Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Garrett Gravley
“That Trump’s administration chilled protected speech notwithstanding the law is distressing. Jawboning is unconstitutional, as the Supreme Court unanimously held last year in NRA v. Vullo. In that case, the state of New York pressured financial institutions and insurance companies to sever ties with the gun rights organization in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in the opinion, ‘Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.’ Yet that is exactly what happened here. We just witnessed the FCC attempt to coerce Disney to suppress Kimmel’s speech, just as New York attempted to coerce financial institutions to suppress the NRA’s advocacy.” (09/29/25)
https://www.thefire.org/news/jimmy-kimmel-back-dont-get-complacent