• Re: NRA 1st Amendment Case

    From Aaron Thomas@1:342/200 to Mike Powell on Wed Dec 20 20:45:44 2023
    "Vullo said in court papers her statements encouraging financial institutions to examine their ties to pro-gun organizations following
    the Parkland shooting had not 'crossed the line between permissible persuasion and unconstitutional coercion.'

    A couple questions about this:

    1) What's "permissible persuasion?" It sounds ridiculous. Can I permissibly persuade the banks to boycott people who have donated to Democrats?

    2) I pay taxes in NY. How is it that revenue from my tax money is getting wasted on paying people to "persuade banks" to treat my buddies (the NRA) like garbage? I'd rather pay to have more cops patrolling the increasingly dangerous streets.

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to AARON THOMAS on Thu Dec 21 09:12:00 2023
    "Vullo said in court papers her statements encouraging financial institutions to examine their ties to pro-gun organizations following the Parkland shooting had not 'crossed the line between permissible persuasion and unconstitutional coercion.'

    A couple questions about this:

    1) What's "permissible persuasion?" It sounds ridiculous. Can I permissibly pe
    uade the banks to boycott people who have donated to Democrats?

    You probably could because you do not hold any office where you could
    punish financial institutions for not going along with your persuasion. I think that is what is at question here.

    2) I pay taxes in NY. How is it that revenue from my tax money is getting wast
    on paying people to "persuade banks" to treat my buddies (the NRA) like garba
    ? I'd rather pay to have more cops patrolling the increasingly dangerous stree
    .

    If you go to the link, it includes some additional info on things that
    Vullo's office did to disuade financial institutions from doing business
    with the NRA. I would agree, money was potentially being wasted that could have been used to go after institutions that were actually violating the
    law.


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