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Authored by Sam Doorman via The Epoch Times,

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the National Rifle Association plausibly alleged that the administration of the state of New York violated the First Amendment by pressuring insurance companies to cut ties with the gun rights organization.

The case, NRA v. Vullo, emerged out of the aftermath of the Parkland shooting on Feb. 14, 2018.

Justices Neil Gorsuch and Ketanji Brown Jackson filed concurring opinions.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit had rejected the NRA’s First Amendment arguments and said that regardless, New York Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria Vullo was entitled to qualified immunity.

David Cole, who argued for the NRA on March 18, maintained that New York state engaged in a type of coercive activity that violated the First Amendment.

The U.S. solicitor general’s office similarly argued that Ms. Vullo’s conduct, and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s communications, showed that the state was engaging in coercion prohibited under the First Amendment.

Neal Katyal, who argued for Ms.Vullo, said the state targeted the NRA based on illegal insurance products and therefore was justified in telling companies to cease its work with them.