Supreme Court declines to take up NRA free speech case

Published February 23, 2026 12:15pm ET



The Supreme Court denied a petition seeking to revive the National Rifle Association’s free speech lawsuit against a former New York official, effectively ending the lawsuit from going forward.

The high court issued an order list on Monday in which it agreed to take up one case but also declined to take up dozens of other cases petitioned to the justices. One of the cases the Supreme Court declined to take up was NRA v. Vullo, which is a lawsuit brought by the gun rights group against Maria Vullo, a former superintendent of New York’s Department of Financial Services. The denial of the petition did not include any explanation for why the justices decided not to take up the case or any noted dissents to the rejection.

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