Supreme Court to hear First Amendment challenge to New York's financial 'blacklisting' of NRA
FOX NewsMAR 15 2024
The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled unanimously Thursday to allow the National Rifle Association (NRA) to continue its free speech lawsuit against a former New York state regulator. The ruling overturns a lower court's dismissal of the case.
The lawsuit involves the former head of the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS), Maria Vullo, who several years ago encouraged insurance companies she was investigating to cut ties with the NRA.
In 2017, the DFS investigated a product used by insurance companies called Carry Guard, which provides liability coverage for things such as gun injuries and criminal defense — concluding it violated state insurance law.
Vullo sought to use her influential government office to scare businesses out of supporting the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Unfortunately for her and her fellow gun-grabbing New York politicians, every justice on the high court exposed her illegal schemes on the national stage.
Vullo may have taken things too far, but that doesn't mean she was wrong about Carry Guard, which essentially offers to pay the legal fees of anyone who shoots another person. Unfortunately, this ruling is going to allow the NRA to continue to promote the use of deadly weapons in the US.