Does the First Amendment apply in Jimmy Kimmel's suspension?

Late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel's suspension is provoking several questions about the First Amendment, the right to free speech and what this controversy might mean for the future.

"In the U.S., the right to free speech means that you have the right to share and hear even unpopular and controversial views, especially political," Raleigh Levine, a professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, explained to WCCO. "The First Amendment keeps the government from arresting people, executing people and from fining people for speech."

Still, while the protections apply to the government, Levine stressed that the First Amendment does not prohibit a private business from taking action against an employee or customer based on speech.

"They have the freedom to decide certain views are not consist