I never watched much Nick Rekieta back when he was well-liked, but from what I understand, I don't think he was ever particularly knowledgable about the law. I think people liked his personality and format, which are both completely tarnished beyond much repair.
If you care: I really was entirely different to Nick Rekieta until I saw this clip:
I was only following Elissa Clips just because she posted MATI clips. Watching this drunken faggot laugh his ass because a website was illegally being taken off the Internet while claiming to care about freedom of speech inspired a hatred that I still feel to this day.
Edit: Changed link to media