Wednesday, May 6, 2015 3:49 PM UTC
CNN’s Chris Cuomo gets Twitter-spanked after boneheaded First Amendment gaffe
His claim that the "fighting words" exception applies to hate speech made for "fighting words" on Twitter
Topics: Chris Cuomo, Glenn Greenwald, ed morrissey, Popehat, First Amendment, john nolte, Twitter, Media News, News
It is increasingly difficult for those who identify on the left and right to find anything they agree upon, but this morning CNN anchor and law school graduate Chris Cuomo provided those across the political spectrum with some common ground.
Cuomo was hosting a Twitter conversation about the constitutionality of hate speech and wrote:
First Amendment experts, self-styled and actual and of all political stripes, jumped in to inform him of his wrongness:
Such a painfully dumb tweet! @ChrisCuomo: can you point to where this free speech "exception" is in US Constitution? https://t.co/Z4yCw7IrsQ
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 6, 2015
Ass. You are a disgrace to Fordham Law School, which only admitted you because of your famous father. https://t.co/RWEYvCUGEs
— Popehat (@Popehat) May 6, 2015
@ChrisCuomo hey, long time listener first time caller, looking for this in this constitution you speak of. Got a link?
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) May 6, 2015
@ChrisCuomo I did read the First Amendment, and still can't find the "hate speech" exception to free speech. Can you point it out for us?
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) May 6, 2015
Morning Twitter Update, 5.6.15: Chris Cuomo is getting the fighting words doctrine and First Amendment hilariously wrong.
— MC Kylo Ren (@jesseltaylor) May 6, 2015
Chris Cuomo phonically learned the dit-dit of law but has no basic understanding of law and rights. That's why all the dumb.
— John Nolte (@NolteNC) May 6, 2015
