Supreme Court considers claim that New York regulators violated NRA's First Amendment rights

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Supreme Court considers claim that New York regulators violated NRA's First Amendment rights

For good reason, much attention was devoted to the Supreme Court's oral arguments on Monday, over government pressure on social media companies to suppress speech that officialdom doesn't like. The same day, though, justices heard arguments in another important case involving free speech principles violated when New York officials leaned on financial institutions to deny services to the National Rifle Association. Importantly, both cases involve…