The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that “one particular federal gambling statute – PASPA – violated the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (often known as the commandeering clause) because it illegally empowered the federal government to order certain states to take specific actions to disallow sports gambling. As a result, that statute is no longer enforceable against states, businesses or individuals, (federal laws are not supposed to commandeer states to pay for enforcing what the federal laws prohibit, and state laws allow). States are now free to pass statutes that would legalize sports gambling within their borders”, which does not mean that you can launch a sports betting website, as most states will be “licensing a limited number of companies or forums such as existing race tracks or casinos”. The consequence that interests me in this recent SCOTUS view on commandeering is … it seems to articulate that “any federal effort to require states to use their police force in any particular way, including rounding up illegal immigrants, now appears to be clearly unconstitutional”. (Quotes by Marc Edelman).
Trish Forsyth Voss
May 21 2018
SCOTUS decision on legalized betting on professional sports events.
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that “one particular federal gambling statute – PASPA – violated the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (often known as the commandeering clause) because it illegally empowered the federal government to order certain states to take specific actions to disallow sports gambling. As a result, that statute is no longer enforceable against states, businesses or individuals, (federal laws are not supposed to commandeer states to pay for enforcing what the federal laws prohibit, and state laws allow). States are now free to pass statutes that would legalize sports gambling within their borders”, which does not mean that you can launch a sports betting website, as most states will be “licensing a limited number of companies or forums such as existing race tracks or casinos”. The consequence that interests me in this recent SCOTUS view on commandeering is … it seems to articulate that “any federal effort to require states to use their police force in any particular way, including rounding up illegal immigrants, now appears to be clearly unconstitutional”. (Quotes by Marc Edelman).
Trish Forsyth Voss
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