"Bonta wrote that California "is home to a great many artists, entertainers, and other individuals who every day exercise their right to free speech and free expression," and that Carr's demands of Disney threatened their 1st Amendment rights."
""As the Supreme Court held over sixty years ago and unanimously reaffirmed just last year, 'the First Amendment prohibits government officials from relying on the threat of invoking legal sanctions and other means of coercion to achieve the suppression of disfavored speech,'" Bonta wrote."
"After Disney announced Monday that Kimmel's show would be returning to ABC, Bonta said he was "pleased to hear ABC is reversing course on its capitulation to the FCC's unlawful threats," but that his "concerns stand.""
California Attorney General Rob Bonta accused FCC Chairman Brendan Carr of unlawfully intimidating television broadcasters to toe a conservative line in favor of President Trump and urged Carr to reverse course. Bonta cited ABC's removal of Jimmy Kimmel Live! after Kimmel commented on the killing of Charlie Kirk and noted Carr demanded Disney "take action" against the host. Bonta warned that Carr's demands threatened First Amendment rights, quoting the Supreme Court on prohibiting coercion to suppress disfavored speech. Carr and President Trump denied involvement, saying ratings were the cause; Disney later announced Kimmel's return.
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