Larry Flynt, Jimmy Kimmel, and the First Amendment

When it comes to the Trump regime's attacks on freedom of speech, we're somewhere between the third and fourth alarm of a five-alarm fire.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
— First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

Larry Flynt was probably best known as the publisher of Hustler, a “girlie magazine” that pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable content. Flynt was unapologetic for the content of his magazine and, if sales of his magazine were any indication, there was a huge market for what he was peddling. It made him a millionaire many times over.

But Larry Flynt is probably known most for becoming an unintentional First Amendment advocate. He found himself in court multiple times on obscenity charges. His First Amendment challenges culminated …