The Supreme Court Will “Reorder” American Society, Says Election Law Expert | Amanpour and Company
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- Опубликовано: 10 май 2022
- There are a number of cases before the Supreme Court that will “reorder law and American society,” according to Richard Hasen. He is a professor of law and political science at the University of California Irvine and an expert in election law. He is also the author of "Cheap Speech." Hasen speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about how to stop the spread of disinformation that is poisoning politics.
Originally aired on May 11, 2022
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I didn't sign up to live in Talibangelical America. This fall's election is critical, but I am not hopeful with all of the election rigging going on in too many states. It's time to create an escape plan, because living in Gilead isn't my idea of a good time.
Hopefully, you'll at least vote before you run out.
Vote, ladies, vote and vote !!
It's going to be really difficult to put my tri-racial body back into the bottle. Well over half a century later, I am never going to be White. Millions of inter-racial exist. On the one hand, they want women to have babies who are not wanted. On the other hand they don't want inter-racial babies. It's a bit late for that.
If the United States democracy falls no place in the world will be safe.
I left CA and moved to a red state to turn it blue. Sadly, with the electoral college, that's what it will take.
The US went to spread democracy around the world, they came back with authoritariasm and religious rule 🤦🏻♂️
No, the USA did neither of those things. The people seeking a fascist theocracy are not Americans and maybe not quite human.
America has been a facist state since its inception as also has a decades long history of destroying democracy and installing authoritarian regimes across the globe. This is just the American regime opening up about its authoritarian nature that before now its simply hidden via propaganda and the illusion we live in anything other than a single party state
Don’t even get me started on that one.🤦♀️
How very true but America has always boasted of many things that were never really true. All countries do this to some degree. It has never been a fair society although segments of the country have been working towards changing that for decades....and nearly succeeded. Greed, unbridled capitalism and religious insanity, will be the country's demise...and in the case of the only party who can stop it, the democrats, they are proving themselves too weak to deal with this clear and present danger. It breaks my heart to see what is becoming of the country I once called home.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver Sounds like an obvious no true Scotsman fallacy.
The electoral college needs to go...
I second that statement! Way overdue. I'm tired of minority rule. Especially hate filled minority rule.
Like last week.
And the senate
YES
In Australia we have a federal system, but national elections aren't run by the States. They're run by an electoral commission independently of whichever government is in power. The US electoral college system seems nuts, as the college can overthrow the will of the people.
I am not pro-murdering babies.
I am Pro-Becky who found out at her 20 week anatomy scan that the infant she was so excited to bring into this world had developed without life sustaining organs.
I am Pro-Susan who was sexually assaulted on her way home from work, only to come to the horrific realization that her assailant planted his seed in her when she got a positive pregnancy test result a month later.
I am Pro-Theresa who hemorrhaged due to a placental abruption, causing her parents, spouse, and children to make the impossible decision whether to save her or her unborn child.
I am Pro-little Cathy who had her innocence ripped away from her by someone she should of been able to trust and her 11 year old body isn't mature enough to bear the consequences of that betrayal.
I am Pro-Melissa who's working 2 jobs just to make ends meet who has to choose between bringing a other child into poverty or feeding the children she already has because her spouse walked out on her.
I am Pro-Brittany who realizes that she is in no way financially, emotionally or physically able to raise a child.
I am Pro-Emily who went through IVF ending up with SIX viable implanted eggs requiring selective reduction in order to ensure the safety of her and a SAFE amount of fetuses.
I am Pro-Christina who doesn't want to be a mother, but birth control methods sometimes fail.
I am Pro-Jessica who is FINALLY getting the strength to get away from her physically abusive spouce only to find out that she is carrying the monster's child.
I am Pro-Vanessa who went into her confirmation appointment after YEARS of trying to conceive only to hear silence where there should be a heartbeat.
I am Pro-Lindsay who lost her virginity in her sophomore year with a broken condom and now has to choose whether to be a teenage mom or just a teenager.
I am Pro-Courtney who just found out she's already 13 weeks along, but the egg never made it out of the fallopian tube so either she terminates the pregnancy or risks dying from internal bleeding.
You can argue and say that I'm pro-choice all you want, but the truth is I'm pro-life.
Their lives.
Women's lives.
You don't get to pick and choose which scenarios should be accepted. Women's rights are meant to protect ALL women, regardless of their situation!
Please feel free to copy and paste!!
Amen.
WELL DONE
Thank you, Thomas.
I would like to see that everywhere it might be read.
People have a set image of who has abortions and the profile is often different.
@Just Be it would be such a relief to be able to trust the people making laws governing the use and disposition of our bodies and our health to have common sense, and hopefully good will as well.
There seems to be little indication that any thought, study, or Sense went into the extreme strictures of the laws being pushed upon 51% of our population.
The legislators are not not usually licensed to practice medicine and their choice to impose their judgement on women whom they have no license to examine or diagnose should be recognized as criminal.
The fact that they are taking it upon
their ignorant selves should turn off anyone who has any regard for the safety and well-being of the women and children who fall prey to them
That they are imposing conditions upon the potential mothers of our future generations is beyond alarming.
Women's status is being made roughly the equivalent of some poor unneutered bitch stolen by the operator of a puppy mill to be bred as often as possible for profit.
But we pass laws to prevent dogs and cats from being so callously exploited.
The Supreme Court is WAY beyond out-of-step.
The Supreme Court is in step with the majority of American citizens.
It's a horribly designed institution.
@@karlk9316 Here you are again lying to people. Most Americans don’t want the government legislating morality, most aren’t religious fanatics. Upwards of 70% of Americans are pro-choice. If the SC tries to undo the progress of the last 50 years it’s going to be utter chaos. Be careful what you wish for because eventually they’ll come down on an issue that really matters to you, don’t assume you’re going to be one of the privileged few that will remain totally unaffected.
@@karlk9316 ridiculously false, you would be better off trying to argue issues that are close to an even split
@@karlk9316 Hello Putin troll.
There are supposed to be checks and balances,this is a Theofascist court
Biden should nominate for the Thomas, Garland, Kennedy and Ginsberg seats today.
not our country anymo
The US Supreme Court is doing its job as part of the checks and balances of the federal government. Roe vs Wade was bad law. Justice RGB said so.
+1 for term Theo-fascists
It’s worse than that. The Court’s decision is going to make Congress do its job.
Let’s not forget a nationwide ban on abortion, ban on birth control, repeal gay marriage, ban of interracial marriage. These are all goals of the Republican Party, not to mention destroying our democracy. This is destination F
Does Justice Thomas know about that ban on interracial marriage?
Gee, could you supply a link to a single republican party source for these alleged "goals"?
Remember you said goals of THE Republican party - not just some person, or some local county committee.
No link?
If not then you are spreading disinformation.
I'm sure Clarence thinks he'll be given special consideration for all the hard work both he and his best friend have done. Of course, if tramp tells Ginny to dump Clarence, she probably would in a heartbeat.
My bigger worry is the criminalization of crossing state lines or attempting an illegal abortion, and for you men, don't forget anyone aiding and abetting that pregnant wife or girlfriend will undoubtedly be criminal also. Then you can give birth in jail and they can take your child on the grounds you're obviously unfit and sell it onto all the women who want to adopt Alito seems so worried about. Don't forget they can put you to for peanuts in all those privatized prisons the US built. I'm glad I turned18 in 1974, but I'm sad and scared for how successful republicans have been in undermining democracy. It's been heartbreaking to watch this 40+ year plot being carried out.
@@cherylalt101 you know, other countries don't allow mail in voting or drop boxes.
I guess Republicans have undermined democracy all over the world
Yes, Republicans are so powerful that their politicians have been censored on Twitter 54 times for every one time a Democrat politician has.
Truly, their power knows no bounds
Clarence & Ginni seem to have a close and loving relationship. Together they raised Clarence's grand nephew from the age of 6. They also spend a good deal of time together in their RV traveling across America between court terms.
"If you have selfish, ignorant" (voters) "citizens, you're going to have selfish, ignorant leaders." (George Carlin) "We do not have a govt by the majority." We have a govt held hostage by the Moral Minority because of the Electoral College.
It needs to be abolished. I'm sick of minority rule and the backwards way they think. They aren't just trying to push us back to the 1950's, they want to send us back to the 1750's! What kind of world leader do we look like, trying to turn the clock backwards? We need to add justices to SCOTUS so that every district is represented. We need 13, not 9.
How is the federal government being held hostage?
Despite large scale voter irregularities in 2020, Biden - Harris was installed into office.
@@karlk9316 There was negligible impersonation voter in 2020. If you choose to believe otherwise then I feel sorry that you have been lied to.
@@karlk9316 the Republicans in the Senate are obstructionist & the states controlled by Republicans are MAGA = Making America 1950s Again. America is the Great Melting Pot. America is becoming more open-minded, diverse & inclusive. Why are these 3 thing bad?
And a Senate in which less than 16% of the voting public elect the overwhelming majority of that body; 76 or more than ¾ of the Senate.
A privately owned and controlled town square is not a town square.
Your situational ethics are showing. New ownership and suddenly private ownership is an issue. >> Twitter was given special legal treatment by Congress as a "publisher" on the basis that it would freely serve the public. It abused its special privileges by manipulating publishing rules to serve its ideological and partisan interests, violating others First Amendment rights. Decidedly un-American.
It’s not a town square. It’s a mega arena! Privately owned and controlled but paid for on the public dime.
well said!
@norm simpson RUclips is not a town square.
A town square where people create their own "town squares" and don't listen to others' "town squares" - isn't a fucking "town square"
I support a federal law mandating one year in prison for each lie told to the American people by a politician. It’s time to raise our standards and end propaganda.
yah. no ima go ahead and say start charging these people with treason. the death penalty then becomes a option.
Yes Biden and Hillery should be in prison for 100 years
Yes, and if your suggestion on one year in jail for each lie would pass, it would mean Trump's in prison for the rest of his life. That would be supreme justice. He has lied about so many people, and not all of the other Party either; he's lied about many GOP people who disavowed him and spoke out against him. He's ruined their lives.
Hahaha.
In one's dreams.
The baseline is lies and every other twist and convolution
@@jamesirwin8917 Obama lied about his healthcare plan. Everyones health insurance will be cut in half. Right!! I pay double premium. Best lie ever told by a president
We’ve been moving closer towards gross theocracy. I live in the Bible Belt. It’s nuts here.
Thanks for the great commentary on these important topics.
It’s already here. SCOTUS controlled by extremists, congress will fall this year, and based on how the election laws were rewritten, Republican’s literally cannot lose 2024. The country we knew is over.
I love in a liberal bastion which I really like cuz everybody seems sane here. But sometimes it sucks because I feel like I can’t affect much positive change because many people are like minded. Although there are many public disagreements it’s not on the level of national disagreements. Sometimes I wish I lived in a conservative area just to make a difference. But other than that man... you’re right. People are crazy these days. The US is trending towards theocracy, tribal partisanship, anti liberalism, anti ini democratic, anti intellectualism, nonsense. And the GOP, which used to be the party of small government is increasingly becoming heavy handed, draconian, and authoritarian. Especially with figures like in Florida it is big government, draconian rule in the interest of imposing cultural dogmas. Doesn’t seem like the land of the free from a few decades ago.
@@willcerf757 if you lived in a conservative area you'd regret it. First off, you can't make a difference because all the conservatives seem to have concrete between their ears. I had a discussion with one and he said, "Look you have your facts and I'll have mine." it's impossible to have a rational discussion with someone who can't even agree that up is up and down is down!
@@briandbeaudin9166 I live in a conservative area and even in small local government, the approach is "doesn't matter what the law says, it means what I say." Disgusting.
@@willcerf757 You realize of course that conservatives see themselves as curators of true liberalism, and so called liberals as believing in a current form of Marxism - Leninism, which has always failed in nation after nation.
Conservatives believe in the historical truth that Christian moral values were and are an essential basis for a the founding of the USA as a happy and productive society, while recognizing the human mistakes which have and can be corrected over time.
The tribal partisanship that you mentioned is seen as intentionally generated by the Democratic Party in the form of "wedge issues" to divide and conquer the nation. Those wedge issues are hammered home 24/7 by a large propaganda network of networks, publishers, and social media that operate in lockstep.
The heavy handedness that you perceive in the GOP is, IMO, a direct response to generations of unacceptable authoritarian, draconian, corrupt, dogmatic rule by the Democratic Party, that has destroyed or weakened many aspects of our society. That destruction being accelerated by Biden - Harris is no longer tolerable. It has taken the nation to the brink of destruction.
So what I’m hearing is that a bunch of lunatics in the Federalist Society basically resetting us to the friggen 50s. We need to VOTE. VOTE. Vote! Every single damn year. Not just big ones…you need to get off your ass every first Tuesday in November and VOTE. Because if you don’t, then the worst person DOES win.
@Ryan Edwards
Not reset to the 50s because the wealthy paid a lot of taxes then. Nixon created OSHA and EPA at the end of the 60s to early 70s. Since then, it's been all about deregulation and privatization. Throw in some Reaganomics and reduce those taxes. The Federalist Society and some others have been busy rewriting laws and taking over courts. You have to remember the huge part Newt Gingrich played in breaking the political system and aligning with white Christians to create single-issue voters who could be manipulated as a large voting block. It wasn't easy, millions maybe billions have been spent and a lot of local politics manipulated to accomplish this huge division of American society necessary for the wealthy to achieve their goals.
@@cherylalt101 so the even less good 50s. Can we go back in time and looper - erase Milton Friedman before he wrote that book? Maybe Ayn Rand the Hypocrite too?
@@ryanedwards7487 ayn rand sounds more like a stalinist than a republican. No wonder the right loves Russia.
@@Katiegirlluv Ayn was a typical “libertarian”: don’t expect me to do anything for anyone else, but when I need help I expect it! Yanno, a hypocrite.
@@ryanedwards7487 If only we could! Please let’s wave that magic wand over Gingrich too lol!
“All hope isn’t lost. Congress can pass…” If we’re relying on Congress to fix anything… all hope is lost.
I feel like I’m standing on a beach watching the waters recede as a faint inescapable hundred-foot tsunami appears on the horizon.
Yes and no. If the electorate in many states was not so dominated by ill-informed, bigoted and reactionary citizens currently fueled by obsessive grievance, we might see the voters kick out virtually all Rs from the process until such time as that anti-democracy cult apologized for its endless falsehoods and corruption. I blame the voters who keep supporting such flagrantly warped, cynical and dishonest political opportunists. We also need major structural reform of the Senate and the Supreme Court along with elimination of the Electoral College in favor of a more fully democratic process of selecting a president. Our fragile democracy is on the edge of a cliff. I'm not convinced we will prevent it going over.
Yeah but youve known the tsunamis been coming for years you just thought your floaties would save you. Ps: unless you're in japan its a tidal wave.
@@paulclissold1525 actually, I think most of the world has decided "tidal' in the title is inaccurate and that all of us have accepted tsunami for what we have come to understand it means.
What right have we to tell the burmese or malaysians that it was a tsunami l love nippon but its a tidal wave here.
@@paulclissold1525 not true, the proper term is tsunami, tidal waves are just the regular cycles caused by tides, tides have nothing to do with tsumanis
thank you Amanpour for inviting scholars like Richard Hasen, to talk and explain these important topics.
“Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything.”-Joseph Stalin
That’s the Republican’s plan
The cynic's cynic.
Oh good Republicans. Now you are The Nazi party?
T**** said the same thing….
Stalin spoke for himself and was a stupid man anyway.
This channel, "Amanpour and Company" should be one of the most popular news sources especially in the U.S. where disinformation and misinformation seems to be becoming the norm. God help us.
Absolutely. I am very thankful that we have this alternative.
flip the script
The truth is drowned out. Even the fake accounts talk more than we do.
It looks like the US had an exceptionally good 60 years of liberty that's fast coming to an end
Liberty for some, but yes.
Are you going to fight it at all?
@@zur13l13 Absof**kinglutely!
@@zur13l13 It's a good question that should everyone should he asking
werent that great c'mon just far far shittier now
We The People should demand time limitations to Supreme Court Judges.
The people have been asleep at the wheel for too long already so you propose to give these nut cases another 5, 10, 12 years before we see change? Term limits will do no good if the democrats don't add 10 or 20 new justices to the court immediately! Twenty justices make it impossible for a small radical block of ideologues to corrupt the court system
congress hasn't listened to the people since reagan was elected.
Excellent interview. This guy needs to be more mainstream.
Right on .... great discussion.
When I hear "mainstream" I think of a conformist to the herd. No convictions he's willing to stand for, rather he'd rather go along to get along. Basically, a spineless d-chebag with deep rooted insecurities about being rejected, and presently wants desperately to be accepted. Let's pop culture form his opinions for him. The perfect stooge.
This professor is spot on with everything he said. Everyone in this country needs to listen carefully to what has been done, is still being done by the politicians who are in the minority and have been for decades now. I, for one, am well past being sick of minority rule. We need to do away with the antiquated electoral college. We need to put pressure on the voting rights act to be passed. Because without it, we have no voice in this country.
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So you want mob rule? That is what pure democracy means….
You know the demoncrat party is and has always been minority right? The government hasn't been legit since 1998. That's WHY LAW is being redone, their rule of law is over, as is their exsperiment in democracy.. this ends with legit freedom, health and wealth for ALL
@@raepresent we've lived under mob rule our whole lives. The mob rule of law is OVER. This GOV hasn't been legit since 1998. Buckle up, their time's almost over. 30th.. yes Biden will be removed
Great discussion! Term limits for SCOTUS would positively affect age discrimination and lessen the incentive and impact of manipulating the selection process.
Or make them stand for reconfirmation (by the Senate) every ten years from the date of their taking their seat.
I say increase the Supreme Court Size and vote them into power by the people, for the people.
No more appointments for life.
@@MrKenichi22 you don't understand SCOTUS.
@@edward9862 I do, I understand that it’s wildly out of date.
@@edward9862 and has too much power in the hands of a tyrannical minority.
"The destiny of the colored American..is the destiny of America."
~ Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), American orator, writer, editor, and abolitionist leader. ✨️
I'm sure Elon's ego believes he's the savior of the world and will prevent another civil war.
I fear he's deluding himself and may be the instigator of one.
We always try to kick the engineers off the jury. Musk would definitely be a strike. Besides his big ego, he thinks he knows more than he does when in fact he doesn’t know as much as he needs to.
I find it amusing that his fans believe that he purchased Twitter. No; his financial backers purchased Twitter. He's just the clown face representing them.
He’s on record saying it’s too late for planet earth. Investing huge on a Mars colony. Doesn’t believe we can handle a shrinking population. Starts to sound like that partisan group of politicians who say government is the problem, even as they’re running for and living in government office.
Definitely a narcissistic pos is Musk. He loves Dump & facism. Musk hates any govt regulation & accountability when he screws consumers.
Musk is Libertarian. All they believe government is for is military & police. They don't care about clean air, water, safe food, safe cars, safe tools, safe anything. Every man/woman is on their own. Zero social safety net programs. The poor suffer & die, the rich screw them with abandon! Rethuglicons aren't any different. They drool for US to become a 3rd world country. Anti-abortion/privacy decision is all about that!
Not a fan of either party; however, there are differences between the two major political parties. Just want to say if you enjoy depriving women and minorities of their rights, then keep voting Republican.
Isn’t that the only reason the current Republican Party exists- to take away rights from everyone who isn’t a right wing, white, Christian,Heterosexual male?
Thank the stars that the Republican party is paragon of moderation and decency as well as dedicated to enhancing the general welfare of the nation.
After all millions of American hail this noble and honorable party that
opposes any comprehensive voting rights bill;
supports 250 voter suppression bills in state legislatures;
demonstrates daily an absolute contempt for the autonomy of women with anti-abortion laws stricter than the Taliban & Iranian mullahs
rejects measures to control deadly pollution & environmental degradation that leads to planetary deaths of millions a year
threatens every month to defund the government;
fuels hatred against desperate Christian asylum seekers;
repudiates the cataclysm of human-induced global warming that menaces millions of lives across the globe;
promotes censorship of some of our greatest & most thoughtful writers;
rails against the teachings of the great scientists;
supports a prevaricating, bullying, immoral, egomaniacal, ignorance, cold-blooded, death-promoting Would-Be-Autocrat who extols a mass murdering Russian tyrant destroying a modern European democracy and endangering the world order. *
rejects gun & ammunition regulation to prevent mass shootings including the slaughter of our children in schools; and
gives aid & comfort to murderous insurrectionists who used violence in an attempt to invalidate a legitimate election and threaten to do so in the future.
* recently we learned that this so-called man considered putting 10,000 soldiers in the streets of DC to shoot at the legs of protestors and proposed shooting missiles into Mexico.
Both parties have been equally complicit in messing up this country for decades until a few years back, but now it's not even close. The GOP's only platform is supporting Trump and banning abortion, it's especially appalling coming from the party that is supposed to be about limiting government intrusion into our lives. I pretty much always vote libertarian/third party but tolerate others well, but at this point going forward I am disgusted by anyone who votes for the GOP to retake the House. A divided govnt has always been my preference to avoid either party pushing their agenda too far, but right now I can only root for the Democrats.
That being said, my official prediction right now is Trump loses but less than he did last time, and the house does actually overthrow the results and installs him as president. The Democratic Party should force Biden to resign, several other candidates could beat Trump and be less susceptible to that coup, but the DNC has years more experience than the GOP in forcing party insiders into the nomination, so they'll likely shoot themselves in the foot just like they did the last few elections. Anyone but Hillary would have beaten Trump, and several other Democrats would likely have beaten Trump by several million more votes. Democrat voters need to get rid of their superdelegate system, the DNC is FAR more corrupt than the GOP when it comes to nominating a candidate. I'd vote Tulsi with no regrets
Also because the Republicans are fewer in number so they have to cheat to win. They cannot count on the independents. They cannot even count on their own people because Trump’s mob is a low mentality irresponsible lot.
Both parties suck and shows how America is a shit storm.
All the judges that LIED in their hearing MUST STEP DOWN😤😡❗️
Yes, because people who lie to gain power often have moral core...
That would be a nice start!
Any Rethuglicon in power is dangerous.
Waaay too much of election process is custom, not law. We really need to fix that.
Voting process should be the same across the country.
@@silverforest4682 yes! The "states' rights" argument about voting rules is absolute BS, it was a hack to delay the decisions that led to the Civil War, and we need to fix it.
dems have had control of the white house and both legislative branches for almost a year and a half, and have made not one law to address any of the abuses that nearly ended our democracy. investigations and public hearings are good, and i'd like to see charges brought against the traitors, but the priority should have been to make laws to prevent the next coup, which will succeed.
@@nonyabizness.original yes. But also, "control" is debatable considering that two of the Democrats in the Senate appear to be fake Democrats. They are *so* maddening.
And things are usually fixed with regulations or new laws.
And we already know how eager the right wing is to add laws or regulations to our procedures.
This is a Theofascist Court
We need an amendment to the constitution that protects voting right, eliminates the electoral college and move to popular vote for the presidency and allows for outside independent agencies ensuring we eliminate gerrymandering on both sides.
And dark money must be eliminated from politics, elections, and campaigns. Corporations are not people, no matter what the idiot extremists on the Supreme Court say.
I agree.
Maybe we could have an outside independent agency do it ALL?
Elect future Presidents by popular vote.
We have the fifteenth amendment. Liars don't admit stuffed. That's working.
We have a War on Poverty, a War on Women, now is it a War on Voting? How do we have a representative government then? How do we win a war on voting, by voting! Vote like your representation depends on it. Vote like your rights could be overturned. Just vote.
Clearly well worded.
The War on Poverty was a Good thing.
Omg there's no war on anybody in the US. Just go to school or work and stop bitching. Would if you lived in North Korea or Urkaine ??
I live in a red state and with the electoral college, my vote doesn't really count. The electoral college needs to go!
I think we need more mobilization and grassroots organization and mass movement building that has nothing to do with elections tbh. political power comes in more places than just the ballot box
Roe is attached to your medical privacy
Unfortunately the proper term is " WAS " !
Agree, for those folks not down with the ideology, make sure your passports are up to date because the USA authoritarian regime is fast approaching.
Grow a pair and fight it.
If Trumpanzees take over, climate change is 100% guaranteed.
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” - Marcus Aurelius
Any ideas on where Americans should flee? It doesn't seem like it would be a easy feat to accomplish with the myriad factors involved. I have no connections with anyone in another viable country to move to and establish roots.
No country wants an American. Unless you're a professional doctor who speaks the native language. Then maybe. Otherwise, you are stuck. Wait...there's Mexico. Large ex-pat population there.
No country will accept an American UNLESS they have needed skills, a pretty sizable bank account and are young. There is NO ESCAPE PLAN. You are NOT going to Mars, you are NOT going to Denmark...spend some energy right here in America.
If Republicans win the house in 22 I'm selling all my shit and if they win again in 24 I'm outta here.
Where’s good place to go?
@@Malmo117 I'm leaving the country. Because of my book and RUclips channel I've made enemies. I don't really know I just know I can't stay here!
Do some research to find out which countries have the best benefits and how they suit your lifestyle. If things like universal healthcare, family leave, subsidized or free childcare are important, check out Scandinavia.
Canada has a universal healthcare system but you'll have to wait until you have permanent residency or citizenship to access it. College is cheaper there but housing costs there are sky-high like everywhere else.
Most people I know who emigrated to other countries go to where family and friends are already settled and can help newcomers get started. Otherwise, I'd suggest finding a sponsor or make contacts in the country with reputable organizations, and get some job prospects.
Most online "immigration attorneys" you find on Google just want to take your money. Call or visit your nearest consulate or embassy once you make your choice where you want to move.
@@aworldwithoutsin6384 I checked out your channel.
I am kind of curious - did you make any money from your channel and your book?
(Reason I'm asking is that I've always wanted to write a book and since I'm not well connected I might consider self-publishing.)
@@bigeffinowl nah. Nothing yet. I'm a pharmacist in the real world. That's how I pay the bills. But I haven't given up. I was determined when I started to continue on no matter what. So even when it doesn't pay, endangers my life, or I get publically humiliated continue on. I believe in what I am doing. I have non related things I'm going to be working on in the future too
We need to begin restructuring the SCOTUS, A.S.A.P.
Get the dark money out of Justice.
Ref: 'The Scheme' by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
Oooooooooo dark money….like Bidens in Ukraine and Russia?
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg clearly stated that packing the US Supreme Court was a very bad idea, that the traditional number of judges works exceedingly well.
@@karlk9316 Absolutely. It’s designed the way it is for a reason and anyone who thinks they know better than our forefathers is a misguided fool.
@@karlk9316 agreed. It's not the number of justices on the court.
It's the ones that have sold their ethics to the highest bidder. That's where the real problem lies.
@@mallorywoods3653
Oh, really? Then why do we have this crisis on our hands? There are no checks and balances on the Supreme Court. Zero oversight. Only once in our history has a SC justice been impeached, but even then it didn't work. Stop mythologizing the glorious founding fathers--they made a lot of terrible mistakes. Slavery, the electoral college, the undemocratic Senate, etc, etc. No other country appoints its highest justices to life terms. Your founding fathers sucked.
REALLY appreciated this discussion.
Scary stuff happening.
I wish I had been a student of this professor. Outstanding.
They're fomenting unrest with these rulings.
no one remembers the french revolution.
Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC pointed out that Rethuglicons on SCOTUS decided that US will now join 24 other countries that cause their women to suffer, die & be imprisoned just to get a safe abortion. These countries are all 3rd world countries! THAT'S exactly where ever Rethuglicon wants US to become: easy to steal elections & once in power, easy to steal citizens money, and no accountability! Laws are for the poor & enemies who just don't agree with you. 3rd world USA is rw'rs wet dream.
@@margaretjohnson6259 Hell, our schools don't even teach our OWN history because of greedy billionaires who have tried for decades now to dumb us all down. It's working. Civics--how our government works no longer taught in public schools either.
How gleefully this news is received by the rich! We are angry and upset and can do Nothing! They're free. No backlash.
AS depressing as that was... he's being too optimistic.
Grow a pair.
They don't own the whole country yet.
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He's not the one affected.
I can not believe we are here. First time in my life (I’m an oldie) I wish I could put my head in the sand.
Thank you for a very informed piece. It’s conversation like this that helps me stay out of the sand.
No wonder our younger generations are killing themselves. What a wonderful future to look forward to.
yes the "me " generation has that to be remembered by - they have selfishly contributed to destroying the country
@@pjpredhomme7699 Wait, I thought Gen Z was the “me” generation.
They're correct. It's not possible to make facts matter again. It's over.
When one party is a dirty low life cheater/s & *We the People* know it & there has not been punishment for their crimes well... & the SC has been corrupted by unqualified people & *WE* know that also...all *WE* can do is vote ... *Ever Vigilant* 🌊💙
Take to the Streets!
Right. Yes - yet, unfortunately, neither Party is composed by people of significantly high ethical standards.
And then the legislature and/or the governor change the result, as they have granted themselves the right to do in some states.
I can’t believe that we’re letting corporations decide these things. Why do we even need a government then?
Does seem a bit redundant.
I'm sure the capitalist owners and bosses of most people who work for privately owned business don't see any need for us to have a second set of governors.
Welcome to Fascism
Corporations & the greedy rich have always been in battle with democracy. This is not a new battle at all!
We haven't been keeping corporate greed regulated. Anti-trust laws haven't been upheld by both Dems & especially Rethuglicons. The greedy rich now own the politicians all rw'rs, & some dems thanks also to Rethuglicons on SCOTUS. Latest toxic case 5/4, 2010 is Citizens United where Rw'rs on SCOTUS say "money is speech."
That's what they say. Government is bad. Free market good. So fight them by giving up- there's nothing we can do.
My grandmother after working from sun up to sundown sat in her rocking chair on her porch in a small town in Mississippi and sang to the Lord into the midnight hour. I believe He heard the sound of her praise and her prayers and was pleased. He doesn't forget what had been written on paper. "All men are created equal." But, unfortunately some American men and women have. America will not prosper if they don't keep their promise to treat Black American's right. We've earned it. He's going to insist...watch. 👀
He did insist. I’m Baha’i, and we believe God did call for equality of the races. We believe what Baha’u’llah wrote is the word of God. And His son, ‘Abdu’l-Baha traveled to America in 1912 speaking to groups from East to West and back in attempt to unite the races in the US. He was invited by the NAACP, by Howard University, and by the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church to speak. He hosted a banquet where white people served black people. He ensured a black man, his companion who was someone very dear to him, had a seat next to him (who was the guest of honor) at a society dinner in Washington DC. He encouraged interracial marriage, in fact encouraging a marriage between a black man and white woman. He required Baha’is to have meetings integrated.
At the Hull House in Chicago he said:
“Therefore, Bahá’u’lláh hath said that the various races of humankind lend a composite harmony and beauty of color to the whole. Let all associate, therefore, in this great human garden even as flowers grow and blend together side by side without discord or disagreement between them.”
In another talk he said “God maketh no distinction between the white and the black. If the hearts are pure both are acceptable unto Him.” And “The garden is more beautiful when the flowers are many-colored and different; the variety lends charm and adornment.” Using this as an example of the beauty in the racial diversity of humankind.
Majority rule needs to finally be the law of the land and the Senate
It is, the fifteenth amendment exists. Liars don't admit things.
In a country where education is seen as indoctrination and hate speech is seen as the real truth , I see little hope for anything good in our near future.
Most people don’t care about politics and don’t really understand much . Sending superficial lies out is enough to gain power now , with most people more interested in sports and reality shows than their country
Greg Abbott wants to take a case to the SC to stop educating undocumented kids. I fear this is a tactic to rid or cripple the Federal Department of Education. This has been a long term goal of the Federalist Society since Bill Bennett and Reagan.
@@judithsaunders3634 that this country allows attacks on actual freedom, education , voting and liberty under the guise of freedom is really something.
I guess the country the Nazis looked to initially , for ways to marginalize Jewish people is just continuing its history
That's the news-. We're licked, have been for fifty years.
@@patricialongo5746 we have been taken over by anti democracy propaganda and I see it as having gotten much worse in the last few years
@Russ Ingram I guess I would prefer democracy and managed capitalism to fascists or commies .
This is truly terrifying. Surely, enoughSupreme Court justices won’t prove to be as arrogant and stupid as Alito . Otherwise, the future of this country is hopeless .
Guess again! Better stock up because the right has!
We share the world with each other its about time these rogue mugs begin to realize it.
They don’t want to share and moreover they want to steal whatever you have. If you would agree to be their slave they would ask you what took so long.
What an articulate man. Thank you. RS
So just to remind ALL PEOPLE that the Jan. 6th Committee will be televising all the testimony's that were given to Committee on or around June 9th 2022 This WILL BE THE TRUTH!!! Can you take it??
Every American should care enough about this country to watch it. Our Republic depends on it. Our Justice department has to bring these people to account. That is a must, and as soon as possible.
@@Jess-kz2wn Yes! I desperately hope that those in Congress who played a roll in Jan 6th will be found guilty and removed from office. Liberal leaders need to have strong candidates ready to go to take over those seats and get the votes to get strong laws of protection on the books. Also, it seems very clear that SCOTUS needs to be expanded, and term limits for all branches of government.
More theatrical proof that facts and truth don't work? Gleefully watching Americans do nothing? Sounds normal.
"I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this-who will count the votes, and how."
said in 1923; Boris Bazhanov The Memoirs of Stalin's Former Secretary (1992)
Elders in Congress and Supreme Court are definitely out of step with our young people. Feel so sorry for our young people to have to deal with these backward thinkers, when they need forward thinkers to deal with the current and future problems of the world. You would think these political leaders would care.
The young people will make the difference in the next electionl.
It's not just young people. There are Plenty of not so young people who find this reprehensible.
Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC pointed out that the 6 Rethuglicons on SCOTUS decided that US should join the 24 other countries in the world that make their women suffer, die & imprison them just because they are seeking a safe abortion. These 24 countries are all 3rd world countries!
Rethuglicon party & their billionaire donors drool for USA to be a 3rd world so the powerful can steal elections, steal from citizens, zero accountability for their crimes & jail anyone who doesn't agree with you. Dump was all about that. Now the whole party is!
Vote.
Any Rethuglicon in power is dangerous. Period.
@@Jess-kz2wn They better! When Bernie ran 2020, the youth attended his rallies in great numbers But--BUT hardly came out to vote!??!
Wtf young people?! Our youth must understand change never comes from the top, only from The People! It's starts from the bottom, us.
Any Rethuglicon in power is dangerous. Period.
Vote with that in mind.
@@andreah6379 Yep. They're going to turn the United States into those "s-hole" countries TFG ranted about.
As a PBS fan, I've always liked Hai Sreenivasen (did I spell that right)? Thoughtful, courteous, intelligent, deeply inquisitive, the voice of reason.
we could call it the new dark age.
Yeah if we all don't get off our growing asses and fight back in every way we can. Voting is one thing we all can do. Organize is one other terrific thing we can do! Phone bank for Dems.
Any Rethuglicon in power is dangerous.
Two years ago I applied to Irvine Law School ,where this guy is from, and Harvard Law School. They both now accept the GRE for admission. When I told them that I had bought a book on Amazon titled '30 REAL GRE ESSAYS', published in 2014, BUT THE QUESTIONS DON'T CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, I received a one word reply from both 'REJECTED'. If lawyers cheat to get INTO law school-god help us.
Sad to think that voting rights and ensuring a system of fair representation has now largely become a "partisan" issue. We are at a point now where we can no longer state with full faith and confidence that an elected political candidate will indeed be the representative that takes office, or that election officials, those in office to referee elections, will not make decisions based on their allegiance to party but rather their allegiance to the greater public.
The more people who vote, the better. It’s about all we can do at this point.
You can't work anywhere in academic circles unless you're on the fence!
@@patricialongo5746 I'd hate to think we'd become a nation of fence sitters while the country slips into fascist autocracy.
@@orpheus9037 Zucherburg told Congress he was culling all the"extreme views" in politics to bring us into the middle. For every proud boy he shadow banned, an environmentalist or an anti war voice gets snuffed. In the Dem party you can not play if you don't pretend to be considering the the GOP view as valid. The News Shows begin with the debate between facts and right wing lies and end with a stalemate.
Through the legislatures and through the courts, we are witnessing CONSERVATIVE SOCIAL ENGINEERING. This should be repeated everywhere by activists.
They can't even legitimately be called "conservatives" anymore. They are extremists, radicals, and domestic terrorists.
Excellent interview! Thank you.
The U.S. is in for decades of governing by the minority opinion due to flaws in our 'Democracy' (if you can even call it that). The president elected by the minority due to the 'electoral college' and 50% of the population represented by only 18 senators, but 52 senators from the 26 smallest states representing only 18% of the U.S. population, we are fundamentally an undemocratic 'Democracy'. The thing is this will continue to get worse in the future as demographic distribution shifts and we can't vote our way out of minority opinion governing. I'm old and almost glad I won't live to see the final downfall of our country.
It was designed to be there to keep democracy away forever.
Knowing that the people want Roe should be enough, democrats don't need to wait for a backlash
They tried to pass legislation. The tyranny of Joe Manchin got in the way.
Give them strong majorities then! We need bigger dem numbers in House & Senate so all those bills we like that have passed the House will also pass the Senate and Mansion & Sinema won't matter. More Dems everwhere!!
Any Rethuglicon in power is dangerous. Period. Full stop.
There's no backlash that can move the rich.
So true! 🇺🇸💪🙏🏼Thank you both. This is needed conversation.!
Thank you so much for posting this important discussion!! 💗
For every action, expect the appropriate reaction.
US political funding rules- as long as they are funded by extremely wealthy donors, they will look after donor interests over the interests of the people in their state and country.
Politicians don't need a lot of money to win wtih the internet. If lies are not allowed, they should have very little money to work with and all the same amount. That would limit some of the power of the very rich with extreme ideas. Who even watches the stupid adds on the tV anymore. Prosecute the liars. Get term limits, and ditch the electoral college. They work for us. Don't waste time with the filibuster. No business would thrive with that complete waste of time. Changes need to be made before 2022.. Our country has been threatened by an autocrat. The fact that he is sociopath like Putin makes it worse.
To the ground, ladies🔥
Times haven't changed back to before the 1920's
Yes, the movement towards human rights and a future without war is over. It's dead and under US occupation.
We need healthcare freedoms for everyone! This anti abortion wave cannot prevail! Women are human! We deserve the right to choose. Scotus will not act in good faith. Vote Democrat 2022!!!
The Democratic party has been desperate for decades to give up ground on abortion. This is all according to their plan
@@LongDefiant I do not agree.. The republican radical christian right has taken this stance for years. They need to SIT DOWN! imho
Or American society will reshape the court.
Big brother big government conservatism is on the march .
we're so doomed.
Stop saying if overturned, it is happening
Lysistrata:
A play by Aristophanes about women refusing sex unless the men stop the war on Roe vs Wade...
That’s why republicans defend rape.
YES
"In the Court of Foxes, the Rabbit rarely wins his case."
"an oppositional system that depends on everybody involved operating in good faith all the time doesn't work? I'm shocked"
"We value good content moderation" but nobody is willing to pay for it. That means people with the skills to provide good content moderation won't do it. They won't be able to. Moderators need shelter and food, too. They, we, are only human. Volunteers are exploited to exhaustion, already, while the hosts of online content make BIG money from their free labor. That must change.
they criticize them for being "unelected." That was the whole point of the court. It is there precisely to interpret the law, not yield to political pressure.
the main issue is term for life rather than set term as anyone in an office too long, on any political leaning, becomes more fixed and over- confident in their thinking. The panels from which candidates are selected should be vetted for attaining and demonstrating a certain level of legal knowledge, probity, prudence.
But instead of interpreting the law, they just make stuff up.
They’re not interpreting laws here. They are literally removing a precedent which will have a negative impact on several other laws. Moreover, their rationale for this is NOT logical. Alitos arguments for overturning roe vs wade is false and is not based on rationale thought but on moral belief. This is a terrible way of thinking and reasoning since this country has all types of people with various views, and in order to preside over a system that governs those people, the Supreme Court must separate their own personal moral and religious views from legal arguments. But these judges are not. Having people like that in our courts for such a long time can only hurt us in the long run.
@@shocks2200You don't seem to know much about law or the Supreme Court. You're just angry.
There is no law permitting nationwide abortion. There is nothing in the Constitution about it. So by definition a decision on the subject involves interpretation. Roe was an interpretation. The Court has plenty of times when it rejected prior rulings. Brown, miscegenation .... all that involved interpretation and overruling prior decisions.
@@ak203 of course I’m pissed. That’s a given. I never said otherwise. I should revise my first sentence to be “They’re not just interpreting law here” since you’re a stickler for being Uber specific and ignoring the general tone of my statement. Never has the Supreme Court made a decision like this using rationales that are based in religion, are illogical, and would subsequently have a negative impact on other rights once implemented. Their reasoning is not based in fact, nor science but in religious views not shared by all Americans, which is unconstitutional. FYI there’s nothing in the constitution either about not permitting abortions nationwide. But the court has no problem making stuff up to justify their draconian thinking.
Thank you Professor!
Excellent interview and content. Following now. Thank you for sharing this interview!
I suggest that the media retain the right of free speech BUT be held accountable if facts stated have not been researched and factually proven to be true.
So Fox will need to go...
Used to get a false article was enough to first someone were. Now fox thrives on it.
Worked as a reporter. We are protecting your rights unless you listen to Fox Opinion!
OAN just learned that.
That used to be the case. Now it is , let it rip. Who cares how many die because of purposeful lies. Laws need to be created or enforced to stop this misuse of power. The health of the people in this country depends on this.
Since the GOP has become more like the NAZY party
We the people are loosing rights
The more rights we lose, the more power the Republican party has.
Nazi* and losing*
At least learn to spell if you actually think you're losing rights.
@@heyheytaytay Translation: I don't have a counter argument, so I go for low hanging insults.
This guy is so intelligent!
This is some of the most horrific information I have seen in my lifetime.
Can anything be done to stop this cascading into the twilight zone???
We NEED to FLOOD the polls no matter how difficult the Republicans make it to vote. Vote Democrat because they are a little better than the Republicans.
**Any Rethuglicon in power is dangerous. Period!**
If there's anyone on the ballot besides the Dems and the GOP you might vote.
@@patricialongo5746 No! Vote Democrat. We can't afford to split the vote. The repudiation of the Republicans must loud & vociferous. We can finesse the vote when the country is out of danger.
at the end of the conversation, Hasen totally bails on next steps by saying we should count on the employees of social media companies. Sorry but that is how we got to this polarized mess. We need to regulate social media platforms and set up elections to run the regulators. And we need rules of the road made explicit. I don't have to guess if I'm wearing a seatbelt or if you'll stop at a red light. We ought to have that kind of clarity with society's values and vision trumping corporate profit margins. Status quo is civil war.
We need to completely abandon social media
The government responsibility to establish a net neutral town square doesn't come up among independent journalists who fund raise to make it. Why would they want everyone to have access to information when now they are on top?
SCOTUS needs to their job with honor, by not intentionally misinterpreting the laws for political gain.
Look all I saying is that the Constitution claims that I was 3/5 of a person I don't want to go back and we need to even out the rules of elections and the Senate.
If they like their jobs, they should remember who they work for. If they dance to the tune of the minority lunatic fringe, they're going to be out of a job.
Since when? The loudest barking dogs get the most attention. The extremists are expanding, as the country fully deindustrializes and the majority have gone from the middle class to poverty
@@jasonnarayan7759 wait and see. They are waking a sleeping giant with this abortion ban thing.
They work for Elon musk and Jeff bezos.
@@theobserver9131 I wish you were right, but outside of a few cities in California, Americans just passively accept their rights being taken away. It’s beyond depressing to watch the post-coup Corporate States of America
@@jasonnarayan7759 we're not talking about just Americans. We are talking about women having the right to choose what happens to their bodies. That's a whole different level. Women are not going to let this happen.
They will fight this harder than the gun lovers would fight having their guns taken away.
The situation is already, that the one who gets the most votes does not necessarily get to be the president, however, this is now going just too far, especially when the management of the voting procedure is also partisan controlled.
Because of the number of electors each state gets. Population changes so much and covid affected the census. Also, we have modernized since the first elections original purpose for electors. Since Jan 6 revealed an inherent danger it may be time to revisit the electoral college system I don't know
@@sheilawade433 It is not Rocket science, Sheila, The voting system has been gradually corrupted over the years with the so-called intention of "Leveling The Playing Field", making a mockery of "One Person, One Vote!" Yes, the Electoral College must go, Yes, the Filibuster must also go, Yes, there must not be a partisan control of the voting procedure and Gerrymandering must cease, also, you could put an end to the "first past the post" system of voting, in exchange for some form of preferential voting system. The chosen President should reflect the "Popular Vote".
@@Wicky173It's not THAT simple either. Coastal urban areas are vastly more populated than central farmlands whose issues would be under represented in relation to their importance to National Security.
Sheila wade, we don't need both the Electoral College AND 2 senators per state. Both favor the minority. Enough is enough.
@@moocrazytn Like the Supreme Court, they are vestiges of Colonial Elitism and slavery. Gerrymandering and the filibuster are mostly used to obstruct Democracy. The Founding Plutocrats never intended Populists to rule. Now we know why.
This professor is so refreshing
3 words....Ranked Choice Voting.
Building cars and rocket ships is hard. Running the “town square” will be harder.
Americans will dodge that. They're going to play dumb, kill everything if they have to-. Blow up Truth itself-. To avoid making sense.
Can the current Congress Pass anything without Manchkin and Sinema❓
Those two are the problem.
Have you considered that destructive Democratic Party proposals and policies are the problem?
@@karlk9316
No
The large majority of proposals are needed and good.
Manchkin and Sinema are actually RepubliKKKans. PLAIN and SIMPLE
@@jaiyabyrd4177 Name calling is the most common form of propaganda and neither a logical argument nor evidence of some kind. Simple.
@@karlk9316
Here's another logical argument to add to the ones I've dropped already.....glad you got triggered, now go whine to somebody that gives 2 flips about you and your opinion ‼️
Comprendez
@@jaiyabyrd4177 Virtually all Biden - Harris policies, actions, and legislation is intentionally harmful to American citizens and destructive to the Republic. US Senators Manchkin and Sinema have voted against the most destructive legislation. If I recall correctly they voted for the infrastructure bill, which has been effectively blocked by new Biden - Harris environmental regulations. This kind of self contradictory behavior is perverse and deceptive. As Pres Trump said recently, our federal government is being run by people who are stupid.
No more honor System. Term limits. Mandatory retirement age. Emeritus status. 13 justices to oversee 13 Circuit Courts. Impeach AND remove the five perjurers. Reform the Supreme Court now!
Elect Supreme Court Justices, limit terms.
If all is lost he should tell us all is lost. I suspect it is because most of the democrat senators have given up or don't care enough to do the things that they should do.
One election cycle is not enough! What have YOU been doing to get the Senate where it needs to be???
**Any Rethuglicon in power is dangerous!!!** Period. So you are pissed that Mansion/Sinema are soulless sellouts & you're already giving up? WTF. Really. Then you are doing EXACTLY what all Rethuglicons & their greedy donors want you to do.
Vote every damn chance you get. How about organizing or phone banking to get others to do the same?
Democracy isn't a spectator sport.
Vote Blue. I don't love either party, but I realize that a big part of opposing these problems is to vote Dems in office.
The US has only one party. Corporate interest. It's an illusion of choice, like the Russia and China.
Why do we even need “districts” just count the votes . Eliminate electoral college & gerrymandering
He doesn't want viewers to think all hope is lost. I'm afraid it is for at least the next 30 years because that's about when the current justices will start retiring. I've been screaming about the importance of the federal appeals courts for years. Oh well now.
[15:00] That's assuming Musk cares about misinformation being spread on his platform. I don't think he will care (so long as he finds some benefit in it).
If you live in Georgia you can vote it either primary! I plan to vote in the GOP primary to vote against the MAGAQ candidates.
Same here, including MTG.
Do whatever you can now. Our window to fight is closing.
Any Rethuglicon in power is dangerous. Period.
Vote with that in mind.
This is what a post-classic society looks like. America as a free country will be a memory in 100 years.
This man is great...