialist villages; the parody was not of Karl Marx, but of Stalin and his cronies.

[x]

"Unsure / don't know" appears to be an option on these surveys, yet tons of people are picking the wrong answer instead. That seems more worrying than not knowing the correct answer.

[alexanderfilatov]

1:08 Just wanted to add that Soviet Union had three different constitutions enforced individually at different times (1924, 1936 and 1977). The phrase "from each according to his ability, to each according to his work" first appeared in 1936 Constitution and then reappeared in 1977 Constitution.

[naturallaw]

You're wrong that the constitution doesn't guarantee "no taxation without representation". The exact phrase doesn't have to be there, if the structure is there, or if a different word was used. The definition of "Republican Form of Government", which IS guaranteed federally and to all states, is that ALL political power comes from the body of the people. Nobody in office, whether voted in, or appointed by an elected official, will ever be in a position to implement any kind of taxation, without representing somebody. Read Federalist No., 39. So anybody making a decision to do any kind of tax, must ALWAYS come from somebody that was ultimately elected, directly or indirecly, by the people. Again, this is laid out PLAINLY in Federalst No. 39

So don't gaslight people please.

[AceVendetta]

I was a little confused at first when you put up that first phrase. I was like "that's Marx, not the constitution!"

Then you proved me correct and my day was made. Thank you

[Sam-krwj]

This is genuinely scary to realize how few people actually know about one of the single most important documents to American society.

[ronemtae]

I’ve read every single word on the constitution, the federalist papers, and into numerous numbers of writings by our founders