There’s shunning an influencer for saying something deemed politically incorrect and then there’s the United States government taking a beloved comedian off the air for expressing a dissenting opinion ( “Look out for hypocrites on the left,” Sept. 24). The difference between these two scenarios is that one is protected by the First Amendment.

I’m perfectly able to “cancel” a wannabe political commentator on Instagram or even a real one on CNN if I so choose, because I, a student with no connections to the federal government, am not the body responsible for upholding the constitutional right to freedom of speech in America. However, when the government goes after a late-night talk show host to advance the political interests of a sitting president, it’s gross government overreach, a petu

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