Giuliani claims the First Amendment lets him lie – 3 essential reads
But he says the women suffered no harm – and claims that his lies are protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
- But he says the women suffered no harm – and claims that his lies are protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
- The Conversation U.S. has published several articles by scholars explaining what the First Amendment – which, broadly speaking, protects freedom of speech and the press – does and doesn’t say.
- Not all speech is protected
The First Amendment’s protections are not absolute, wrote Lynn Greenky, a communications scholar at Syracuse University. - In his recent court filing, Giuliani appears to be saying the election workers weren’t harmed by his statements.