That First Amendment interpretation was upheld May 30 by a unanimous decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case National Rifle Association v. Vullo.
Americans differ on the meaning and interpretation of the Second Amendment “right to keep and bear arms.” But there’s almost complete agreement on a nearly absolute guarantee of the First Amendment right against the government “abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.”
The respondent was Maria Vullo, the superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services from 2016-2019. The NRA charged she used her official capacity to, in the court’s summary, use “DFS-regulated parties to punish or suppress the NRA’s gun-promotion advocacy.” Those suppressed specifically included Lockton Companies, LLC, an insurance firm offering policies to NRA members.
The court ruled Vullo coerced “regulated entities to terminate their business relationships with the NRA in order to punish or suppress gun-promotion advocacy.” And, “viewpoint discrimination is uniquely harmful to a free and democratic society.” It said Ms. Vullo was free to express her own opinions in public. But “she may not use the power of her office to punish or suppress disfavored expression.
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