NEW YORK’S POLITICIZED LEGAL SYSTEM TAKES A LOSS: Sotomayor hands NRA victory in Supreme Court free speech case. “The question before the justices was whether Vullo used her regulatory power to force state financial institutions to cut off ties with the NRA in violation of constitutional First Amendment protections. . . . Although the gun rights group is typically involved in litigation surrounding the Second Amendment, the case marked an unusual departure to a First Amendment claim that even had backing from the American Civil Liberties Union, which has historically targeted the gun rights group in other cases before the high court.”

Here’s the full opinion.