{"id":200324,"date":"2021-05-11T17:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T22:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2021\/05\/11\/judge-calls-bullsh-on-nra-bankruptcy\/"},"modified":"2021-05-11T17:51:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T22:51:00","slug":"judge-calls-bullsh-on-nra-bankruptcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2021\/05\/11\/judge-calls-bullsh-on-nra-bankruptcy\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Calls Bullsh%$ on NRA Bankruptcy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NRA is attempting to declare bankruptcy so that they could move to Texas in order to evade a corruption investigation by the New York Attorney General.  <\/p>\n

Judge Harlin Hale has been dubiouys of the arguments presented by Wayne LaPierre and his Evil Minions\u2122<\/sup> throughout the trial, and he has now ruled that the NRA cannot declare bankruptcy to dodge prosecution<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Sweet, sweet ammosexual tears:<\/p>\n

A federal judge Tuesday denied an effort by the National Rifle Association <\/a>to file for bankruptcy protection, ruling that the gun rights group had filed the case in a bad-faith attempt to fend off a lawsuit by the New York attorney general.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Court finds, based on the totality of the circumstances, that the NRA\u2019s bankruptcy petition was not filed in good faith but instead was filed as an effort to gain an unfair litigation advantage in the NYAG Enforcement Action and as an effort to avoid a regulatory scheme,\u201d Judge Harlin Hale wrote in a 37-page decision.<\/p>\n

The decision was a victory for New York Attorney General Letitia James, who filed a far-reaching civil suit<\/a> against the group last August accusing top officials of fraud and self-dealing. NRA chief Wayne LaPierre and his legal team had contended that the lawsuit was a political act intended to destroy the organization. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

AG James is not attempting to shut down the NRA, she is attempting to throw Wayne LaPierre, and his corrupt cabal in jail.  In fact, it could be argued that her efforts may create a more accountable and transparent National Rifle Association.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Adam Levitin, who teaches bankruptcy law at Georgetown University Law Center, said the ruling was not surprising, calling the NRA\u2019s petition \u201ca poster child for a bad-faith filing.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he did not think the organization had good arguments for appeal, noting that LaPierre\u2019s position as head of the organization could be at risk in such a move.<\/p>\n

Hale\u2019s decision follows a weeks-long hearing that revealed details about alleged mismanagement and excessive spending by top officials at the influential gun lobby, including LaPierre, the NRA\u2019s controversial leader for the past three decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A trustee has not been appointed, which is a fly in the ointment, but I am happy about this ruling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The NRA is attempting to declare bankruptcy so that they could move to Texas in order to evade a corruption investigation by the New York Attorney General.  Judge Harlin Hale has been dubiouys of the arguments presented by Wayne LaPierre and his Evil Minions\u2122 throughout the trial, and he has now ruled that the NRA …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1293,1056,970,1055,978,1019,1126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bankruptcy","category-charity","category-corruption","category-gun-laws","category-politics","category-schadenfreude","category-weapons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}