"We can do this the easy way or the hard way," Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, told a right-wing podcaster, "this" being the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel. ADVERTISEMENT"You can't go around firing somebody because you're fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian — a criminal — administration in the Oval Office. That's just not how this works," David Letterman said, referring to Kimmel's suspension as a sign of "dictatorship." Susan Estrich commentary Tribune graphicBut we just saw it happen. This Susan Estrich commentary is her opinion.