{"id":2726,"date":"2026-06-29T17:40:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:40:05","slug":"supreme-court-justice-neil-gorsuch-cites-fcc-chairmans-jimmy-kimmel-criticism-as-evidence-of-agency-overreach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2726","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Cites FCC Chairman\u2019s Jimmy Kimmel Criticism as Evidence of Agency Overreach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg> <span>Logo text<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\tIn a landmark ruling announced Monday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a landmark precedent known as Humphrey\u2019s Executor, giving the President vastly more control an authority over federal agencies like the SEC, FTC and FCC.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2724\">Modern Love: Dating Shows Are Out, Book Adaptations Are So In<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe ruling, Trump v. Slaughter, was about an FTC commissioner, Rebecca Slaughter, who was terminated from her position by President Trump without cause. The court, in a 6-3 decision by Chief Justice John Roberts (with the three Democratic appointees dissenting) ruled that the firing was legal, overturning the 91-year old precedent in the process.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe decision will inevitably have consequences for business in the media, entertainment technology space, with the FTC and FCC taking active roles in regulating those areas (not to mention the SEC, among other agencies). <\/p>\n<p>\n\tBut it is a concurring opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch that may be of most interest to Hollywood: He cites FCC Chairman Brendan Carr\u2019s public criticism of ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel as evidence that the agency may have too much power, while warning of the \u201cimplications\u201d of the decision.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRoberts does not delve much unto the FCC (aside from citing FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.) but Gorsuch does, writing:<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIndependent agencies today hold tremendous sway over the Nation\u2019s affairs. They regulate our businesses, and our financial markets. They set the rules for the internet and airwaves. They decide how we light our homes, how we run our elections, and the manner of our employment. They determine what toys our children will play with, and how we interact with each other at work. And, as the dissent explains, so much more,\u201d he writes. \u201cOften, these agencies do all this with hardly any statutory guidance, based on broad grants of legislative authority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHe proceeds to cite the SEC\u2019s 2024 rules on climate disclosure, and the FTC\u2019s attempt to ban non-compete clauses, before adding: \u201cAnd then there\u2019s late-night comedy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cLast year, taking objection to a network host\u2019s on-air remarks, the Chairman of the FCC suggested there would be \u2018additional work . . . ahead\u2019 for the agency if broadcasting companies did not \u2018find ways to . . . take action.\u2019 The Benny Show, Sept. 17, 2025 (\u2018[W]e can do this the easy way or the hard way\u2019).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2722\">Jeremy Allen White Knew \u2018The Bear\u2019 Ending for Two Years<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThat was a reference, of course, to Carr\u2019s threat to Kimmel last year, which sparked a brief ABC suspension.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tABC is currently fighting with the FCC over two separate issues: An investigation related to the agency\u2019s equal opportunity rules, focused on <em>The View<\/em>, and a request to review its broadcast licenses, which came just a day after President Trump criticized Kimmel on social media. Carr said that the license renewal was \u201cunrelated\u201d to Kimmel, and was about Disney\u2019s DEI policies, though the timing certainly raised eyebrows.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGorsuch\u2019s opinion may be a concurrence, not part of the majority opinion, but it does suggest that there are conservatives on the court who are skeptical of the FCC\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThough as Gorsuch also notes, with the power now more firmly in the President\u2019s hands, the ruling will also raise new questions, and will likely require more action from Congress, or more clarifying decisions from the Court itself. And he once again appears to reference Disney and the FCC:<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThe whole of the President\u2019s authority also may be greater than the sum of its parts,\u201d he writes. \u201cIt would be one thing if today\u2019s decision afforded the White House more control over the airwaves. Or financial markets. Or energy. But Presidents now will enjoy waxing authority over all those areas and more. <\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cA business out of favor with the party in control of the White House might be able to stave off an FCC investigation,\u201d he adds. \u201cBut can it survive a subsequent FTC rule declaring unlawful one of its longstanding trade practices? What about an in-house adjudication by OSHA? Or a prosecution for a new crime the SEC announces? Not to mention what these now-coordinated powers could do to disfavored individuals who lack the resources needed to fend off such attacks. It may be true that after today there is no more \u2018fourth branch\u2019 of government. 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