I don’t know how many people remember Hustler magazine with Larry Flynt (and I have no idea if the magazine even still exists, actually don’t care BUT) I’t worth remembering though, that Flynt had a free speech issue that the Supreme Court voted on in HUSTLER MAGAZINE and Larry C. Flynt, Petitioners v. Jerry FALWELL.
Held: In order to protect the free flow of ideas and opinions on matters of public interest and concern, the First and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit public figures and public officials from recovering damages for the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress by reason of the publication of a caricature such as the ad parody at issue without showing in addition that the publication contains a false statement of fact which was made with “actual malice,” i.e., with knowledge that the statement was false or with reckless disregard as to whether or not it was true. The State’s interest in protecting public figures from emotional distress is not sufficient to deny First Amendment protection to speech that is patently offensive and is intended to inflict emotional injury when that speech could not reasonably have been interpreted as stating actual facts about the public figure involved. Here, respondent is clearly a “public figure” for First Amendment purposes, and the lower courts’ finding that the ad parody was not reasonably believable must be accepted. “Outrageousness” in the area of political and social discourse has an inherent subjectiveness about it which would allow a jury to impose liability on the basis of the jurors’ tastes or views, or perhaps on the basis of their dislike of a particular expression, and cannot, consistently with the First Amendment, form a basis for the award of damages for conduct such as that involved here. Pp. 50-57.
Trump is a weak little whiner who cannot bear to be made fun of so he has had a vendetta against ANYONE that has satirized him. The weird thing for example, is that Jimmy Kimmel called home out for his selfish comments after Charlie Kirk died, Trump hated that what he actually said, the truth with callousness was shown and there was not a glorious light from above causing people to worship him instead of god.
This creep spent more time talking about how he was building a ballroom than he did about Kirk. This felon is a selfish asshole
THIS is what Jimmy Kimmel made fun of and rightly so.
So, you get it? Trump was offended because Kimmel made fun of him for his reaction to the death of Charlie Kirk but he is not supposed to abridge Kimmel’s freedom of speech. Whether Trump liked him or not, it is NOT THE JOB OF THE PRESIDENT to interfere with first amendment rights. He could have ignored Kimmel and Colbert, changed the channel, etc but no, he had to stick his big orange face in the middle of it.
