Andrew Cuomo’s methods may be obscure, but his assault on the First Amendment is anything but subtle. “If the @NRA goes bankrupt because of the State of New York,” the governor tweeted in August, “they’ll be in my thoughts and prayers. I’ll see you in court.”
That court is expected to decide any day now whether the National Rifle Association can proceed with its federal lawsuit against Cuomo, which charges him with using the state’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) to pursue a “political vendetta against the NRA.” The American Civil Liberties Union thinks the case should be heard. It’s not hard to see why, Jacob Sullum says, given Cuomo’s thuggish abuse of regulatory powers to punish his opponents in the gun control debate.
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