A unanimous Supreme Court decision handed down in 2024. The case arose after Maria Vullo, head of New York's financial-services regulator, told Lloyd's of London that if it stopped providing insurance to the National Rifle Association (NRA) the government would not investigate it for regulatory infractions. Lloyd's took the deal and the NRA sued, arguing that choking its business for political reasons violated the First Amendment. The court held that "government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavours," as Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for the justices. The ruling has become a key precedent in legal challenges to Donald Trump's second-term attacks on law firms, universities and non-profits.
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