And while we're at it, can we get them to stop going on about how other countries don't have a 'first amendment'? The reason they don't have a 'first amendment' is that they don't have the US Constitution. Funny thing that. Seriously though, the hosts need to take note that just about every country has some kind of legal/constitutional p…
And while we're at it, can we get them to stop going on about how other countries don't have a 'first amendment'? The reason they don't have a 'first amendment' is that they don't have the US Constitution. Funny thing that. Seriously though, the hosts need to take note that just about every country has some kind of legal/constitutional protection for free expression - they just don't go quite as far as the US in valuing it over other interests like reputation, physical safety. The UK is a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights and its laws have been heavily shaped by that for decades.
And while we're at it, can we get them to stop going on about how other countries don't have a 'first amendment'? The reason they don't have a 'first amendment' is that they don't have the US Constitution. Funny thing that. Seriously though, the hosts need to take note that just about every country has some kind of legal/constitutional protection for free expression - they just don't go quite as far as the US in valuing it over other interests like reputation, physical safety. The UK is a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights and its laws have been heavily shaped by that for decades.