Subject: Re: ABC Axes Jimmy Kimmel
As you are a litigator and as such an extensive trained public speaker - and upthread you reminded your cohort here about "reading the room" - do you think your explanation above will land in the current environment?

It should land just fine. The limited question of whether Carr had any statutory authority to make the threat he did is a pretty narrow one - and Carr (like Bondi) is being criticized from all over the political spectrum for asserting that the government has any role in telling private parties that odious or hateful speech should be prohibited. Few folks are getting upset over folks having respectful conversations about what Kirk's assassination does mean, and should mean, for how the government and private parties handle acrimonious or contentious speech.

In case you're interested, the below is a fairly solid discussion of why what Carr did was so wrongful:

https://reason.com/volokh/2025...