Hollywood is still reeling over Disney and ABC’s decision to pull the Jimmy Kimmel Show off the air in the wake of his comments about the alleged killer of Charlie Kirk.

Now legal experts are debating the role of the Trump administration in that decision and whether what was done was a violation of the First Amendment.

“Going after a media network because you don’t like the opinions espoused by one of its hosts is completely against the Constitution,” said University of Chicago Legal Scholar Jonathan Masur. “ABC is a private company and they can suspend Jimmy Kimmel if they want to. But what’s frightening is the FCC threatening to revoke their broadcast license if they don’t suspend him.”

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said on CNBC that it’s a mistake to focus on the specifics of the Kimme

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