⚖️Supreme Court Unanimously Rules for NRA
Today, in a stinging rebuke of New York’s “blacklisting campaign” against the NRA, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled for the NRA in its case against former New York State Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo. pic.twitter.com/l8vuVFSuqq
— NRA (@NRA) May 31, 2024
🚨BREAKING🚨
9-0 victory at the Supreme Court in NRA v. Vullo—a case where GOA and GOF filed an amicus brief.
This case is all about "reputational risk," a fake term used by Democrats to de-bank the firearm industry and attack the Second Amendment.
— Gun Owners Foundation (@GunFoundation) May 30, 2024
The Supreme "Court" is compromised
— Saro (@SethHenrySeth) May 30, 2024
The Associated Press reports:
WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against a former New York state official over claims she pressured companies to blacklist it following the deadly 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Giving the NRA a new chance to prove its case, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that “the critical takeaway is that the First Amendment prohibits government officials from wielding their power selectively to punish or suppress speech.”
The NRA said ex-New York state Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria Vullo violated its free-speech rights during her investigation of NRA-endorsed insurance policies. The group had been working with insurance companies to offer its members Carry Guard policies that covered losses caused by firearms, even when the insured person intentionally killed or hurt somebody. Critics have called the policies “murder insurance.”
In an unusual alignment, the NRA was represented in the case by the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Biden administration argued some of its claims should go forward.
“This is a landmark victory for the NRA and all who care about our First Amendment freedom,” NRA attorney William A. Brewer III said, accusing New York government officials of abusing their power to silence the group.
Neal Katyal, Vullo’s attorney at the Supreme Court, predicted Vullo would ultimately win the case. “Ms. Vullo did not violate anyone’s First Amendment rights. Ms. Vullo enforced the insurance law against admitted violations by insurance entities,” Katyal said in a statement.
The Supreme Court ruling favoring the NRA, which is based in Fairfax, Virginia, reverses a lower-court decision tossing out the gun rights group’s lawsuit against Vullo. The decision means the NRA’s lawsuit can go forward, but it does not decide the merits of the claim. It also should not be read to shield the NRA and other advocacy groups from regulation, Sotomayor said.
But, she wrote, the NRA’s complaint “plausibly alleges that Vullo threatened to wield her power against those refusing to aid her campaign to punish the NRA’s gun-promotion advocacy. If true, that violates the First Amendment.”
Here’s Maria Vullo. She wants your guns.
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— ItalianAmericanWomen (@NOIAW) September 10, 2018
The SCOTUS is corrupt and illegitimate. Their opinions mean nothing at this point as the court has become another arm of the MAGA movement towards fascism.
— Dan Receptor (@HigherElevated) May 30, 2024
“Towards fascism”, eh?
Here’s food for thought:
Mussolini created fascism to fight against Communism.
Interesting how Communist Hollywood, the Communist news media and their indoctrination school system all really hate fascism.
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