Today, the Supreme Court issued their opinion regarding New York’s lawfare attack on the NRA.
The judgment of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is vacated, and the case remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
—National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo, No. 22-842, slip op. at 20 (May 30, 2024) Justice Sotomayer
This is a 9-0 opinion. Justice Jackson wrote a concurrence, as did Justice Gorsuch.
Unfortunately, and expected, Justice Jackson tries to lessen the power of this opinion.
—id. at 2 Justice Jackson, concurring.
This is likely the entire reason for her writing a separate concurrence. Having quoted the majority opinion, [the state] cannot do indirectly what [it] is barred from doing directly.
, she goes on to say how critical it is that the government has the power and authority to do what it wants.
Indeed, she again forgets that we are a republic, not a democracy.
This is a good opinion.
Of course, it was the Second Circuit court that found that the NRA was wrong. They seem to have made that decision when they read the parties names.