During his monologue At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, comedian Hasan Minhaj criticized Donald Trump for not understanding the First Amendment — and in doing so, showed he — Minhaj — does not understand the First Amendment. He said:
“The man who tweets everything the enters his head, refuses to acknowledge the amendment that allows him to do it.”
No, the amendment does not allow him or us to do anything. In theory it does nothing more than recognize a natural right to freedom that exists independent of the Constitution and of the state.
I’ve yet to hear that anyone in the media, which so reveres the First Amendment, corrected Minjah.
