Cuomo’s Anti-NRA ‘Blacklisting Campaign’

[SteelChip]

I must be the only person in America that wasn't aware of Governor Coumo's continued attacks on the NRA, trying to put them out of business....amazing.

I got an e-mail from the NRA requesting donations to fight this left-wing moonbat because he is threatening any banking institution that does business with them. If more banks balk as a result of NY's regulatory threats, the gun group would surely be in a bad situation. So I did some checking and it's true.

ALBANY — The National Rifle Association is firing back at what it calls a Cuomo administration "blacklisting campaign" of banks and insurance companies in New York that have ties to the gun industry.

The NRA on Friday filed a federal lawsuit against Cuomo and the state Department of Financial Services that claims the administration is violating the gun group's First Amendment rights.

"Directed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, this campaign involves selective prosecution, backroom exhortations, and public threats with a singular goal — to deprive the NRA and its constituents of their First Amendment right to speak freely about gun-related issues and defend the Second Amendment."

The suit comes a month after Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria Vullo, the state's top financial services regulator, sent a letter to banks and insurers following the Parkland, Fla., mass school shooting that warned of the "reputational risk" they face by doing business with the NRA and gun industry.

But the suit notes that several weeks after the DFS letter was sent, at least two companies were fined by the agency for underwriting NRA-endorsed insurance policies in violation of New York law. As part of the settlements, two companies agreed to no longer participate in the carry guard program or anything similar in New York.

"As a direct result of this coercion, multiple firms have succumbed to (the state's) demands and entered into consent orders with DFS that compel them to terminate longstanding, beneficial business relationships with the NRA, both in New York and elsewhere," the suit says.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/po...wsuit-blacklisting-campaign-article-1.3984861

Well, of all the groups to come the their defense, the ACLU is siding with the NRA now

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The American Civil Liberties Union is siding with the National Rifle Association in opposing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s attempts to silence the NRA by putting it out of business.

On Saturday, the ACLU submitted an amicus brief in federal court on Saturday, taking the NRA’s side against Cuomo in the on-going battle between the Democrat and the NRA, The Daily Caller reported.

In July, the NRA claimed in its suit against the state that New York’s financial regulatory bureau was conducting a “blacklisting campaign” against it by raising the specter of regulation if organizations failed to sever ties with the NRA.

“Those allegations represent a blatant violation of the First Amendment,” the ACLU said

http://conservativefighters.com/new...-anti-nra-blacklisting-campaign-goes-too-far/.

Cuomo ripped the NRA's lawsuit as a "futile and desperate attempt to advance its dangerous agenda and to sell more guns."

Citing New York's tough firearm laws, Cuomo said he's proud of his "F" rating from the NRA while the gun group "ignores students across the nation who are saying enough is enough."

"In New York, we won't be intimidated by frivolous court actions from a group of lobbyists bent on chipping away at common sense gun safety laws that many responsible gun owners actually support," Cuomo said. "We have an obligation to protect New Yorkers, and this sham suit will do nothing to stop that. "

All this was going on last fall, I wonder what is happening now ?

 

[Lunar]

Is blacklist a racist term? Why not whitelist.

 

[Steelworth]

Is blacklist a racist term? Why not whitelist.

You need to post more.

 

[ark steel]

How many guns does the NRA sell each year?

 

[IndySteel]

How many guns does the NRA sell each year?

How many schools do NRA members shoot up each year?

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

How many guns does the NRA sell each year?

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh...I'll answer that.

Alex, what is ZERO?

 

[SteelChip]

I guess it's not just Coumo that has a burr in his saddle. The AG's in that state seem to have TDS infused into the HVAC units.

Trump gets powerful new rival in Letitia James

President Trump has a new and powerful rival in Letitia James, the first woman and the first African American to serve as New York’s attorney general.

In just four months, James (D) has emerged as one of the most aggressive and ambitious litigators in the country.

She’s filed suit against or launched investigations into some of the most dominant special interests in the country, from the opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma and its owners the Sackler family to the National Rifle Association (NRA) and Facebook.

And she has made clear, from the campaign trail to the courtroom, that she is coming for Trump next.

In recent weeks, James’s office has sought bank records relating to the Trump Organization and its affiliates. She has continued a lawsuit brought by her predecessor against the now-defunct Trump Foundation, alleging violations of federal and state laws governing nonprofits.

Her office has joined or spearheaded some of the dozens of lawsuits against the Trump administration’s most controversial plans, including efforts to add a new question on citizenship status to the 2020 census and a plan to build a wall along the border with Mexico.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/441709-trump-gets-powerful-new-rival-in-letitia-james

Meanwhile over there in Washington.....

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Congressional Democrats have drafted a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump. Since the Mueller report cleared Trump of collusion with Russia, the Democrats weren’t sure why they should impeach Trump and have left the reasons for impeachment on their resolution blank for now.

“Donald Trump has committed the high crime of TBA,” reads the resolution written by freshman congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, “and should be impeached and immediately removed from office before he can further damage this country by [INSERT SCARY THINGS HERE].”

“He absolutely should be impeached for something, I’m like pretty sure,” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told reporters. “He’s a bad man and he made fun of my Green New Deal, which I worked on for like hours.......(sarc)

 

[DBS1970]

I guess it's not just Coumo that has a burr in his saddle. The AG's in that state seem to have TDS infused into the HVAC units.



Meanwhile over there in Washington.....

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Congressional Democrats have drafted a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump. Since the Mueller report cleared Trump of collusion with Russia, the Democrats weren’t sure why they should impeach Trump and have left the reasons for impeachment on their resolution blank for now.

“Donald Trump has committed the high crime of TBA,” reads the resolution written by freshman congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, “and should be impeached and immediately removed from office before he can further damage this country by [INSERT SCARY THINGS HERE].”

“He absolutely should be impeached for something, I’m like pretty sure,” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told reporters. “He’s a bad man and he made fun of my Green New Deal, which I worked on for like hours.......(sarc)

That's prosecutorial misconduct. To target someone for who they are and not for specific evidence of a crime.

 

[Superman]

couldnt this also be seen as a form of racketeering?

https://www.justice.gov/jm/criminal-resource-manual-109-rico-charges

It is unlawful for anyone employed by or associated with any enterprise engaged in, or the activities of which affect, interstate or foreign commerce, to conduct or participate, directly or indirectly, in the conduct of such enterprise's affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity or collection of unlawful debt. 18 U.S.C.A. § 1962(c) (West 1984). The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) was passed by Congress with the declared purpose of seeking to eradicate organized crime in the United States. Russello v. United States, 464 U.S. 16, 26-27, 104 S. Ct. 296, 302-303, 78 L. Ed. 2d 17 (1983); United States v. Turkette, 452 U.S. 576, 589, 101 S. Ct. 2524, 2532, 69 L. Ed. 2d 246 (1981). A violation of Section 1962(c), requires (1) conduct (2) of an enterprise (3) through a pattern (4) of racketeering activity. Sedima, S.P.R.L. v. Imrex Co., 473 U.S. 479, 496, 105 S. Ct. 3275, 3285, 87 L. Ed. 2d 346 (1985).

A more expansive view holds that in order to be found guilty of violating the RICO statute, the government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt: (1) that an enterprise existed; (2) that the enterprise affected interstate commerce; (3) that the defendant was associated with or employed by the enterprise; (4) that the defendant engaged in a pattern of racketeering activity; and (5) that the defendant conducted or participated in the conduct of the enterprise through that pattern of racketeering activity through the commission of at least two acts of racketeering activity as set forth in the indictment. United States v. Phillips, 664 F. 2d 971, 1011 (5th Cir. Unit B Dec. 1981), cert. denied, 457 U.S. 1136, 102 S. Ct. 1265, 73 L. Ed. 2d 1354 (1982).

An "enterprise" is defined as including any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, and any union or group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity. 18 U.S.C.A. § 1961(4) (West 1984). Many courts have noted that Congress mandated a liberal construction of the RICO statute in order to effectuate its remedial purposes by holding that the term "enterprise" has an expansive statutory definition. United States v. Delano, 825 F. Supp. 534, 538-39 (W.D.N.Y. 1993), aff'd in part, rev'd in part, 55 F. 3d 720 (2d Cir. 1995), cases cited therein.