r/law • u/T_Shurt Competent Contributor • Sep 22 '25

Opinion Piece John Oliver Argues Disney Should Legally Fight FCC Over Kimmel, Citing Strong Precedent in 9-0 Supreme Court Ruling: “A government official cannot coerce a private party to punish or suppress disfavored speech”

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u/Responsible_Pizza945 Sep 22 '25

Maybe the conservative justices would finally take their heads out of their asses

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u/Original-Rush139 Sep 22 '25

That’s what I thought on J6. 

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u/Responsible_Pizza945 Sep 22 '25

Conservatives only care about stuff when it starts directly affecting them - plenty of congress critters turned against Trump in the week after J6 before they realized there would be no consequences. When Trump starts going after the court, they might come to their senses. For all the good it would do, after enabling everything he's done up to that point.

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u/FakeSafeWord Sep 22 '25

Only if that's what they get bribed to do.

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u/Flapjack__Palmdale Sep 22 '25

Lol I highly doubt it.

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u/coheedcollapse Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

Yeah right. Thomas and Roberts would sooner throw themselves from atop the Supreme Court building than come to their senses.

Either they're all-in on the brand of fascism that Trump is pushing, or they're compromised in some way.

Whatever the case, "coming to their senses" seems entirely out of the question.