“SCOTUS Sides 9-0 With NRA in First Amendment Case”
“Today’s decision doesn’t end the NRA’s lawsuit against Vullo, nor does it guarantee that the organization will ultimately be victorious in their litigation. In fact, the Court explicitly told the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that it’s still free to consider a claim of qualified immunity for Vullo going forward. But the decision’s “critical takeaway” is that “the First Amendment prohibits government officials from wielding their power selectively to punish or suppress speech, directly or (as alleged here) through private intermediaries.” “
This decision has critical implications for the case about Federal officials demanding Twitter (and Facebook, etc) censor opinions the government did not favor but which the government was unable to censor directly.
The NRA part of this opinion as such is small potatoes, but as precedent it’s huge.