| ▲ | FredPret 18 hours ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
He has a right to say whatever he says, but surely his private employer have a right to fire him for it? He has a right to speak his mind, not to have a show. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | queenkjuul 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
The FCC does not have the legal right to threaten him for what he said | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
> surely his private employer have a right to fire him for it? Short answer: depends on his contract. Longer answer: if ABC fired him because of illegal threats from Carr, one could construct the argument that ABC and Carr conspired illegally to subvert Kimmel’s First Amendment rights. (Whether this is legal nonsense is beyond me.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | bandyaboot 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Did you even read the piece? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||