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ACLU Sides with NRA in New York Lawsuit
Ammoland ^ | 2 September, 2018 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 09/13/2018 6:02:41 AM PDT by marktwain

ACLU Sides with NRA in New York Lawsuit

Several New York politicians, particularly Governor Cuomo and Maria T. Vullo, have verbally attacked the National Rifle Association (NRA), written letters to state regulatory agencies, industries regulated by New York State, and advised the industries to evaluate whether they should keep the NRA as a customer.

The NRA has filed a lawsuit on First Amendment grounds. The issue is whether the state government can single out a particular entity it politically disagrees with, and use its regulatory power against that entity.

Such use would effectively silence political foes, nullifying First Amendment protections.  The New Republic, a leftist publication, noted the import of Governor Cuomo's words. From newrepublic.com:

The statements don’t actually direct any businesses to cut off ties with the NRA. At most, they are phrased as sternly worded advisory notices. But such words from a state financial regulator are hard to ignore, especially when the governor is backing them up explicitly. “The NRA is an extremist organization,” Cuomo wrote on Twitter the following day. “I urge companies in New York State to revisit any ties they have to the NRA and consider their reputations, and responsibility to the public.”

It’s a nice business you’ve got there, the governor seemed to be saying to Wall Street. It’d be a shame if something were to happen to it. In May, a few weeks after DFS sent the notices, state regulators announced consent orders against Lockton Companies and Chubb Group Holdings related to the Carry Guard program; both companies were barred from working with the organization in the future. According to the NRA,


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aclu; banglist; nra; ny
When the ACLU supports the NRA, the violation of First Amendment rights must be monumental.
1 posted on 09/13/2018 6:02:41 AM PDT by marktwain
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I guess the ACLU must be slaving over a response to the social media’s effectively silencing conservative political speech it disagrees with......blatantly nullifying First Amendment protections.


2 posted on 09/13/2018 6:13:50 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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The
ACLU is warning its partners on the left that they are boiling the frog too fast and need to slow down or loose their momentum.


3 posted on 09/13/2018 6:15:09 AM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (Socialism is for losers.)
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Pay not attention. They're just burnising their phony "even-handed" cred.

Even Dershowitz has called them out.

4 posted on 09/13/2018 6:22:08 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator ("Conservatism" without G-d is just another form of Communism.)
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ACLU defending actual civil rights gives me pause. Is a blind squirrel finding a nut here? Or is there some ulterior motive I am missing?

I wouldn’t trust the ACLU to empty trash at a dump.


5 posted on 09/13/2018 6:23:27 AM PDT by Tenacious 1
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I suggest Cuomo take the important first step: remove firearms from all law enforcement agencies and his personal security detail. After that, from the New York National Guard.

Let’s see how that works out.


6 posted on 09/13/2018 6:25:44 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Tenacious 1

Yes. They are governing the pace of the takeover. Smart of the evil organization.


7 posted on 09/13/2018 6:31:56 AM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (Socialism is for losers.)
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To: marktwain
I think that I can see flying pigs outside my windows.

The latest weather report from Hell is calling for light snowstorms.

Well, no, the ACLU has wised up. And the Leftists are arming up. Gotta protect their 2nd amendment rights now. Firearms are really cool - when they have them.

8 posted on 09/13/2018 6:47:43 AM PDT by flamberge (What next?)
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“It’s a nice business you’ve got there, the governor seemed to be saying to Wall Street. It’d be a shame if something were to happen to it.”

Cuomo must be a Mafiosi. This is just like the “protection rackets” the Mafia run in NYC and other East Coast $hithole cities.


9 posted on 09/13/2018 6:55:03 AM PDT by vette6387
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The ACLU know Cuomo is going to lose in court. This is classic viewpoint discrimination. Also, they’re worried that Republican governors could do the same against various Leftist groups in multiple red states.


10 posted on 09/13/2018 7:25:24 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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I worry about sabotage from ACLU on the inside. I hope the NRA isn’t sharing all of it’s legal arguments with ACLU.


11 posted on 09/13/2018 9:41:49 AM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23)
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Many years ago, the ACLU sided with a local guy concerning the 2nd amendment. Just a day or two before it went to trial, they bailed out leaving him to lose. I am sure the NRA is not depending on them. I wouldn’t.


12 posted on 09/13/2018 11:11:48 AM PDT by jim_trent
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