I’ll admit it, I didn’t have the ACLU joining forces with the NRA on any of my bingo cards this year. Yet, here we are.

The American Civil Liberties Union and the National Rifle Association agree about very little. They are often on opposite sides in major cases, and they certainly have starkly different views about gun rights.

But when the Supreme Court agreed to hear the N.R.A.’s free-speech challenge to what it said were a New York official’s efforts to blacklist it, one of its lawyers had a bold idea. Why not ask the A.C.L.U. to represent it before the justices?

“The N.R.A. might be thought of as the 800-pound gorilla on the Second Amendment,” said the lawyer, William A. Brewer III. “Clearly, the A.C.L.U. is the 800-pound gorilla on the First Amendment.”

And to the surprise of EVERYONE, the ACLU agreed and is now co-counsel for the NRA for the upcoming case before the United States Supreme Court. Remember, this is the same ACLU who gave Christine Blasey-Ford an award, has worked to erase children, and caved to hecklers regarding Charlottesville.

The case itself is interesting. The NRA and three insurance companies had settled a lawsuit after all four entities had promoted insurance that would essentially keep any individual free from penalties or lawsuits if that individual shot someone. Yes, that was an incredibly boneheaded move on the NRA’s part. Well, not long after the dust settled on all of that, the Parkland shooting happened. And the Department of Financial Services (DFS), led by Maria Vullo made their move.