The Supreme Court Just Gave Us Hope Æ Brownstone Institute

The Supreme Court handed down a victory for political freedom last week in National Rifle Association v. Vullo that may lay the groundwork for lawsuits featuring dissidents against the Covid regime, including Berenson v. Biden and Murthy v. Missouri.

In Vullo, the Court considered whether the New York Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services violated the NRA s First Amendment rights when she launched a campaign to coerce private actors to punish or suppress the NRA s gun-promotion activities. MariaVullo and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo met with executives at insurance companies doing business with the NRA to threaten the companies with adverse regulatory proceedings unless they ceased their relationships with the NRA. 

In a unanimous opinion, Justice Sotomayor ruled that this campaign, if proven true at trial, was illegal. Vullo was free to criticize the NRA and pursue the conceded violations of New York insurance law, the Court held. She could not wield her power, however, to threaten enforcement actions against DFS-regulated entities in order to punish or suppress the NRA s gun-promotion advocacy.  

The case offers direct parallels to the censorship of Covid-related information. The Biden White House repeatedly worked through third parties including Meta, Twitter, and Google to censor disfavored information. 

via brownstone.org

I *knew* the First Amendment and the Rule of Law were good ideas! From the first time I heard of them, whilst I was but a wee lad, I thought “what a good idea!” And now the Supreme Court confirms my wisdom. Way to go, Supreme Court! Unanimous too.