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The One Political Issue That Unites All of Us

Corporate welfare. It's corporate welfare. 

Thanks to Patreon supporter Joe Cook for inspiring me to make this video. I think you all will dig it. 

Also, thanks for your continued support on here.

The Gay Wedding Cake Case | Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

Don't get it twisted- the wedding cake itself was not gay. However, the wedding cake was for a same-sex wedding. I'm sorry for any misunderstanding.

It's another episode of Supreme Court Briefs! The 75th episode, as matter of fact! This was quite a recent case, but quite a doozy. I still don't know exactly where I stand on the decision. I'...

The House of Representatives and Senate Compared

I had more fun making this video than I've had making most videos. A special thanks to Kyle Wernimont for appearing in and helping me make this video. He is my former student teacher and I am honored to still keep in touch with him and be his friend. I can't wait until he casually plays this video to his 8th graders with no context. :)

Tha...

Memphis and Nashville Compared

We filmed on location for this Compared video. What a treat it was to get to visit both cities for a few days back in April. As many of you already know, I'm a pretty big music fan, so these are two of my favorite cities in the country by far. That said, Nashville is getting too crowded, dad gomit. Oh dang, I sounded like an old person there. I'...

Do You Have Rights If You're Under 18? | In re Gault

In episode 74 of Supreme Court Briefs, two teenage boys get arrested for being obscene to a woman in an apparent prank telephone call.

It ended up being the prank call that led to kids having constitutional rights, so I'd say it was the most important prank call of all time. :)

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Reading an Anti-Socialism Children's Book

I will preface this by saying that I generally don't like socialism. At least, I don't think it's a good approach at the federal level for a country as big as the United States. Locally, I think it could definitely work, especially within a single company. 

Anyway, I don't like indoctrination more than I don't like socialism. I was he...

How do you know if something is true?

After several delays, I am so excited to finally be releasing this one. It's been a long time coming. I put off making it for awhile initially since I was so worried about getting it correct. Overall, I'm proud of how it turned out. 

But what do YOU think? Is that truly true? Is the truthiness of this video truthy enough for truth tel...

The Most Terrifying President in American History

Wow, what an experience it was making this video. I learned a lot and spent a lot of time on it. It's my longest and most epic President video yet. I tried to cut a lot out of Jackson's story, but his story is just so darn interesting that it was extremely difficult to cut much out. Sure, the video is nearly 45 minutes long, but...

The First Supreme Court Case That Mattered | Chisholm v. Georgia

In episode 73 of Supreme Court Briefs, the Georgia government borrows money from a dude and never pays it back, which is kind of messed up. What results ultimately leads to the passing of the 11th Amendment and the first major Supreme Court decision in American history.

Now that I've written my book, expect many more of these episodes to c...

When Boys Wore Dresses

I don't know what's more controversial. The topic of this video or how I pronounce "breeches." :)

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I wrote another book!

For the past year or so, I've been writing a book all about the Supreme Court of the United States of America. I'm happy to announce that it's finally available. My main goal for the book was to make the Court accessible to a wider audience, so hopefully this is not a boring read. It features 100 of the most important (imho) Supreme Court cases ...

Calgary and Edmonton Compared

This one is not going to come out for awhile, but I am posting it here for you now since I am going on vacation for the next two weeks!

A shout out to Patreon supporter Adam Christians for providing much of the animations for this video. He does amazing work. Be sure to subscribe to his channel, Moonlight Productions.

Thank you so mu...

Vice Presidents Can Serve Forever

Here's another "fun-fact" Short. You can share the information you learned in this video at parties and automatically become the coolest person in the room.

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How A Kid Bringing a Gun to School Led to the Federal Government Losing Power | U.S. v. Lopez

In episode 72 of Supreme Court Briefs, a kid brings a gun to school, but ends up winning in court. Who knew?

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The Real Reason Why the United States Is Constantly at War

Why does the United States spend so much on its military?  Well, there are several reasons, which I go over in this video.

However, there’s another, much more nefarious, reason why the United States government spends so much gosh darn money on its military, and that’s the military industrial complex. That's the main focus of my ne...

The Baseball Game Between the KKK and a Negro League Team

When I first found out about this event, I was in disbelief, but sure enough, it did happen. Here's the story of the time a KKK baseball team played a Negro League Baseball League team. It happened in 1925. Despite the racism of the time, it went surprisingly well.

Oh, and stick around 'til the end of the video- a fun fact is hidden in the...

The War Your American History Teachers Probably Didn't Tell You About

I finally covered the Philippine-American War. I hope I did a sufficient job explaining it. 

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The Dominican Republic and Haiti Compared

Edit: I had to re-upload the video since the first one got age-restricted. Fingers crossed this one is ok!

Compared returns, this time to the island of Hispaniola. It's crazy that this island is two countries to begin with. Sadly, xenophobia and racism may prevent the two countries from uniting any time soo...

Presidents Who Ran for a Third Term

Sure, you know about FDR, but did you know that there were four other Presidents who attempted to run for a third term?

In case you did not, um....now you do.

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The Supreme Court Case that Changed the Rights of Workers for Decades (Lochner v. New York)

In episode 71 of Supreme Court Briefs, a baker gets arrested and fined after working his workers too much. 

As a reminder, these videos perform horribly. I am only motivated to make them since I enjoy them, a small number of you all enjoy them, and American history and government teachers often find them useful. Because of this series...

That Time Shoes Attacked the President

George W. Bush remains the only president in American history to survive a shoe attack. Here is the story of that fateful event.

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Every Impeachment in American History

Who's impeached? Well, in this video, I go through every impeachment in American history. As far as I can tell, I'm the only one insane enough to make a video about this so far.

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I'm hosting a private livestream with Patreon supporters

To celebrate 750,000 subscribers on YouTube, I'm hosting a private livestream with for all Patreon supporters this Saturday, April 1st (this is not a joke, though...I'm really doing this) from 2pm to 3pm Central time. 

I'll basically just be reading your comments and taking your questions. It will be here: 2023-03-28 14:46:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Can the President really suspend habeas corpus?

In my opinion, no. But that's just my legal opinion. In this Short, I look at whether or not an American President actually has the authority to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, the requirement that a person under arrest is brought before a judge or into a court to know why they are arrested.

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What if the United States DID get a national divorce?

Recently, U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene Tweeted that she was in support of a "national divorce," and that led to a national dialogue here in the United States. In this video, I attempt to examine what a "national divorce" in the United States would look like.

Spoiler alert- I don't think a "national divorce" is going to happen...

Every President's Favorite Drink

After I made my Every President's Favorite Food video, I knew I'd have to make this one, especially after visiting a bar and grill in Arvada, Colorado that highlights presidential drinks.

Researching for this one was surprisingly a bit tricky. Who knew that there would be so much misinformation online about the favorite beverages of Americ...

Why Most People Lose Defamation Lawsuits | New York Times v. Sullivan

Supreme Court Briefs returns with another landmark case, this time New York Times v. Sullivan. I thought it was particularly relevant considering all the 2020 election Big Lie lawsuit trials happening right now, particularly the massive lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News. 

Which Supreme Court case should I cover for t...

Why is the Great Salt Lake two colors?

When researching the Denver and Salt Lake City Compared video, I came across the fact that the lake is two different colors, and I was surprised to learn that this wasn't common knowledge! So uh...yeah...that's why I made this video. 

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Denver and Salt Lake City Compared

It's always fun for me to make a video about two places I know quite a bit about. In particular, I didn't have to research Denver much, since that's one of my favorite cities to visit. I've been there at least a dozen times and have friends who live there, after all. While I've been to SLC technically a couple times, it was also nice to have the...

How Life Expectancy Is Misleading

I am more proud of this short than any of the others I've made thus far. I think the data explains a lot!