The Supreme Court is facing a push to revive the National Rifle Association’s free speech lawsuit against a former New York official, after a federal appeals court ruled that the official has immunity from the allegations against her.

The NRA claims that Maria Vullo, a former superintendent of New York‘s Department of Financial Services, punished and suppressed the pro-gun group’s political speech by using her position to pressure state financial institutions to cut ties with the NRA following the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting. The group filed an appeal to the high court last month and has received support in its bid to again revive the lawsuit, just over a year after the Supreme Court unanimously ruled the NRA had shown plausible allegations.

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