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Re:Sotomayor writes 9-0 opinion supporting NRA in First Amen... by hn_throwaway_99 on Thursday May 30, 2024 @04:36PM (#40528357)
> and wanted to prevent civil servants saying negative things about the NRA

You should read some of the ruling, because that's absolutely not what happened. The civil servant can say anything she wants under her power as a private citizen. What she can't do is use the power of her office to impose her will on the industries she regulates, and that is what the Supreme Court said she did.

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Re:Sotomayor writes 9-0 opinion supporting NRA in First Amen... by 0xBDB on Sunday June 02, 2024 @01:54PM (#40555995)
That's not what the Supreme Court said she did.

This is a preliminary-stage ruling. The Supreme Court said that the case can't be dismissed because if all the facts are as the NRA alleges, which they are required to assume at this stage, that would be what she did.

The case isn't over. It now goes back to the lower courts to determine if that is, in fact, what she did.

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