Supreme Court: Death Penalty Is 'Totally Badass'

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  • Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
  • Despite arguments against capital punishment, the Justices overwhelmingly approved its use, especially if they get to participate in some executions.
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  • @solomonrivers6686
    @solomonrivers6686 4 года назад +19932

    “Newly discovered cluster of dinosaur bones suggests existence of 200 million year old natural history museum “

    • @kylegovender6211
      @kylegovender6211 4 года назад +205

      Ok i'm stupid and got whooshed
      Explain the joke

    • @goyonman9655
      @goyonman9655 4 года назад +24

      😂😂😂😂

    • @goat6354
      @goat6354 4 года назад +703

      @@kylegovender6211
      Dinosaur bones come from museums. If they are 200 million years old, the museum must be just as old.

    • @kylegovender6211
      @kylegovender6211 4 года назад +94

      @@goat6354 ok i'm still dumb
      Dumb it down more please

    • @goat6354
      @goat6354 4 года назад +194

      @@kylegovender6211
      Bones are part of a museum. If the bones are 200 millions years old, how old do you think the museum is? The same number. Another example: if your head is x years old, how old are you? Answer: the same amount of years.

  • @JohnSmith-ms4xd
    @JohnSmith-ms4xd 8 лет назад +28080

    "less strictly constitutional and more strictly awesome". i want that to appear in a legal document.

    • @TehMorbidAtheist
      @TehMorbidAtheist 7 лет назад +345

      John Smith
      My Bar exam is coming up. I'd love the able to use that. haha

    • @ammarakbar4510
      @ammarakbar4510 6 лет назад +18

      Are John Smith from the "Big Issue" ?

    • @nickhueper2906
      @nickhueper2906 5 лет назад +9

      1,500th like

    • @xl000
      @xl000 5 лет назад +2

      you watched the video too ?

    • @hokimaki1234
      @hokimaki1234 5 лет назад +4

      Too bad, it's Article 13

  • @AgentXPQ
    @AgentXPQ 11 лет назад +25550

    How the actors in this were able to keep a straight face is totally beyond me.

    • @RodovalPTY
      @RodovalPTY 5 лет назад +682

      who said that they are nailing it in the first take

    • @nolanboles8492
      @nolanboles8492 4 года назад +376

      How do the actors...uh, "reporters" on the real national news programs keep a straight face?

    • @kyreof
      @kyreof 4 года назад +37

      @@nolanboles8492 You know this is satire right?

    • @Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger
      @Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger 4 года назад +153

      Basically just put yourself in the mindset "what I'm saying is real, this is not satire", if you treat it like the real thing it's easier to play the part. You can't be a real person reacting to the script

    • @funnyfunnyvalentine7991
      @funnyfunnyvalentine7991 4 года назад +59

      Most are probably Ex Reporters. They've seen crazier shit in their sleep

  • @nate_kang
    @nate_kang 2 года назад +5327

    I always lose it at the each justice individually stating “I am the Law” part 😂

  • @soumilsingh8530
    @soumilsingh8530 4 года назад +10496

    1:37 I lost it when they showed the transcript of all the judges saying "I am the law".

  • @shapshapshapshap2829
    @shapshapshapshap2829 4 года назад +14680

    I’m disappointed in the Supreme Court right now everyone knows that the death penalty isn’t cool enough and that it would be better to put all the criminals in a gladiator battle and watch them right to the death.

    • @trip6018
      @trip6018 4 года назад +1204

      For sure, and the winner gets to leave free and do whatever the hell he wants cus he’s so badass

    • @GoBenC
      @GoBenC 4 года назад +135

      Like in Idiocracy

    • @Bloodlyshiva
      @Bloodlyshiva 4 года назад +76

      @@trip6018 That would be a lot of innocents and minoirities dead.

    • @trip6018
      @trip6018 4 года назад +617

      @@Bloodlyshiva that's right... but he **is** badass so I think its fine

    • @axelory7676
      @axelory7676 4 года назад +416

      @@trip6018 Nah, nah. He just has to keep fighting until he dies, ar wich point he is replaced by the inmate who killed him. It'd be like a 24/7 livestream of deathrow inmates fighting for their lives or some shit.

  • @ThyHoneyNut
    @ThyHoneyNut 10 лет назад +8393

    1:30 I like how on the bottom it says, "Study: sky diver's can prevent death 100% by not going sky diving"

    • @errorinscript1127
      @errorinscript1127 5 лет назад +292

      I guess non Skydivers are immortal.

    • @fg09403
      @fg09403 5 лет назад +349

      @@errorinscript1127 no, no, you have to become a skydiver by going through all the training, and then never jump afterward.

    • @FalafelTheBurner
      @FalafelTheBurner 5 лет назад +60

      @@fg09403 is this the secret to immortality? I MUST DO THIS AT ONCE

    • @joeiken3357
      @joeiken3357 5 лет назад +40

      @@FalafelTheBurner I must immediately not sky dive.

    • @ChaseThePinballWizard
      @ChaseThePinballWizard 5 лет назад +4

      divers*

  • @joeking6972
    @joeking6972 2 года назад +10586

    “Life without parole is way more brutal because it’s like they’re on some sort of prison colony in the future where they just have to fight for the rest of their lives.”
    That’s actually a good point.

    • @princessanineveh
      @princessanineveh Год назад

      @@olivermorin3303 lame-ass pussies!

    • @darkmetal2412
      @darkmetal2412 Год назад +386

      Death penalty is finality, a life in prison can be overturn if new evidence comes out to prove your innocent.
      Ask yourself this, if you were accused of a crime you didn't do which punishment you would prefer.

    • @joeking6972
      @joeking6972 Год назад +52

      @@darkmetal2412 it takes forever to be executed anyway.
      I'm guessing you're arguing in favor of death?

    • @mrtrolly4184
      @mrtrolly4184 Год назад +228

      @@joeking6972 no he's saying that since you can still get proven innocent they shouldn't have death penalty

    • @1badjesus
      @1badjesus Год назад +65

      THOUGHT SAME (for murderers) "let em jail rot" UNTIL friend said "they experience joy via food, sleep, laughter, etc can their victim(s) ?". TEX of the Manson Family (incidentally, one of the two who stabbed 9 month pregnant Sharon Tate) was
      first given DEATH then later Life No Parole.. WHILE IN PRISON he earned college DEGREE.. got MARRIED..had CHILDREN... and still ALIVE today! .. can Sharon do any such things?

  • @Theffries
    @Theffries 4 года назад +8474

    _”It is the opinion of this court that the practice remains hella fuckin balls to the wall awesome”_
    I’m glad they finally used this language in a landmark case

    • @danceymetal172
      @danceymetal172 3 года назад +164

      I lost it since the lady was all professional and then started talking like a swearing sailor.

    • @ghuttsmckenzie4269
      @ghuttsmckenzie4269 3 года назад +49

      I honestly wish courts were as chill as this!

    • @xx_jason_blaze_it_xxy1837
      @xx_jason_blaze_it_xxy1837 3 года назад +44

      It was even better with the portrait, loved that fucking smile

    • @Ondenu
      @Ondenu 3 года назад +2

      QqQZpppppzp”1-

    • @GEMSofGOD_com
      @GEMSofGOD_com 2 года назад

      Because they actually act this way in courtrooms. 30% of the incarcerated are there based on fabrications. And pigs are pigs. Remove em!

  • @AnUnknownCitizen
    @AnUnknownCitizen 11 лет назад +9057

    I am the law

  • @tankinator451
    @tankinator451 4 года назад +7999

    I'm so glad I found this video. 10 years ago, my aunt found this video and SOMEHOW thought it was real. She posted it to Facebook, ranting about "the legal system is disgusting, they love violence and want to see people suffer blah blah blah"
    And that was my introduction to the wonders of The Onion

  • @ryth-
    @ryth- 3 года назад +2528

    This actually sounds like the justices were all just having a blast in a discord call.

    • @outrageddeer2101
      @outrageddeer2101 2 года назад +107

      sometimes i do wonde if the justices ever hangout or do small talk lik "Christ that hearing on the legality of rusty cathaders was boring.'' or "how's the kids?"

    • @samt3412
      @samt3412 Год назад +9

      ​@@outrageddeer2101they'd certainly have to. Like, I could totally see some of the justices (Kavanaugh especially) just going out to a local bar together or something

    • @entropyapathy
      @entropyapathy Год назад +32

      ​@@outrageddeer2101 Ginsberg and Scalia were personal friends despite being on opposites ends of the political spectrum and having different opinions on basically every issue. They often took vacations together, there's a picture of them both riding an elephant in India.

    • @DrSwazz
      @DrSwazz 5 месяцев назад

      @@entropyapathy Impossible. Politics is everything.

    • @thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527
      @thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527 5 месяцев назад

      Wonder is Kentaji talks about Clarence Thomas behind his back

  • @joshkemme427
    @joshkemme427 4 года назад +4208

    1:35 All of the Supreme Court justices said "I am the law" multiple times, except Justice Clarence Thomas, who only said it once and was the last person to say it. In real life, Justice Clarence Thomas rarely speaks on the Supreme Court. That is a solid observation by the Onion

    • @mrstorch5068
      @mrstorch5068 3 года назад +404

      Their attention to detail is amazing.

    • @qwedge
      @qwedge 3 года назад +96

      It goes to show they truly love their show

    • @gibberconfirm166
      @gibberconfirm166 3 года назад +84

      ​ @Mr Storch Onion writers from this era were that smart. It was, once.

    • @NA-mz7tu
      @NA-mz7tu 2 года назад +43

      That's because it's a real stroy.

    • @башарал
      @башарал 2 года назад +61

      @@gibberconfirm166 I would blame mostly the budget. I have no idea who was funding the onion but they did a service to this world.

  • @Questionable_Content
    @Questionable_Content 6 лет назад +24845

    It is legal to carry a concealed weapon as long as the weapon is totally slick like a huge ass machine gun that you carry under a trench coat like in the Matrix

    • @niceone550
      @niceone550 5 лет назад +319

      shouldn't you be asking kritical to play your game?

    • @craggolly
      @craggolly 5 лет назад +216

      Or like in Columbine

    • @baljeep_gay
      @baljeep_gay 5 лет назад +65

      yep. as long as ur name is Neo

    • @grahamlopez6202
      @grahamlopez6202 5 лет назад +98

      Yeah machineguns are fuckin sick legal bro

    • @asherasher9249
      @asherasher9249 5 лет назад +23

      Brother

  • @caller347
    @caller347 9 лет назад +5884

    The funniest part was looking at the sketches while hearing the quotes.

  • @0-0-0dartmonkey8
    @0-0-0dartmonkey8 9 дней назад +26

    Crazy how it isn't even fake news

  • @BrandonByerly-Sam9501
    @BrandonByerly-Sam9501 8 лет назад +5898

    These Onion videos are sooooo well done. I laugh at them all because of how serious each person is, and how realistic is sounds and looks. 10/10 will always laugh again.

    • @hangyao479
      @hangyao479 5 лет назад +22

      @@Kahzu what happened to the onion it used to be brilliant now its just watered down jokes about trump

    • @joshdeveaux6936
      @joshdeveaux6936 4 года назад

      I rewatch them

    • @leaveme3559
      @leaveme3559 4 года назад +15

      @@hangyao479 well company was bought and sold many times in the past several years... The original writers and staff have all left... And with it... It has lost the audience but they have another channel on RUclips with a different name there videos are ok some are funny

    • @WXRBL666
      @WXRBL666 4 года назад +5

      @@leaveme3559 what's the name for their new channel?

    • @apictureoffunction
      @apictureoffunction 4 года назад +7

      @@hangyao479 what happened is that real life has become so ridiculous that satirizing it is way harder nowadays

  • @gmet12915
    @gmet12915 4 года назад +4184

    I love how when they were all saying "I am the law.", the artist who made the courtroom drawings made sure that all the justices were slouching the right side of their mouths as they were doing Sylvester Stallone impressions, who played Judge Dredd. 1:26
    That's what I call attention to detail.

    • @blinded6502
      @blinded6502 4 года назад +146

      Oh my fucking god

    • @diegoconnolly5317
      @diegoconnolly5317 4 года назад +87

      I'm going to upvote this without bothering to check

    • @cantbanme792
      @cantbanme792 3 года назад +8

      it wasnt even a reference, they told you it was from judge dread

    • @exzyyd392
      @exzyyd392 3 года назад +98

      @@cantbanme792 Judge Dredd is a comic book character who also says that. The shape of their mouths shows they're specifically doing a Stallone impression

    • @rafaeltrivino1790
      @rafaeltrivino1790 3 года назад +10

      This is why I never became a cop.
      I completely missed something that awesome and kickass.

  • @eightosaurusspelunk1598
    @eightosaurusspelunk1598 3 года назад +5825

    Props to this actress. She did an absolutely flawless job saying those insane, profanity laced lines all while keeping a straight face and actually delivering like a legitimate news reporter

    • @pigmentpeddler5811
      @pigmentpeddler5811 2 года назад +20

      eggs

    • @qcycl1c898
      @qcycl1c898 2 года назад +2

      @@pigmentpeddler5811 radical

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 2 года назад +93

      At 0:51 "Michael" almost cracked up. You can see him flex his jaw muscles.

    • @beeinamechsuit7051
      @beeinamechsuit7051 2 года назад +74

      Saying “that’s wicked” like it’s an actual real life quote is probably the funniest thing to me and I don’t know why.

    • @WHITEBOYSICK
      @WHITEBOYSICK 2 года назад +20

      Nailed the fuck out of it

  • @LoudWaffle
    @LoudWaffle 2 года назад +685

    "Less strictly constitutional, and more strictly awesome."
    Man, Onion in these peak years had the PERFECT blend of writers and actors.

  • @Zeuts85
    @Zeuts85 4 года назад +3136

    This can't be real. Our supreme court justices never make arguments this logical.

  • @Basher.G
    @Basher.G 3 года назад +5915

    Am I the only one who finds it funny how Justice is such a common first name among court judges? It can't be a coincidence, right?

    • @davidludwig3975
      @davidludwig3975 3 года назад +53

      It's their title.

    • @Basher.G
      @Basher.G 3 года назад +864

      @@davidludwig3975 would it be too rude to say 'no shit Sherlock'?

    • @davidludwig3975
      @davidludwig3975 3 года назад +21

      @@Basher.G Justice is the title given to all members of the Supreme Court.

    • @Basher.G
      @Basher.G 3 года назад +426

      @@davidludwig3975 correction: it would be pointless to say no shit Sherlock.
      I figured that much. I was joking because Justice also sounds like a first name when used that way (perhaps because I'm not born in an english speaking country)

    • @bruh-xy1bt
      @bruh-xy1bt 3 года назад +463

      Every president has also had the first name of president as well. Something fishy is going on 🤔

  • @sagazinemtew1851
    @sagazinemtew1851 4 года назад +6984

    Ginsberg: “That’s wicked!”

  • @parmareggiano6410
    @parmareggiano6410 9 дней назад +23

    Watch as the onion materializes this into reality

  • @vince1987
    @vince1987 8 лет назад +1975

    last time i was here, all the comments were "i am the law"

  • @Vollification
    @Vollification 6 лет назад +2687

    Seriously, how can you say all these things and keep a straight face?

    • @tetras1747
      @tetras1747 5 лет назад +194

      The practice remains hella fucking balls to the walls awesome

    • @bluesteel8376
      @bluesteel8376 5 лет назад +14

      Acting.

    • @MrJackhammer51
      @MrJackhammer51 5 лет назад +44

      Segmented and in 87 takes

    • @tailgunner2
      @tailgunner2 5 лет назад +8

      I have my suspicions as to why YT recommends these videos, and offer a silent thank you to the mathematicians for developing it.

    • @jaredletobestjoker
      @jaredletobestjoker 5 лет назад +3

      It feels like 1 take as well

  • @completelyunoriginal5337
    @completelyunoriginal5337 4 года назад +2557

    Me and the boys after graduating from law school

    • @realwolfingen8896
      @realwolfingen8896 3 года назад +127

      I am the Law!

    • @B-52H
      @B-52H 3 года назад +76

      @@realwolfingen8896 I am the Law!

    • @Mrserrum
      @Mrserrum 3 года назад +48

      @勇樹 i am the law

    • @crazymonkey7083
      @crazymonkey7083 3 года назад +32

      @mate with a plate I am the law!

    • @jblack75
      @jblack75 3 года назад +34

      @@crazymonkey7083 I am the law!

  • @alexanderbridges8442
    @alexanderbridges8442 8 дней назад +18

    This hits different today

  • @Fir3w411
    @Fir3w411 7 лет назад +1446

    "because it's like they're on some sort of prison colony in the future where they just have to fight for the rest of their lives."
    died reading that and having the judge's sketch beside it...

  • @LexBlazer
    @LexBlazer 6 лет назад +2529

    Oh my god this is such a classic. Shoutout from 10 years later!

  • @xythrr
    @xythrr 8 дней назад +17

    I wonder why this hit my recommended again.

  • @MatthewChovanec-UNT
    @MatthewChovanec-UNT 7 дней назад +27

    Sadly relevant right now

    • @peepeepoopooicantgochoocho5670
      @peepeepoopooicantgochoocho5670 6 дней назад

      That dude did it, unfortunately. The foundation trying to free him did the same for oj simpson and many other people who went on to commit more crimes after being freed

    • @jeyserreacts3444
      @jeyserreacts3444 4 дня назад +2

      ​@@peepeepoopooicantgochoocho5670they just asking for time with the new info. Prosecution agrees

  • @Draconzis
    @Draconzis 5 лет назад +926

    I thought the one dissenter was going to be a lone voice of reason that would be mocked and insulted by literally everyone else. Boy, am I glad I was wrong.

    • @st3gosaurus
      @st3gosaurus 4 года назад +91

      Lmao he wanted them to be sentenced to life without parole because it's way more brutal

    • @Mr.Faust3
      @Mr.Faust3 3 года назад +70

      @@st3gosaurus pull a hunger games where a 100 prisoners enter and only one leaves

    • @username-wq4us
      @username-wq4us 3 года назад +3

      @@st3gosaurus It is more brutal, isn't it?

    • @nyquillusdillwad9119
      @nyquillusdillwad9119 3 года назад +5

      @@username-wq4us It kinda is. I think death is too kind of a punishment for some people. Let them rot in a cell. And the death penalty is surprisingly expensive, it's cheaper to just get rid of it.

    • @notliterallyme
      @notliterallyme 2 года назад +1

      @@nyquillusdillwad9119 It’s only expensive because society insists on treating these people who are lower than animals kindly, if people were pragmatic each execution would cost less than a dollar for the bullet and that’s it

  • @britneyhochman5204
    @britneyhochman5204 2 года назад +508

    “Life without parole is more brutal because they’re on a prison colony planet where they have to fight for the rest of their lives.” Damn, The Onion really doesn’t pull their punches with their subtext.

  • @wanderer_42_
    @wanderer_42_ 3 года назад +306

    I find the idea that the Supreme Court Justices act like a group of middle school boys hilarious

    • @TannerLindberg
      @TannerLindberg Год назад +1

      ​@:/ bet no no you really dont.

    • @bouncepsycho
      @bouncepsycho Год назад

      @@TannerLindberg Don't you have a literal rapist appointed by the Trump administration... another rapist?
      .... and you have a savage prison system. Like how the fuck do you run these places legally without a supreme court that is like the satire, but without the profanity? Instead you go for rapists.

    • @TBustah
      @TBustah 4 месяца назад

      Or Dethklok.

  • @Sly_Cooper-1408
    @Sly_Cooper-1408 3 года назад +175

    I like to imagine the Onion is the official news network of the GTA universe

    • @Plethorality
      @Plethorality 4 месяца назад +2

      Stop that! Your wish cane true! Irl.

    • @yourdad6902
      @yourdad6902 4 месяца назад

      It's always been woke you're just to stupid ​@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female

    • @lefishe5845
      @lefishe5845 3 месяца назад

      ​@Based_Gigachad_001 This onion video says otherwise. ruclips.net/video/RpkQEq75y18/видео.htmlsi=D4i79Bc179amtVx4

  • @Astrobrant2
    @Astrobrant2 9 лет назад +1844

    I wonder if any of the Justices have seen this video and if they laughed as hard as I did. I think they would all get a real howl out of this, except for Clarence Thomas, who would probably be offended that he was portrayed as actually having stated an opinion on something.

    • @euphoricatheist6694
      @euphoricatheist6694 5 лет назад +4

      @@snood1205 I find that hard to believe, the differences between the two are so stark to be near irreconcilable - especially with how radical Ginsburg is.

    • @hereLiesThisTroper
      @hereLiesThisTroper 5 лет назад +55

      @@euphoricatheist6694 they were indeed friends. They even have a picture where both of them rode an elephant.

    • @itsmannertime
      @itsmannertime 5 лет назад +5

      I am the law

    • @marsar1775
      @marsar1775 4 года назад +80

      @@euphoricatheist6694 people with wildly differing standpints can still be friends

    • @euphoricatheist6694
      @euphoricatheist6694 4 года назад +9

      ​@@marsar1775 What a revelation.

  • @2643-w8i
    @2643-w8i 4 года назад +366

    I didn’t know that all I needed to make my day was hear a middle aged woman say in a completely monotone voice that it’s “completely hella fuckin balls to the walls”

  • @TehSkullKid
    @TehSkullKid 5 лет назад +531

    I think this is the onion’s masterpiece. I keep coming back to it and being totally stunned at how perfectly it’s acted and scripted. Those courtroom sketches too just make it feel so real. You seriously can’t tell if it’s a parody or not despite how ludicrous the whole thing is, and it feels so real even after watching it a couple more times over the years.

    • @swyxTV
      @swyxTV 4 года назад +2

      this is my first time seeing it, see you next year

    • @gamersinacontainer
      @gamersinacontainer 4 года назад +1

      What a work of art.

    • @freddogrosso9835
      @freddogrosso9835 4 года назад +1

      Took me a while to find it again. I love it too.

    • @TheCaliRhino
      @TheCaliRhino 3 года назад +5

      Look for the “news anchor oddly interested in details of manslaughter law” video

    • @theeternalnow6506
      @theeternalnow6506 2 года назад

      It is one of the greatest videos ever produced.

  • @stradivarius1382
    @stradivarius1382 14 дней назад +15

    The timing of this video appearing in my feed is impeccable considering my state is about to execute its first death row inmate since 2011.

  • @akikoivunoksa635
    @akikoivunoksa635 5 лет назад +670

    2:06 text on the bottom: "war for the white house update: democratic party to change their mascot from donkey to snake eating its own tail" xd

  • @phillipisayev1273
    @phillipisayev1273 4 года назад +262

    The news actors are so good at acting. All the little mannerisms and spreads patterns of news anchors and reporters. If you weren’t speaking English and watched this video, you wouldn’t be able to tell it’s satire.

    • @eelboy3098
      @eelboy3098 3 года назад +3

      Damn, bit late there, bot

  • @saliv88
    @saliv88 20 дней назад +7

    1:23 One of my favorite parts is that they made a whole-ass sketch of Justice Alito just saying “Yeah, or like Judge Dredd.” It wasn’t even a full thought, he was just mentioning another movie and they sketched it out.

  • @theeternalnow6506
    @theeternalnow6506 2 года назад +207

    I love how in the sketch at 2:15 the judge next to Kennedy is actually frightened of him.

    • @maximuskay1
      @maximuskay1 9 месяцев назад +8

      Lmao didnt even notice

    • @AgelessStones
      @AgelessStones 8 месяцев назад +5

      lol i didnt even notice that, great spot

  • @Kai_Sau
    @Kai_Sau 5 лет назад +568

    1:33 "Then there followed aproximately one minute of all of the justices, individually claiming that they were the law."
    Made my day 😂😂😂

  • @HashSlinginSlasher94
    @HashSlinginSlasher94 10 лет назад +478

    'I AM THE LAW"

  • @SebastianLundh1988
    @SebastianLundh1988 5 месяцев назад +32

    That moment when you check the comments, and you find a comment you wrote 15 years ago, which is half of the life you can ever remember having.

    • @vincent4587
      @vincent4587 5 месяцев назад +2

      “Booohoooo, I’m mortal and will one day cease, boooohoooo.”

    • @SebastianLundh1988
      @SebastianLundh1988 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@vincent4587 If everyone is mortal, then how come some people don't get the death penalty?

    • @vincent4587
      @vincent4587 5 месяцев назад

      @@SebastianLundh1988 What? What death penalty?

    • @ignis_infinitus_infernus
      @ignis_infinitus_infernus 4 месяца назад +3

      ​@@vincent4587༼;´༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ༽

    • @Fendertastic
      @Fendertastic 3 месяца назад +1

      Exactly

  • @raeesrichards6786
    @raeesrichards6786 9 дней назад +24

    Feels bad watching this after the death of Marcellus Williams.

  • @enraikow6109
    @enraikow6109 Год назад +24

    Your honour, my defendant pleads rule of cool and claims that the prosecutor is a huge loser.

  • @memevondank1197
    @memevondank1197 Год назад +48

    Why cant our dystopia look more like this

    • @ФедяКрюков-в6ь
      @ФедяКрюков-в6ь 3 месяца назад

      Even more? How could it possibly be?

    • @Willy_Fisher
      @Willy_Fisher Месяц назад +3

      If only proponents of the death penalty would admit they get sexual gratification from death and suffering instead of trying to act morally righteous whilst espousing retributive justice than perhaps we could finally leave that type of thinking in cro-magnan times where it belongs.

  • @twisted7202
    @twisted7202 4 года назад +390

    This is why the internet was created

  • @3thmnify
    @3thmnify 4 месяца назад +15

    I’m just discovering these old Onion videos now and they are all gold.
    What happened?

    • @lumpylumpyloo
      @lumpylumpyloo 4 месяца назад +8

      No money

    • @imperialmouse
      @imperialmouse 3 месяца назад +9

      @Based_Gigachad_001honestly it just got old, also bro you have Patrick Bateman as your pfp your not special

    • @ViceMightBeTaken
      @ViceMightBeTaken 3 месяца назад +7

      @Based_Gigachad_001 he can actually, aint no way you have Bateman as your pfp, grow the hell up

    • @ViceMightBeTaken
      @ViceMightBeTaken 3 месяца назад +6

      @Based_Gigachad_001 bro your name is based_gigachad aint NO way you are talking ☠ just enjoy your summer before you get back to middle school

    • @keithdavid5206
      @keithdavid5206 Месяц назад +1

      @Based_Gigachad_001Freshmen be like I just got out of middle school! don’t make fun of me!! I’m patrick batemen!!!

  • @mario23412
    @mario23412 10 лет назад +279

    0:53 The continuation of John Robert's quote:
    "The video was particularly sweet, and it is the personal request of this Justice to have a copy of it for my own personal viewing, and showing to my buddies. Such transfer of property would be undertaken only in such as it is cool with Mr. Edelmen, the owner of said tape."

  • @TimeandMonotony
    @TimeandMonotony 6 лет назад +224

    "Benicio del Toro set to star in Benicio del Toro-language film" deserves more love (it's in the scroll.)

  • @Tubzbuster
    @Tubzbuster 10 лет назад +101

    hella fuckin balls-to-the-wall awesome, put that on my tombstone

  • @olaoluwaafolayan6554
    @olaoluwaafolayan6554 2 года назад +150

    I love these actors that The Onion uses. They’re able to recite the most ridiculous lines and stay straight faced and even keeled all throughout. Those are some true professionals right there! Lol!

  • @LedWolf7
    @LedWolf7 11 лет назад +430

    Hella-Fuckin' Balls-to-the-wall Awesome!

  • @a7mdxxxbohndy
    @a7mdxxxbohndy 6 лет назад +235

    This is by far my favourite Onion news report
    Absolute masterpiece

    • @christobanistan8887
      @christobanistan8887 6 лет назад

      Mine is the kidnapped girl.

    • @millantronni3242
      @millantronni3242 5 лет назад +4

      I cant decide between the beer killing or the military protection of homosexuals sketch

    • @luizemerich7089
      @luizemerich7089 4 года назад +1

      Citizen Kane
      This is one of my favorites, definitely. But “situation in Nigeria seems pretty complex” is also on my list.

    • @phoenixchase9271
      @phoenixchase9271 4 года назад

      @@luizemerich7089
      Mine is the black man arrested for bear attack one

    • @--CHARLIE--
      @--CHARLIE-- 2 года назад

      This is my favorite standalone one aswell.

  • @heinztomatoketchup1534
    @heinztomatoketchup1534 8 дней назад +9

    wow this is somehow more relevant right now

  • @madjackgamingandfitness498
    @madjackgamingandfitness498 Месяц назад +6

    The onion predicting the absurdity of the SC

  • @Cund
    @Cund 3 месяца назад +60

    Supreme court today: "A dictator as a president would be so badass"

    • @hinglemccringleberry9138
      @hinglemccringleberry9138 3 месяца назад +5

      No, you wouldn't want that. That's a really bad idea. I'm not much of a history buff, but I'm pretty sure every time they try that it doesn't go well.

    • @danielomar9712
      @danielomar9712 3 месяца назад +16

      ​@@hinglemccringleberry9138again , less constitutional , but more awesome

    • @deletdis6173
      @deletdis6173 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@hinglemccringleberry9138whoosh

    • @Willy_Fisher
      @Willy_Fisher Месяц назад

      @@hinglemccringleberry9138 did you ever consider it would be mega fucking legendary like in the movie “Star Wars:revenge of the sith?”

  • @marsacmosaic
    @marsacmosaic Месяц назад +6

    I love that every couple of years, the onion is mistaken for real news.

  • @guaposneeze
    @guaposneeze 2 месяца назад +6

    I am livid that nearly twenty year old Onion News remains some of the most timely and insightful satire of the present moment. Also, I am the law.

  • @Samgurney88
    @Samgurney88 3 года назад +48

    This is what would happen if supreme court nominees were picked at random from commenters on RUclips.

  • @kassieraine110
    @kassieraine110 6 лет назад +65

    To deliver these lines straight-faced...wow.

    • @Amenomihashira
      @Amenomihashira 5 лет назад +5

      2:44. You can see him almost lose it.

  • @danielbraddock8648
    @danielbraddock8648 Год назад +22

    "Hella fuckin' balls-to-the-wall awesome" has become a permanent addition to my vocabulary.

  • @wu2166
    @wu2166 3 года назад +40

    “When asked afterwards why all of their right hands were asymmetrically large, they recited the 5th amendment”

  • @protoroc
    @protoroc 11 лет назад +139

    I agree with Justice Kennedy. They should be sent to the future prison colony to fight for our entertainment.

  • @BushidoBrownSama
    @BushidoBrownSama 5 лет назад +41

    The picture of Scalia saying I am the law is hilarious

  • @ElGuayo
    @ElGuayo 10 лет назад +191

    I am the Law.

  • @crayzeegaming9726
    @crayzeegaming9726 3 года назад +109

    I love how Justice Scalia had to say that he was the law a three times just in case they didn’t hear him the first 2 times

  • @SlothfulLord
    @SlothfulLord 4 года назад +63

    Suicide is Bad Ass - Danny Devito

  • @mathijsverburg4931
    @mathijsverburg4931 8 лет назад +252

    I AM THE LAW

  • @singulartrout
    @singulartrout 4 года назад +47

    I can't believe she could stay in character saying "Hella Fuckin' Balls-to-the-Wall Awesome"

  • @therockyb.channel532
    @therockyb.channel532 Месяц назад +6

    The fact that this is believable is scary

  • @jetpackdemon1420
    @jetpackdemon1420 4 года назад +51

    "Death penalty is totally badass" sounds like a line from South park.

  • @thecursingsaltine
    @thecursingsaltine 4 года назад +50

    This is the Onion's best work, hands down

  • @bkr1895
    @bkr1895 2 года назад +35

    I love how Kennedy is opposed to it because he thinks life in prison is way more hardcore

  • @RoboSapiens999
    @RoboSapiens999 17 дней назад +8

    It's like additional news materials from "Idiocracy", lol

  • @chrishansen291
    @chrishansen291 7 лет назад +116

    FDA warns people of the trend. "eating vintage food".

    • @sfdgdrgdvxff
      @sfdgdrgdvxff 4 года назад

      @Mialisus damn my guilty pleasure channel

    • @silverschannel8578
      @silverschannel8578 4 года назад

      Ashens still lives

    • @sleazymeezy
      @sleazymeezy 21 день назад

      Even more poignant these days. Remember the lick the toilet challenge, or lick the ice cream, or eating tide pods.

  • @geopat4298
    @geopat4298 4 года назад +10

    RIP Justice Ginsberg - You were hella Fuckin balls-to-the-wall awesome.

  • @demiurge2501
    @demiurge2501 7 месяцев назад +11

    This is how I imagine laws are decided in Texas

  • @HiddelS143
    @HiddelS143 3 года назад +8

    “A minute of the justices individually claiming that ‘They were the law’.”

  • @wodzimierzabramow1544
    @wodzimierzabramow1544 4 года назад +18

    Coming here so many years after this was released i can imagine what it'd look like today.
    The court ruled that the death penalty was, quote : "Totally based".

  • @sk8erboino1
    @sk8erboino1 4 года назад +164

    RIP Justice Scalia & Justice Ginsberg

  • @itsumayo
    @itsumayo 2 года назад +22

    Justice Kennedy was onto something. We could make the moon a prison colony like Australia, except it’s 10 times worse. Then put every death row inmate there and see if they can make a society on the moon. Australia turned out alright, so we should be able to do the same with the moon.

    • @joehill4094
      @joehill4094 2 года назад +2

      Who needs Australia when you can make Salusa Secundus? lol

    • @ModernEphemera
      @ModernEphemera 2 года назад

      This is basically the lore for the original Starcraft lol except they were sent into deep space

  • @christianweibrecht6555
    @christianweibrecht6555 29 дней назад +4

    The sketches of the Supreme Court justices were just fantastic

  • @thomasvandeven5237
    @thomasvandeven5237 3 года назад +29

    Are we just ignoring the fully sentient cyborg Roomba?

    • @ACombineSoldier
      @ACombineSoldier 3 года назад +4

      Who cares, slugs are sentient. At least it isn't sapient.

  • @sclarsen86
    @sclarsen86 3 месяца назад +8

    I tell you, this was peak onion.

  • @16.jonathanoneal69
    @16.jonathanoneal69 3 года назад +245

    Plot twist : all of the news by the onion is real, it's just they're in another universe

    • @gewuerzwanze5627
      @gewuerzwanze5627 3 года назад +23

      it feels more as if someone in like 60 years is recounting events from their past but gets dates and names wrong. becuase he wasnt paying that much attention

    • @MetallicMutalisk
      @MetallicMutalisk 3 года назад

      it's more like all of the news by the onion will be real at some point

  • @TJ-dq1lo
    @TJ-dq1lo Месяц назад +3

    her delivery is what makes those lines so insanely funny

  • @jamesperryii9994
    @jamesperryii9994 4 года назад +28

    Mark my words, if I ever became a Supreme Court Judge, I WILL say 'I am the Law' as my first sentence on record.

  • @87togabito
    @87togabito 11 месяцев назад +5

    “Roomba has introduced a fully sentient vacuuming cyborg”
    Yea, but it still can’t mop.

  • @jrodificator1
    @jrodificator1 Месяц назад +6

    the least believable part of this is that Clarence Thomas said anything in court

    • @ArchibaldClumpy
      @ArchibaldClumpy 25 дней назад

      The most believable part is him citing the movie 300 for precedence.

  • @Asiis
    @Asiis 12 лет назад +6

    '...followed by, aproximately, one minute of each judge individually claiming that they were the law.'

  • @galliumgames3962
    @galliumgames3962 4 года назад +131

    Shouldn’t be any objections as long as they stick to using the humane head ripping off machine.

    • @WalterLiddy
      @WalterLiddy 3 года назад +6

      I"m in favor of the giant rotating blades.

  • @Danovio
    @Danovio 5 лет назад +63

    " it is legal to carry a conceald weapon, as long as the weapon is tottaly slick like a huge ass machine gun you carry under the trenchoat like in the matrix"

  • @thiefrules
    @thiefrules Год назад +25

    The Supreme Court rules that the Supreme Court rules

    • @vince1987
      @vince1987 Год назад +1

      I came here after i heard of that news!

  • @chrisoffersen
    @chrisoffersen 10 месяцев назад +16

    Incredible how long these justices have been around. Lifetime appointments have got to go.

    • @SushiCombo
      @SushiCombo 10 месяцев назад +4

      baffling how they get lifetime appointments and can freely break the laws without repercussions.

    • @idiomasentusiasticos7954
      @idiomasentusiasticos7954 9 месяцев назад +2

      Some justices have seen multiple wars but haven’t fought in a single one

  • @monkeyDaltuve
    @monkeyDaltuve Год назад +7

    "Less strictly constitutional and more strictly awesome"