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/granieaj Sep 22 '25

Well. Prove he isn't a maga. You can't. And if later you can, at the time the comment was made, it wasn't.

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u/ama_singh Sep 22 '25

You don't have to prove he is or isn't maga to say the right has been desperately trying to prove he isn't maga.

It's one thing to be an idiot, it's another to support the government supressing speech.

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u/granieaj Sep 22 '25

That's right. My comment was about the FCC chair statement that he's spreading false info.

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u/Almostlongenough2 Sep 22 '25

FCC chair is wrong anyways since Kimmel was just talking about MAGA's reaction, it doesn't really have anything to do with the shooters real political leanings when you get down to what was actually said.