NRA v Vullo - Strange bedfellows (ACLU defending NRA)

[JayDubya]

ACLU to represent NRA in NY free speech challenge​

“The government can’t blacklist an advocacy group because of its viewpoint.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...t-nra-in-ny-free-speech-challenge/ar-AA1lfVC3

 

[pmbug]

... the ACLU's Legal Director David Cole—an experienced Supreme Court advocate—is (the Times notes) planning on arguing.

The issue in the case is whether New York financial regulatory authorities coerced banks and insurance companies to cut off ties with the NRA and thus violated the First Amendment. ...

NRA and ACLU Teaming up on the First Amendment in NRA v. Vullo

I'm delighted to report (as Adam Liptak wrote in today's New York Times) that the ACLU will be representing the...

reason.com

This is more Operation Choke Point 2.0 in action.

 

[pmbug]

This report has a good overview of the issues in the case:

This NRA Supreme Court case has big implications for porn

The ACLU will represent the gun rights group in National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo.

reason.com

 

[searcher]

Court sympathetic to NRA’s free speech claim - SCOTUSblog

The Supreme Court on Monday appeared sympathetic to the National Rifle Association’s claim that a New York official violated the group’s right to freedom of speech when she urged banks and insurance companies that worked with the NRA to cut ties with the group. During just over an hour of oral argum

www.scotusblog.com

 

[pmbug]

... We're going to talk about an issue that's gotten a lot of coverage here, National Rifle Association versus Vullo. The reason is, as of this recording yesterday, the 18th of March, was the oral argument for that case, and I attended the oral argument. We're going to talk about what I observed and what it might mean. ...
...

More (long):

FinRegRant #6: Oral Arguments in NRA v. Vullo

Brian Knight’s thoughts on what he saw Monday at the Supreme Court

www.finregrag.com