( October 24, 2025, 8:11 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals holding that a former superintendent of the New York department that regulates insurance is entitled to qualified immunity on the NRA’s First Amendment coercion and retaliation claims against New York state officials and the department, challenging the panel’s reversal of a lower federal court’s order denying the former superintendent and the department’s motion to dismiss the NRA’s suit alleging that she unconstitutionally threatened or coerced an insurer or other entities to stifle its speech....