Supreme Court Unanimously Backs NRA in Free Speech Showdown

NRA lawsuit can continue.

The decision breathes new life into the NRA’s lawsuit against former New York official Maria Vullo, accused of strong-arming financial institutions to ditch the NRA after the Parkland shooting in 2018. Previously, a lower court had brushed off the NRA’s complaints, but now, the high court says, “Not so fast!”

ACLU a surprising ally for the NRA and our constitutional rights.

With the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) stepping in as their unexpected champion, the NRA argued that Vullo, in her role as the head honcho of the New York Department of Financial Services, wielded her regulatory clout to blacklist them.

According to the NRA, Vullo issued not-so-subtle “guidance” to banks and insurance companies to cut ties with the NRA, dangling the carrot of regulatory leniency for those who played ball. The NRA cried foul, calling it an unconstitutional gag attempt.

Censorship and targeting: the Democrat way.

David Cole, the ACLU’s national legal guru, told the Supreme Court that government officials can’t just use their power to gag political adversaries. “Today’s decision confirms that government officials have no business using their regulatory authority to blacklist disfavored political groups,” he declared.

Even Democratic Justice Sonia Sotomayor surprisingly echoed this sentiment in her opinion, stressing that discrimination based on viewpoint is toxic to a free and democratic society.