December 9, 2023 - The New York Times reported today on the ACLU joining the Brewer firm as co-counsel in the NRA’s First Amendment case against former New York State financial regulator Maria T. Vullo.
The case has become among the most closely watched First Amendment cases in the country. The United States Supreme Court agreed to hear the case on November 3, 2023.
As reported, “…when the Supreme Court agreed to hear the NRA’s free speech challenge to what it said were a New York official’s efforts to blacklist it, one of the lawyers had a bold idea. Why not ask the ACLU to represent it before justices?”
“The NRA might be thought of as the 800-pound gorilla on the Second Amendment…clearly, the ACLU is the 800-pound gorilla on the First Amendment,” firm partner William Brewer told the Times.
Joining Brewer in representing the NRA are ACLU Legal Director David Cole, attorney Eugene Volokh, firm partner Sarah B. Rogers and firm counsel Noah B. Peters.
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