This week Craig Benzine takes a first look at the judicial branch. It’s pretty easy to forget that the courts, and the laws that come out of them, affect our lives on a daily basis. But how exactly these decisions are made and where each law’s jurisdiction starts and ends can get pretty complicated. So complicated in fact that you may want to smash something. But don’t worry, Craig will clear the way.
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Joshua Knight says
November 6, 2015 at 6:32 PMBIG BROTHER IS WATCHING
-1984 by George Owell
Treesa Karm says
November 6, 2015 at 7:27 PMIt's ILLEGAL to use a LEGAL NAME. Google "Legal name fraud" and you will see why.
levi post says
November 6, 2015 at 8:10 PMthis video is so full with info but mann you talk so fucking fast, im not a native speaker. i had to pause the vid like every 3 seconds to understand what you just said
masdifso1 says
November 6, 2015 at 8:29 PMhis timing doe…
squidgysailor says
November 6, 2015 at 9:27 PMHi, I know that this is free and I appreciate the hard work. But if I were to make a friendly request. could you please keep the "jokes" out? probably not my cup of tea – I find it distracting and quite annoying the type that you look at the guy and go "what." On a more objective note – the jokes makes it hard for me to follow your real points..
cdrthire says
November 6, 2015 at 9:40 PMYou guys are awesome. Thank You.
Matthew Moore says
November 6, 2015 at 9:48 PMThis gets a thumbs up for the Sturgill Simpson reference alone.
Cycling in Edmonton from the Eyes of a Teen says
November 6, 2015 at 10:21 PMI would also add to the pay rules of judges is that all their salaries for the same position (all 9 justices on the supreme court for example, or all the judges on the federal trial courts regardless of location) must be uniform, and must not increase except for what is required to allow for inflation.
AcentricOm says
November 6, 2015 at 10:39 PMMan, you had the chance to make a law and the Hulk joke and you DIDN'T use She-Hulk, aka Jennifer Walters attorney-at-law?
J Swanson says
November 6, 2015 at 11:36 PMCraig, I'll be honest. I didn't think anyone could fill the CC void of John Green.
As a nerdfighter and an addict of these kinds of videos, I decided to give your series a shot and Sir, GOOD WORK 🙂
It's great to see you get comfortable in front of the camera and the eagle punches crack me up. Often.
Cheers :)
Sarah Silinovich says
November 7, 2015 at 12:22 AMI love your videos, but can you PLEASE SLOW DOWN? I want to hear what you are saying, but I cant keep up:-)
HappyBarbarian says
November 7, 2015 at 1:07 AMThanks Craig! I've learned more about government and politics in a couple months of your show than 4 years of high school, 4 years of college and 4 years of military pol/mil training
Weebus says
November 7, 2015 at 2:04 AMOkay, that eagle punch was actually funny. Credit where it's due.
s4ujcd says
November 7, 2015 at 2:59 AMI AM DA LAW!!!!!!!!!
pete275 says
November 7, 2015 at 3:21 AMdid he say "this is crash course civics"?
Grace Petersen says
November 7, 2015 at 4:12 AMSo I just subscribed to crash course….. Then YouTube crashed.
TheFireflyGrave says
November 7, 2015 at 4:22 AMCraig better hope that eagle isn't litigious…
je0ls says
November 7, 2015 at 5:03 AMYou need $75,000 or more and have parties from different states in a dispute for federal jurisdiction. (he says $70,000)
Raymond Wang says
November 7, 2015 at 5:11 AMMy teacher showed us the crash course series and now everyone in my class is hooked.
Dang your videos are great, CC!