Biden Says No Amendment Is Absolute

[BmorePat87]

Having read the text, Biden seems to referring to both the concept of rights and amendments, though primarily the idea of no right being absolute. Within the context, it's fine to use it interchangeably as he did. Either way, in both cases he is correct.

Amendments are not absolute. They can be repealed and replaced. Rights are not absolute or "pure". There are limits to all rights, though his example about the 1st Amendment is incorrect. You absolutely can yell fire in a crowded theater. The idea that you can't comes from the decision for Schenck (1919) but that was overturned by Brandenburg (1969).