How Did They Choose a Jury for A President?

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  • Опубліковано 22 кві 2024
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  • @LegalEagle
    @LegalEagle  Місяць тому +316

    Will Trump beat the rap? ☕ Get your first bag free with Trade Coffee legaleagle.link/trade ⚖⚖⚖Do you need a great lawyer? I can help! legaleagle.link/eagleteam

    • @davea6314
      @davea6314 Місяць тому +16

      Trump for PRISON 2024!!!

    • @picahudsoniaunflocked5426
      @picahudsoniaunflocked5426 Місяць тому +1

      Are you practicing with lawyers who can work outside the US or is your firm US-only? Asking for a Canadian.

    • @AL-lh2ht
      @AL-lh2ht Місяць тому

      Trump basically called the judge a bbich. And then threaten the judges daughter. Several times and even after he was asked to stop.
      There is no reality the judge would not give prison time if convicted.

    • @Harlem55
      @Harlem55 Місяць тому

      What is the governments subject matter jurisdiction argument as to Trump v. Anderson such thst the mere conduct of a trial at the current time is not then illegal under federal law because of the impact on campaign speech? Or do we order Joe Biden not to engage in any election speech whatsoever on trial days? Or do we set aside any Biden victory in 2024 upon grounds New York deliberately undermined the federal election process? In any event, Im sure Roberts and Co. are about to internationally embarass the New York courts for not knowing the federal law.

    • @PickpocketJones
      @PickpocketJones Місяць тому +3

      He's too wealthy and given way too much preferential treatment to face any real consequences for his actions. In Georgia he has a GOP activist judge doing everything she can to ensure he faces no consequences. So not optimistic.

  • @shivanshukantprasad
    @shivanshukantprasad Місяць тому +4127

    LegalEagle and ScowlOwl. We are forming a JudiciaryAviary here.

    • @PurpleShift42
      @PurpleShift42 Місяць тому +236

      An Aviary of Attorneys, you might say

    • @Ramonatho
      @Ramonatho Місяць тому +292

      Did someone mention BIRD LAW????

    • @slimjimshady0
      @slimjimshady0 Місяць тому +59

      now we just need Misdemeanor Oriele or sm

    • @witchdoctor1394
      @witchdoctor1394 Місяць тому +53

      Can we get a Darrow Sparrow tho?

    • @kereymckenna4611
      @kereymckenna4611 Місяць тому +87

      Who else can we get? A Judgy Budgie?

  • @loganmiller2344
    @loganmiller2344 Місяць тому +2920

    Bird lawyers to add: Gavel Goose, Deposition Duck, Plaintiff Pelican, Opposition Ostrich, Courtroom Condor
    Edit to add: “The Bailiff will Tackle You Cockatoo”

    • @Malocalypse
      @Malocalypse Місяць тому +138

      Deposition duck 😅

    • @thomasbecker9676
      @thomasbecker9676 Місяць тому +138

      Harvey Birdman

    • @kombatwombat6579
      @kombatwombat6579 Місяць тому +109

      Opposition Ostrich terrifies me.

    • @Giraffinator
      @Giraffinator Місяць тому +89

      Courtroom Condor kinda hit real good tho

    • @CdnTrader1
      @CdnTrader1 Місяць тому +35

      “I’m just the best god damn Bird lawyer in the world”
      Charlie Kelly

  • @picahudsoniaunflocked5426
    @picahudsoniaunflocked5426 Місяць тому +1145

    0:36 "If you haven't been following the build-up of this case..."
    Me: You should get in touch with the Court as a potential juror?

    • @DPSSOC
      @DPSSOC Місяць тому +134

      We found 12 people who've been living in complete isolation for decades. When asked if they knew who Donald Trump was, they responded, "Who are you!? How did you find us!?"

    • @terranceandrewdavis7070
      @terranceandrewdavis7070 Місяць тому +4

      ​@@DPSSOCwouldn't mormons fit that criteria?

    • @draketurtle4169
      @draketurtle4169 Місяць тому

      @@terranceandrewdavis7070however, Mormons don’t think a juror of only one religious order would really work… it’s like putting a bunch of white guys on the jury for a black guy, that’s blatantly not fair.

    • @weirdlanguageguy
      @weirdlanguageguy Місяць тому +15

      @@terranceandrewdavis7070 there might be some polygamist fundamentalists for whom that could be true, but not for 99.9% of all latter day saints

    • @kuil
      @kuil Місяць тому +7

      @@terranceandrewdavis7070lol no. That would be the Amish. Most Mormons would support Trump politically, less so personally.

  • @nicholaszikos3851
    @nicholaszikos3851 Місяць тому +458

    “Your honor the juror in question called my client orange” - lawyer
    “sustained your client is orange, moving on” - judge

    • @blueyandicy
      @blueyandicy Місяць тому +13

      LOL

    • @Shebeast3
      @Shebeast3 Місяць тому +3

      hahahahahaha so good

    • @publiconions6313
      @publiconions6313 Місяць тому +5

      Orange man bad

    • @soul0360
      @soul0360 Місяць тому +6

      No... Orange man orange

    • @publiconions6313
      @publiconions6313 Місяць тому

      @@soul0360 dude.. be careful, you're supposed to say "bad" .. you don't want to lose any friends or get an F from your professor

  • @EvHervey
    @EvHervey Місяць тому +2205

    Eagle got day shift
    Owl got night shift
    We're covered, people.

    • @picahudsoniaunflocked5426
      @picahudsoniaunflocked5426 Місяць тому +88

      So...Birds are real; they're just lawyers, is what I'm hearing.

    • @adamh1228
      @adamh1228 Місяць тому

      @@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 preposterous. if it flies, it spies.

    • @camiloiribarren1450
      @camiloiribarren1450 Місяць тому +13

      But we need one bird to put order in the court, a tough squawker that doesn’t chirp away

    • @DualFury
      @DualFury Місяць тому +8

      They only know Bird Law

    • @adamh1228
      @adamh1228 Місяць тому +7

      @@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 lol, my bird related comment got censored.. we are getting too close to the truth

  • @culsandar
    @culsandar Місяць тому +738

    The image of Devin coming out of the bottom of the screen while Spencer is discussing "the person who needs to be the smartest person in the room, even if they aren't" got a hearty chuckle out of me. Well done editor.

    • @Palidine4M0O
      @Palidine4M0O Місяць тому +19

      i loved it

    • @travcollier
      @travcollier Місяць тому +65

      And yet, these folks provide some of the best legal news coverage there is. Very much "take your work seriously, but don't take yourself too seriously"... Love it.

    • @jae1567
      @jae1567 Місяць тому +4

      Same!

    • @richardchantlerrico
      @richardchantlerrico Місяць тому +3

      I had a good chuckle over it

  • @Vlasov45
    @Vlasov45 Місяць тому +210

    The idea of a "jury of your peers" comes from the Magna Carta, but the phrase doesn't actually appear in the U.S. Constitution. Instead what we have is a right to "an impartial jury" drawn from the surrounding region. There's an interesting question in whether "impartial" means "disinterested," because "partial" is derived from the same Latin root as is the word "peer."' So it is inconsistent to require a jury to be impartial and then also require it to be made up of peers. In old English cases they would often have to import a jury from your local area, made up of people who would be familiar with you, and expected to know something about your character, reputation, local standing, and local habits and norms.

    • @elizabethsohler6516
      @elizabethsohler6516 Місяць тому +7

      Thanks for the education.

    • @AbsolXGuardian
      @AbsolXGuardian Місяць тому +22

      Peer also means of the same rank (within an aristocratic caste system). It wasn't until *2009* that members of the House of Lords in the UK were required to be tried in the normal UK court system. It changed in the wake of controversy after a Lord got out of (iirc) a vehicular manslaughter charge because his jury had to be made up of the rest of the house of Lords, naturally leading to a not guilty verdict

    • @cshairydude
      @cshairydude Місяць тому +18

      ​​@@AbsolXGuardianThis is untrue: trial of peers in the House of Lords was abolished in 1948. The last such trial was indeed for vehicular manslaughter.
      Also it's considered disqualifying now if a juror knows the defendant, because it's assumed they are biased by their prior knowledge.

    • @asdfghyter
      @asdfghyter Місяць тому +8

      if it was the case, he should obviously have gotten a jury consisting of former presidents 🤣

    • @caffetiel
      @caffetiel Місяць тому +5

      Being from the same root doesn't mean the words mean the same thing. By that logic you wouldn't be able to say 'non-brown bear' is coherent.

  • @RichardBetel
    @RichardBetel Місяць тому +72

    The huge diversity of American lawyers struggling and failing to pronounce the French word "voir" is one of my guilty pleasures.

  • @TAndreMotorsports
    @TAndreMotorsports Місяць тому +515

    8:07 nice job editor!!! Sneaking legal eagle in the questionnaire "what new do you watch" top notch

    • @Studeb
      @Studeb Місяць тому +5

      Maybe it was there already.

    • @veri745
      @veri745 Місяць тому +22

      @@Studeb they did a good job, but not a great one. the motion tracking is off just a touch

    • @oriontigley5089
      @oriontigley5089 Місяць тому +8

      Haha, I didn't even notice that.
      Good eye

    • @NelsonBrown
      @NelsonBrown Місяць тому +2

      But why was blank in the original? What did they delete?

    • @ReverendTed
      @ReverendTed Місяць тому +6

      Yeah, interesting that there's a blank space on the original document.

  • @low-energypolitics5677
    @low-energypolitics5677 Місяць тому +642

    I've heard so many people talk about Trump snoozing across PodCasts, UA-cam videos, and more traditional news. How was this my first time hearing an anti-woke pun?!

    • @arturoaguilar6002
      @arturoaguilar6002 Місяць тому +35

      I think Trump doesn't use the term "woke" (and "anti-woke") anymore. He even mentioned he doesn't like the term "woke" because half the people can't even define it and he doesn't know what it is.

    • @MrClickity
      @MrClickity Місяць тому +114

      ​@@arturoaguilar6002"woke" means the same thing as every other right wing buzzword: "something we don't like"

    • @Gildedmuse
      @Gildedmuse Місяць тому +76

      ​@@arturoaguilar6002Just to note, when he said that, DeSantis was using the word CONSTANTLY and was Trump's rival for the Republican nominee.
      Indeed, days later he used it in a speech, rallying against woke politics.

    • @lysander3262
      @lysander3262 Місяць тому +38

      "I'm so anti woke. No one is more anti woke than me. Even Crooked Hillary and Sleepy Joe and Lazy Eye Rick can agree on that. I hear it all the time. And the thing about being anti woke is...ZZZzzz..."

    • @CitanulsPumpkin
      @CitanulsPumpkin Місяць тому

      ​@MrClickity Historically, Woke means "being aware of how society has stacked the deck against you and people like you." "Get woke," means "Wake up. They're ain't playing fair. We can't either."
      When the nazis co-opted woke, they used it exclusively to say, "A thing I saw acknowledged that people who are not cis het white evangelical men exist."
      "Anything the nazis don't like" is close, but they have been using it to mean something far more specific. "Representation of the denominations they want to genocide." That's why they can't come out and say the definition.

  • @cynthiasimpson931
    @cynthiasimpson931 Місяць тому +43

    I've been on some juries, including one for a murder/arson case. It's always very interesting, at least to me, to watch the process of seating a jury. In the murder/arson case, a name was called, and a heavily pregnant woman got herself to her feet and headed for the jury box. The judge asked her, "When's your baby due?" The woman said, "Last week!" She was immediately excused. After a few hours I ended up an alternate juror for that case. The defendant was found guilty of arson, but they never proved that she had killed the victim. I don't live in New York so there's no chance I'll be called for Trump's jury.

    • @johndododoe1411
      @johndododoe1411 Місяць тому +3

      Man seems to be prosecuted all over the place, still got a chance if you hadn't posted this .

    • @rdklkje13
      @rdklkje13 Місяць тому +3

      I came to the comments to see if anyone had said anything about that option of volunteering for jury duty in New York. This is the closest I've seen so far.
      The thing is, having also been a juror in a pretty sad criminal case myself, I imagine it could be an interesting and educational experience for law students in particular, as long as volunteering for jury duty doesn't land you on some crazy long case that takes up too much of your time and energy.
      i was a student when I served on that jury and it was quite doable. Much more so than later on with little kids at home etc. and interesting enough that I may well have considered volunteering if that had been an option, with the possibility of setting some limits yourself on what exactly you are able to volunteer for in terms of trial length (and intensity - I couldn't do murder cases, for example).

  • @adamkuch9377
    @adamkuch9377 Місяць тому +446

    Objection! A jury that is awake and sane is not a jury of his peers.

    • @MrVovansim
      @MrVovansim Місяць тому +37

      Heyooo. I was just thinking, how would his lawyers like it if they saw Bush, Clinton and Obama roll up into the jury box. Haha

    • @Depacote
      @Depacote Місяць тому

      Closer to being his peers than they are to being Biden's peers

    • @elizabethsohler6516
      @elizabethsohler6516 Місяць тому +11

      Sustained.

    • @ALCRAN2010
      @ALCRAN2010 Місяць тому +4

      a jury or peers, and a jury of peeers, are two different peoples.

    • @MrVovansim
      @MrVovansim Місяць тому +8

      @@ALCRAN2010 get R Kelly on that jury. He'd be a peer peeer.

  • @JeremyCoatney
    @JeremyCoatney Місяць тому +342

    "May we live in interesting times"? How dare you curse us like this sir 😭

    • @mickcollins1921
      @mickcollins1921 Місяць тому +13

      just here to see if someone caught that...

    • @atashgallagher5139
      @atashgallagher5139 Місяць тому +8

      Hopefully we can just all get into another multi country rocket measuring contest again and see who can put the most people on Mars or something instead of who can put the most megatons of thermonuclear warheads on a parabolic arc towards one hemisphere or the other.

    • @CielMC
      @CielMC Місяць тому +1

      Tangent : Nice flag

    • @mochafennec
      @mochafennec Місяць тому +5

      ​@@atashgallagher5139 I believe you are failing to recall that the Space Race and Cuban Missile Crisis were happening at the same time.

  • @TheGamehorn
    @TheGamehorn Місяць тому +176

    It is nice to see the ScowlOwl getting more comfortable on camera. He already is very good at coveying information, but I am looking forward to when he gets more comfortable finding the absurdity and humor in the situations he covers!
    Keep up the good work Legal Eagles and Owls!

  • @CascadeTwelve
    @CascadeTwelve Місяць тому +39

    Scowl Owl's pacing and tone have improved substantially over previous videos! Great to see he's found a good vibe on camera 😊

    • @MrHeems
      @MrHeems Місяць тому

      He sounds a bit drunk to me.

  • @addymant
    @addymant Місяць тому +31

    8:11 Love that y'all edited "Legal Eagle" on to the list of media sources

  • @stevenperry9762
    @stevenperry9762 Місяць тому +471

    An eagle and an owl? We are flying in the legal stratosphere this morning.

    • @afroponix3414
      @afroponix3414 Місяць тому +11

      Birds aren’t real.

    • @duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa
      @duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa Місяць тому +19

      ​@@afroponix3414Neither is Ohio, checkmate atheists

    • @thebagelsproductions
      @thebagelsproductions Місяць тому +4

      Devious field mice beware! Legal birds of prey are in the air 😂

    • @brianbishop4753
      @brianbishop4753 Місяць тому +2

      @@duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaaoh shit! Then where am I?

    • @EthelredHardrede-nz8yv
      @EthelredHardrede-nz8yv Місяць тому +1

      Few birds reach that altitude. No raptor does.
      Geese might be the only such bird.

  • @piritskenyer
    @piritskenyer Місяць тому +114

    I want to congratulate Spencer on becoming a dad, that joke at 6:05 gives it away without the shadow of a doubt.

    • @JammyPajammies
      @JammyPajammies Місяць тому +21

      "Beyond reasonable doubt detected, welcome to fatherhood."

  • @travispalen3107
    @travispalen3107 Місяць тому +17

    @16:35 boom roasted
    Side note - Scowl Owl and Chaos Lawyer are really helping to up this channel's expansive explanatory abilities. Thank you for bringing them on board and letting them be themselves - I really appreciate the analysis of these larger legal issues from multiple voices/perspectives.

  • @chrishyde7798
    @chrishyde7798 Місяць тому +15

    16:41 "Smartest dude in the room" pop up, hilarious!

  • @Drivr555
    @Drivr555 Місяць тому +96

    Re: volunteering for jury duty. The statement, "I guess that's one way to pass the time." made me chuckle. 😄

  • @John_Fx
    @John_Fx Місяць тому +244

    I love that LegalEagle was listed in the media sources on the questionnaire. You went down in history!

    • @dcdfuzed5878
      @dcdfuzed5878 Місяць тому +28

      I didn't see UA-cam on there so I thought they just replaced it with LegalEagle.

    • @cvtuttle
      @cvtuttle Місяць тому +26

      @@dcdfuzed5878 yeah it's just added in - hysterical though!

    • @NelsonBrown
      @NelsonBrown Місяць тому +25

      LegalEagle is edited in, but there's a conspicuous blank spot in the original document, and I don't know why.

    • @cvtuttle
      @cvtuttle Місяць тому +5

      @@NelsonBrown I thought it was just to separate the larger media companies from the rest.

    • @feronanthus9756
      @feronanthus9756 Місяць тому +7

      @@NelsonBrown it separates traditional media from social/aggregated media

  • @SianaGearz
    @SianaGearz Місяць тому +7

    As a prospective juror, would one be forced to reveal all social media accounts? Do you have to reveal your log-ins so they can search your friends-only posts? I would object to an invasion of privacy if i was subjected to that, am i entitled to? Or is all they can find using your real name and public-only posts good enough?
    I probably have 80+ forum accounts which i no longer even remember, most people have a throwaway account on Reddit which they used to ask a potentially embarassing question, etc.

  • @daiakunin
    @daiakunin Місяць тому +5

    The scowl owl is hitting us hard with the dad jokes!
    The coffee segue was also brilliant.

  • @mandytheythem4778
    @mandytheythem4778 Місяць тому +213

    Was literally just talking about this topic with my lawyer dad and my mom who had been on a federal jury lol. Good timing.

    • @geeksworkshop
      @geeksworkshop Місяць тому

      People with a massive ego like Trump have no peers

    • @Dan55888
      @Dan55888 Місяць тому +3

      Are they smart enough to know that Trump is guilty?

    • @VultureSkins
      @VultureSkins Місяць тому +7

      @@Dan55888what a weird question

    • @teeprice7499
      @teeprice7499 Місяць тому +4

      @@Dan55888 Until proven innocent?

    • @somerandomgamer8504
      @somerandomgamer8504 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@teeprice7499Good luck proving a criminal innocent. Though America has an interesting record with that, looking at the overwhelming, damning evidence against OJ Simpson.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Місяць тому +68

    2:20 - Chapter 1 - The jury selection process
    3:25 - Chapter 2 - Who are the potential jurors
    5:25 - Chapter 3 - A fair & impartial jury
    11:05 - Chapter 4 - Challenges
    19:05 - Back to LE
    22:00 - End roll ads

  • @muyyek
    @muyyek Місяць тому +4

    Great video, gents, and may I say, the segue at the end was particularly good today.

  • @AnacondaHL
    @AnacondaHL Місяць тому +7

    16:30 This stray fire from shade thrown lmao 😂😂😂

  • @rockdocandlittlebird5974
    @rockdocandlittlebird5974 Місяць тому +53

    I live under a rock and I've still heard about it. (No really, my name in undergrad was "the rock whisperer" and as a grad student they called me "the volcano lady")

    • @blueyandicy
      @blueyandicy Місяць тому +3

      THE VOLCANO LADY IS LEGENDARY

    • @rockdocandlittlebird5974
      @rockdocandlittlebird5974 Місяць тому +2

      @@blueyandicy Look for me at RadCon next year, I'll be bringing my second book and teaching some fun classes. I'm thinking crafting drop spindles, maybe an intro to spinning, historic embroidery, prepping for the zombie apocalyptic, the evolution of life on earth (and how it's super effing weird), and how volcanoes are definitely going to cause said apocalypse if we don't beat them to it.

  • @randomactpg57
    @randomactpg57 Місяць тому +461

    As a Canadian, having to pick a party when you register to vote is insane.

    • @Krushak8888
      @Krushak8888 Місяць тому +103

      You don't have to, I haven't in my state. I could vote in either primary but only one primary.

    • @detleffleischer9418
      @detleffleischer9418 Місяць тому +31

      I agree, as a Mexican it's a weird thing to order people to do, at least in our case you can "affiliate" yourself to a political party separately and even become a militant or Party Officer but there's no way you should be forced to choose a party from the get go, in fact you're even allowed to register a non-vote or vote of no confidence in the government by writing so on your ballot.

    • @AgentofChaos315
      @AgentofChaos315 Місяць тому +59

      I mean you don't need to pick, you can just leave it blank

    • @lightdrgn20
      @lightdrgn20 Місяць тому +67

      Many states in the USA have a primary that limits voters to their registered party. The regular elecrions don't matter for that

    • @dojelnotmyrealname4018
      @dojelnotmyrealname4018 Місяць тому +53

      as a Belgian, registering to vote at all is insane.

  • @dennisfahey2379
    @dennisfahey2379 Місяць тому +5

    The Devin digs were priceless.

  • @dwanpol-lovesdonuts
    @dwanpol-lovesdonuts Місяць тому +1

    I love that Legal Eagle was on the list of news sources on the questionnaire.

  • @woohzal
    @woohzal Місяць тому +102

    Not even American yet I too fall into your "Hey, what now?" category.

  • @LtScarecrow87
    @LtScarecrow87 Місяць тому +122

    What scares me is that both sides seem to take great delight in talking about the jurors for different reasons. I feel like that needs to stop.

    • @oriontigley5089
      @oriontigley5089 Місяць тому +19

      Absolutely 100%
      Impartial means *impartial!*

    • @LtScarecrow87
      @LtScarecrow87 Місяць тому +10

      The justice system is the only thing I believe in anymore…I don’t want to see it politicized for either personal gain or because the shoe is finally on the other foot when it comes to public mocking.

    • @timbirch4999
      @timbirch4999 Місяць тому +4

      bOtH sIdEs...

    • @LtScarecrow87
      @LtScarecrow87 Місяць тому

      @@timbirch4999 ?

    • @Brasswatchman
      @Brasswatchman Місяць тому

      The media has been overdoing it. Didn't one reporter basically dox a guy?

  • @beccatorres
    @beccatorres Місяць тому +1

    The editing of this is brilliant. So well done.

  • @beebuzz959
    @beebuzz959 Місяць тому +39

    I am a strong liberal who despises the orange con, but I would be completely impartial if on one of his juries, devoting myself to the legal system above all else. It really is possible.

    • @greebj
      @greebj Місяць тому +16

      Yep. If he's gonna get done, he has to be done properly, because of course he'll appeal any conviction

    • @Wellch
      @Wellch Місяць тому

      Move it out of the state.

    • @kabine1
      @kabine1 10 днів тому +3

      I wonder what your determination would be now that he's been found guilty.
      The law surrounding this case seems a bit confusing. Falsifying business records is a misdemeanor. In NY it's a felony when that misdemeanor is in pursuit of another crime. If i followed the jury instructions and prosecutors allegations correctly there are a few potential crimes that this misdemeanor could be tied to but it doesn't have to be agreed upon by the jury and the prosecutors don't need to prove any other crime besides the falsification of documents.
      I'm struggling to wrap my head around this.

    • @Ajay-nt1kj
      @Ajay-nt1kj 6 днів тому +1

      Thats an oxymoron

    • @jetison333
      @jetison333 6 днів тому

      ​@@kabine1legal eagle has a video on it now, but apparently even trumps lawyer agreed that was the standard practice.

  • @TUBESTOOL
    @TUBESTOOL Місяць тому +100

    You should do an episode on how different the justice system is for the rich and powerful. The most frustrating thing about this is how different these people are treated and how fines are only for poor people.

    • @bobkerr2755
      @bobkerr2755 Місяць тому +30

      The rich aren't exactly above the law per se, it's just that they can afford to sit in court for years on end while a poor person can't. Also a 5k fine for a billionaire is nothing but a 5k fine for someone who works for a living is a major kick in the teeth. Personally, I think fines should be a percentage of your anual income instead of just a flat fee. I think that would go a long way in starting to level out the playing field.

    • @Dan55888
      @Dan55888 Місяць тому

      Right? If someone less high profile as Trump did even a quarter of the things he did they would already be in jail for a long time. But Trump with all his ill got money and lies about money just drags it out until he can worm his way out on technicalities

    • @evercuriousmichelle
      @evercuriousmichelle Місяць тому +9

      I agree, fines should be a percentage of annual income!!

    • @LavenderGooms
      @LavenderGooms Місяць тому +9

      @@bobkerr2755 That's being above the law. It's designed that way, to make sure that rich people aren't being hurt by it.

    • @bobkerr2755
      @bobkerr2755 Місяць тому +7

      @@LavenderGooms Correct, hence the "per se". The law applies to everyone but it's only really enforced with people who can't afford a dream team of high priced lawyers.

  • @jimhalloway5299
    @jimhalloway5299 Місяць тому +3

    "May we live in interesting times" Nice Discworld reference, Spencer!

  • @lexicobbs8547
    @lexicobbs8547 Місяць тому +1

    Love these videos! As a law student, I’d love to see more diverse guest lawyers from time to time!

  • @Baiswith
    @Baiswith Місяць тому +28

    16:35 Spencer throwing the shade back at Devon after the 'don't trust a prosecuter' crack I see 🤣

  • @GH-oi2jf
    @GH-oi2jf Місяць тому +19

    "Jury of Peers," despite its common usage, appears nowhere in US or NY law. The US Constitution guarantees an "impartial jury," and NY law requires juries to be selected by an unbiased process.

    • @kate7649
      @kate7649 Місяць тому

      True, but the language does stem from the Magna Carta and has been paraphrased in cases pertaining to the 6th Amendment (and as my ConLaw prof will tell you-every time the Supreme Court releases an opinion, the Constitution is altered due to changes in interpretation). So “jury of peers” may not literally be in the Constitution from a pure textualist perspective but it does have some origins historically and in 6th Amendment precedent (:

  • @Respectable_Username
    @Respectable_Username Місяць тому

    Great overview, Scowl Owl! Really liked both the context and the way it was presented 😊

  • @lesleyghostdragon3149
    @lesleyghostdragon3149 Місяць тому +3

    Love you guys and how you interject humorous tidbits into your in depth coverage of serious issues. Excellence appreciated 🦉⚖🦅

  • @cmdraftbrn
    @cmdraftbrn Місяць тому +44

    42 questions?
    to life. the universe. EVERYTHING!

  • @maryhales4595
    @maryhales4595 Місяць тому +29

    I work for the public defender in Missouri - we frequently hear the deviant pronunciation of voir dire in my office. 😅

    • @kellyalvarado6533
      @kellyalvarado6533 Місяць тому +1

      😂😅 Let me guess . . . somewhere south of I-70?

  • @quittison
    @quittison Місяць тому +2

    I love it when LegalEagle cameos in his own videos

  • @steveaustin2686
    @steveaustin2686 Місяць тому +4

    16:35 really made me laugh. Good job Scowl Owl. :)

  • @NotParticularlyWitty
    @NotParticularlyWitty Місяць тому +27

    Immediately thought of the 30 Rock Leia bit. Glad to know I'm not the only one.

  • @GeekCredTrivia
    @GeekCredTrivia Місяць тому +123

    They should resurrect 1920's robber barons for the jurry

    • @kieranelliott5607
      @kieranelliott5607 Місяць тому +35

      Wouldn't fit, some of them at least had dignity.

    • @YarPirates-vy7iv
      @YarPirates-vy7iv Місяць тому +5

      ​@@kieranelliott5607that's a stretch

    • @92HazelMocha
      @92HazelMocha Місяць тому

      I mean if the allegations are true, 1800's snake oil salesmen would be a better fit

    • @esc8engn
      @esc8engn Місяць тому

      to get the peers?

    • @GeekCredTrivia
      @GeekCredTrivia Місяць тому +1

      @@esc8engn yes

  • @Mkayyyyyyy
    @Mkayyyyyyy Місяць тому

    I was literally wondering this question yesterday, thank you!

  • @DumbSkippy
    @DumbSkippy Місяць тому +1

    Following from Western Australia. I do enjoy your videos! Thank You!

  • @kylebeatty7643
    @kylebeatty7643 Місяць тому +20

    2:33 oh, come on! You could have gone with I'm just an ordinary space chicken country lawyer a la Futurama

    • @emperorbailey
      @emperorbailey Місяць тому +2

      There are so few of us on this side of the galaxy.

  • @prestokrevlar
    @prestokrevlar Місяць тому +56

    Today on LegalEagle: Things get a little French, and a little deviant.

  • @pfrancescutti
    @pfrancescutti Місяць тому +1

    That segway to Trade Coffee sponsor...Bravo, golf clap, chef's kiss

  • @auslandermercury972
    @auslandermercury972 Місяць тому +1

    16:35 Devin creeping up here earned my like 😂

  • @FilmFactry
    @FilmFactry Місяць тому +68

    You can't find 12 X-presidents who wee former billionaire reality show celebrities? I can count 6 of them on one hand.

    • @chrisriley2321
      @chrisriley2321 Місяць тому +7

      Imagine if that was possible lol

    • @jimsackmanbusinesscoaching1344
      @jimsackmanbusinesscoaching1344 Місяць тому +12

      Have an extra finger, eh?

    • @TheJshox
      @TheJshox Місяць тому +6

      What's it like having more than 5 fingers on one hand?

    • @babotond
      @babotond Місяць тому +6

      most people can't.
      how many fingers do you have?

    • @foofoothegreat
      @foofoothegreat Місяць тому +19

      Someone tell Inigo Montoya. We found him.

  • @ecbrown6151
    @ecbrown6151 Місяць тому +102

    His peers are currently serving their sentences, impossible to seat them on a jury. Tears in my eyes

    • @christiebreeechelon
      @christiebreeechelon Місяць тому +26

      I think his peers are former presidents. I think they should get Bush, Clinton, and Obama to come judge him. 😂

    • @liabowden8526
      @liabowden8526 Місяць тому +1

      Was thinking along similar lines,​@@christiebreeechelon

    • @joshrepik
      @joshrepik Місяць тому +1

      @@christiebreeechelonthey’d never. The eye of scrutiny might then be turned on them.

    • @mistersquirrel0
      @mistersquirrel0 Місяць тому +16

      His peers are in pre-K thus ineligible to serve as jurors.

    • @joshrepik
      @joshrepik Місяць тому +3

      @@mistersquirrel0 funny, are you or have you ever been worth billions? Likely not. Those are and have been his peers for decades. Now he’s been president. His worst day outperforms any of my best days and yours as well. He’s a public figure and you can have whatever opinion you want of him, but it’s very clear that his dissenters opinion is based on envy. The man is an enigma. These are unmatched and scary times. The presidency and judicial system are systematically trying to eliminate their political rival for two reasons: they cannot beat him honestly, and they are TERRIFIED that a second trump admin will bring the skeletons out of the closet. I have never once heard a compelling defense of Joe Biden. Nobody even tries really

  • @tommo5884
    @tommo5884 Місяць тому +1

    The way this chanel to artfully blends humour and narrative into the factual explanation of the American legal system and high profile cases is second to none. Thankyou for raising the intellectual bar for public entertainment!

  • @charlesvaughan3517
    @charlesvaughan3517 Місяць тому

    Thanks for covering this I was wondering

  • @MagicScientist
    @MagicScientist Місяць тому +11

    8:10 I see what you did there. I had to go look up the real questions to make sure that was an edit lol

  • @theonlygus
    @theonlygus Місяць тому +15

    LOL your editor added legal eagle to the list of news sources for the jury! Love that Easter Egg

  • @maninblk
    @maninblk Місяць тому +2

    I really enjoy this channel. It has a good sense of humor. Thank you. Oh, and you learn a lot. :)

  • @DSzaks
    @DSzaks Місяць тому

    LOL the passive aggressive Devin popping up when in the corner when talking about overthinkers. I love it!

  • @cyberrb25
    @cyberrb25 Місяць тому +35

    3:48 yikes that's an issue.
    In a sane country with sane election procedures (if you consider a country where people could be charged for felony for trying to vote just so the votes are disqualified, you do you, but let's be serious), everyone is qualified for voting, without needing to apply to it. And local voting polls select people at random to oversee the voting procedure. And it's **important** that it is random, so people could not try and fish for tables to overturn the results in the ballot.
    That's why my country's voting procedure is not only great, but also fast (most times, we get the results by the end of the day).

    • @TheBrothergreen
      @TheBrothergreen Місяць тому

      Or you could have a redundant system that will be almost impossible to tamper with without a) getting yourself arrested and b) not materially impacting the election at all.
      Just saying. Random doesn't equal trustworthy.

    • @joshrepik
      @joshrepik Місяць тому +4

      The best recommendation I’ve heard is from Vivek: single day voting as a federal holiday, paper ballots, voter ID confirmed at the polling location. Mail in ballots by necessity only.
      We’d have fair and honest elections again. Anyone that says voter ID is discriminatory or racist is the racist, because black people are in fact NOT too stupid to find the DMV

    • @TheBrothergreen
      @TheBrothergreen Місяць тому

      @@joshrepik You say "we'd have fair and honest elections again" and yet 2020 was not only the most secure election in history according to trump's own people, but it was independently spot checked 8 times and every single one came out within a couple hundred votes.
      Even cyber ninjas didn't find evidence of fraud.
      So WTFrog are you talking about?

    • @IrrelevantPride
      @IrrelevantPride Місяць тому +27

      ​@joshrepik the argument is not they're too stupid to find a dmv, you're just strawmanning the argument. That said a voter id that is giving out for free and a federal holiday for election day would go a long way to help.

    • @Wirespeed91
      @Wirespeed91 Місяць тому +32

      ​@@joshrepikVoter ID requirements are fine... if an ID is free and you can get one easily.
      The reason that many Voter ID requirements get struck down as discriminatory is because there is no way to get one for free (making it effectively a Poll Tax) and/or its made super difficult for people to get the free ID.

  • @joshuazhong2520
    @joshuazhong2520 Місяць тому +13

    At 8:12 one of the news sources is changed to LegalEagle lol

  • @009013M3
    @009013M3 Місяць тому +6

    The timestamp covered part of the thumbnail text so it said "JURY OF PEE" and I had to explain to my coworkers why I was laughing so hard.

  • @iamnill_real
    @iamnill_real Місяць тому

    Owl is really getting better at his youtube presenting, it's cool to see growth!

  • @WisdomLearner
    @WisdomLearner Місяць тому +8

    Was helping my co-worker with her case digest assignment for law school when this came up. My head is tired but Legal Eagle seems to make it somewhat fun to study law.

  • @ZackdasBohne
    @ZackdasBohne Місяць тому +5

    3:36 other countries actually rely on volunteers for jury duty. But then again there are less of them per trial and they can do things like ask the witnesses questions which makes it way more appealing to them I imagine.

  • @Dwage27
    @Dwage27 Місяць тому

    Jesus, that was a damn smooth ad pivot.

  • @williesnyder2899
    @williesnyder2899 Місяць тому

    Great rundown of the process!

  • @HanMasho
    @HanMasho Місяць тому +5

    I was called for jury duty once where the judge allowed anyone to opt out no-questions-asked because the trial was likely to last several months and had something to do with child abuse.

    • @andrewjgrimm
      @andrewjgrimm Місяць тому

      They didn’t say no questions asked in my case (child abuse material) but when I said I wasn’t fit, they didn’t ask any questions.

  • @olympuce1
    @olympuce1 Місяць тому +3

    Excellent explanation from Scowlowl! Thank you for the video, the process and implications are much more clear now!

  • @elissae5020
    @elissae5020 Місяць тому

    I love that you put Legal Eagle as a news source

  • @HarvestStore
    @HarvestStore Місяць тому

    I appreciate you and thank you for making content.

  • @bingo5694
    @bingo5694 Місяць тому +4

    the digs at Devon were perfection

  • @dylan6588
    @dylan6588 Місяць тому +9

    @LegalEagle Devin, I need to know where you got your emerald tie! Also thanks for making these videos you’ve helped me understand our legal system so much better than I did before!

    • @emperorbailey
      @emperorbailey Місяць тому +1

      It was probably in honor of that juror from the Emerald Isle. 😉

    • @MephieStopheles
      @MephieStopheles Місяць тому

      try your favorite search engine: green pin dot satin tie
      plenty out there to choose from

  • @OddGamerCA
    @OddGamerCA 18 днів тому +3

    The only way to get an unbiased jury is to find one that’s been in a coma for the past 8 years

  • @letolethe3344
    @letolethe3344 Місяць тому

    Excellent post! Best part was the analysis of Rump's likely defense strategy.

  • @omegamkx588
    @omegamkx588 Місяць тому +8

    8:05 I guess the NY court is a big fan of this channel!

  • @StAugustine6
    @StAugustine6 Місяць тому +10

    Thank you for trying to answer a question that has been spinning through my mind every time T gets brought up. If I could make a suggestion, could this channel please go over what is considered contempt of court and what is not? And what the penalties for such actually are? The way I see it, violating a Gag Order is contempt of court at the very least, but perhaps I have seen inaccurate portrayals in TV and film on this matter.

    • @TheBrothergreen
      @TheBrothergreen Місяць тому +3

      Contempt is anything the judge says it is. It's a judicial power, not a crime. Especially when the courtroom isn't filled to bursting with lookie loos and reporters. Not standing for the judge, not sitting, making noise or talking, making threatening gestures or just being disruptive could all qualify.
      In New York, the statute says up to 30 days in jail per offense and up to a $1000 fine.

    • @StAugustine6
      @StAugustine6 Місяць тому +3

      @@TheBrothergreen Thank you. Always thought there were some kind of guidelines for contempt. But if it's basically at the judge's discretion, that is certainly different than I thought.

  • @amyhowell2880
    @amyhowell2880 Місяць тому +2

    always love to see scowl owl. these two have great duo dynamics.

  • @rick-hm9lv
    @rick-hm9lv Місяць тому +1

    Congrats on your best slide into your sponsor . It was flawless and magnificent. I don't even drink coffee, but it made me think about ordering some. You truly used your lawyering abilities on my psyche

  • @CAMarg-zs1xq
    @CAMarg-zs1xq Місяць тому +15

    If he is entitled to a jury of his peers and we are nitpicking peers..... This means that every ex-convict that is back up for another charge better have a jury full of ex-convicts, every sovereign citizen better have a jury full of sovereign citizens, every poor person better have a jury full of people living below the poverty line, every minority better have a jury where the majority of the jury is at least 50% of whatever minority they are, every trans person needs to have a jury with a minority percentage of the way they identify, etc

    • @joshuacollins9316
      @joshuacollins9316 Місяць тому +3

      That’s not the way the word “peers” is interpreted legally.
      It typically means people that simply live in the surrounding area as the defendant.

    • @mkgaming5823
      @mkgaming5823 Місяць тому +4

      @@joshuacollins9316 But what if a rich person lives in a area with only rich people?

    • @Ramonatho
      @Ramonatho Місяць тому +3

      Yeah the whole "peers" thing has fundamentally changed from the intention it was written with.

    • @joshuacollins9316
      @joshuacollins9316 Місяць тому

      @@mkgaming5823 then they would get a jury of rich people lol

  • @Nicksonian
    @Nicksonian Місяць тому +18

    Considering that over 90 percent of criminal cases are plea bargained, there must be a lot of lawyers who don’t have much experience working trials…and their juries.

    • @paolovantassel1989
      @paolovantassel1989 Місяць тому +3

      And given how experienced lawyers treat Trump like he's a human venereal disease, you can probably guess what sort of skill they had when challenging jurors.

    • @demolazer
      @demolazer Місяць тому +1

      Plea bargaining is an awful practice

    • @Nicksonian
      @Nicksonian Місяць тому

      @@paolovantassel1989 There is no upside to defending Trump. That can be seen in the incompetency displayed by those he’s managed to hire. Others have been forced or stumbled into making serious ethical blunders that have threatened their very careers. Besides, Trump doesn’t pay his legal bills.

  • @idahomike4254
    @idahomike4254 Місяць тому

    I love the "Sacko punishment" clip at 9:02. Truly a The League fan. LMFAO!

  • @pulsefel9210
    @pulsefel9210 Місяць тому +2

    the fact falsifying records is a hand wave offense is an offense in itself.

  • @TheAres1999
    @TheAres1999 Місяць тому +4

    I was thinking we should have asked the Amish to help us with trying Trump. They are less likely to have been following this case as closely, so they probably aren't as biased. Doing it in Amish country would help prevent him from turning it into a TV spectacle. I do know that there are practical, and jurisdictional problems with that though.

  • @noexpert1481
    @noexpert1481 Місяць тому +3

    I like how they put leagle eagle on the questioniare that made me laugh

  • @TheLordDracula
    @TheLordDracula Місяць тому +1

    That was a great explanation of not just the process but also the intent.

  • @lindsaycooper3213
    @lindsaycooper3213 Місяць тому +2

    I remember the one time I did jury duty there was a woman who fit the description of the zoolander reference. Kept trying to add her own spin on events despite there being no evidence for it. There was palpable relief when she was randomly not selected as a final juror, otherwise I don't know how long we would have been deliberating.

  • @brianspeegle3675
    @brianspeegle3675 Місяць тому +4

    Thank you for all your hard work educating us. I have a question. If Article VI, Paragraph 2 of the U.S. Constitution, commonly referred to as the Supremacy Clause, supersedes State Constitutions and State Laws, why should law abiding citizens follow State Laws that are clearly unconstitutional???
    And why aren't treasonous politicians held accountable for subverting our Constitutional Rights???

    • @Toonrick12
      @Toonrick12 Місяць тому +2

      Because of amendment 10. The State holds the powers that aren't already held by the federal government. And laws are only called unconstitutional if they are challenged and are considered unconstitutional by the various courts and circles of both the state and federal government.

  • @kieranelliott5607
    @kieranelliott5607 Місяць тому +4

    Loving the multiple perspectives on the team, much appreciated.

  • @jamielord6522
    @jamielord6522 Місяць тому

    Aye i saw legal eagle made it on the questionnaire!

  • @MorimotoRei
    @MorimotoRei Місяць тому +2

    I always think of the movie Runaway Jury whenever jury selection comes up. You never really see this stage in crime shows/movies. Would love to see a react video to this movie.

  • @Scaboid
    @Scaboid Місяць тому +16

    Salutations, Mr. Eagle

  • @blastermanr6359
    @blastermanr6359 Місяць тому +10

    8:12 No way you all were actually on the questionnaire.

  • @rowanhaigh8782
    @rowanhaigh8782 Місяць тому

    Great work Lads, cheers!❤

  • @Articulate99
    @Articulate99 20 днів тому

    Always interesting, thank you.