A Different Claus(e)

The Fifth Amendment wears a Santa hat.

Austin Bragg | 12.20.2023 2:59 PM

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A little girl gets a holiday visit from Takings Clause.

Video Editor: Austin Bragg
Video Editor: Meredith Bragg
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Chumby 2 years ago

The devil wears Prada diapers.

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jasonfarrell 2 years ago

funny

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Á àß äẞç ãþÇđ âÞ¢Đæ ǎB€Ðëf ảhf 2 years ago

I almost didn't recognize Takings, looked too skinny. Has he been on a diet?

Excellent skit.

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TJJ2000 2 years ago

'just compensation' = a pocket constitution... lol...
'public use' = my brother (all too familiar).

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Stuck in California 2 years ago

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Stuck in California 2 years ago

Well, edit is still busted.

Anyway, I said "Great closed captioning" and pointed out the sad puppet noises

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Naime Bond 2 years ago

The pocket Constitution does not come close to the just compensation requirement that mandates (among other things) “a full and perfect equivalent for the property taken...' Pretty easy case to win. But if you are going to whine like the puppet and believe the BS heard in the video, then you are going to lose the fight before it begins. On the flooding case it currently has 80 plaintiff's and is now active and will be argued before the Supreme Court - which took the case under certiorari (99% of which requests are rejected) - the video lies with it's 'tough luck' nonsense (Texas has waived it's immunity) making it sound as if citizens have no recourse.

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1. Á àß äẞç ãþÇđ âÞ¢Đæ ǎB€Ðëf ảhf 2 years ago
  
  The Constitution hasn't been worth what it's written on since John Adams threw newspaper editors in jail for insulting him, just 7 years after the First Amendment was passed.
  
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2. JoeJoetheIdiotCircusBoy 2 years ago
  
  Bet you complained Alice in Wonderland wasn't an accurate representation of reality after you saw it too.
  
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3. LIBertrans 2 years ago
  
  Observe that ALL arguments to the effect that the Political State MUST NOW send men with guns to coerce or we're all gonna die base the claim on imaginary facts that will only materialize if certain presumptuous assumptions are not falsified. Here the assumption is that Long Dong, Palito, KKKavanaugh, Gorbasuch and Mutterkreuz Mom will take time off from enslaving and killing women (because TR and Herbert Hoover's "New Race") to see outcoes about the Texas horse ranch being inconvenienced. We'll be back to this story after customs libel, faith-based asset forfeiture and robbery with service pistols complaints are all laughed out of La Suprema. Stay tuned...
  
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  1. Ersatz 2 years ago
    
    was that a cry for help on your part?
    Here the assumption is that Long Dong, Palito, KKKavanaugh, Gorbasuch and Mutterkreuz Mom will take time off from enslaving and killing women
    you are pathetic...
    grow a vagina or man up!
    
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4. Agammamon 2 years ago
  
  >the video lies with it’s ‘tough luck’ nonsense (Texas has waived it’s immunity) making it sound as if citizens have no recourse.
  
  Tell that to Kelo
  
  Secondly, citizens have no recours *unless the government waives its self-granted immunity from lawsuit*.
  
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Fist of Etiquette 2 years ago

I find this video acceptable for my entertainment needs.

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jameshatt007 2 years ago

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