March 14, 2024 – The New York Sun reports on an upcoming Supreme Court argument in the NRA v. Vullo matter. According to the Sun, an “epic First Amendment clash” surrounds the legal case – filed in 2018 by the NRA against former New York state financial regulator Maria T. Vullo.
According to the article, “The NRA – noting the immense power of New York financial regulators to oversee licensing, impose fines, and launch investigations – contends that the superintendent of the state’s Department of Financial Services, Maria Vullo – under the direction of Governor Cuomo – abused that power by encouraging insurers and banks to blacklist the NRA because of their distaste with the group’s Second Amendment advocacy.”
“If the NRA prevails, it will be positioned to pursue damages against Governor Cuomo, Maria Vullo, NYAG Letitia James, and the State of New York. The message will be loud and clear: the First Amendment belongs to the people, and public officials cannot wield government power to censor, suppress, or bankrupt their political enemies,” NRA’s counsel, William A. Brewer III, tells the Sun.
The case is important to any advocacy organizations that rely on First Amendment protections, he added.
See the report here: The Sun