[Repeal 16-17]

The Supreme Court tells the Congress to mind its own business regarding sports betting. Always nice to see the Supreme Court enforcing limits on federal authority. It needs to happen much more often.

[Sacajaweau]

Sanctuary cities....sorry...immigration is Federal.

[Jim W N]

“A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.”

At some point sooner than later, the nation has got to wake up and not allow Supreme Court decisions, constitutionally limited to the parties of the individual case, to be “national law”. The Constitution only allows Congress to make national law.

[House Atreides]

Good decision. The feds should stay out of the states’ areas and the states should stay away from interfering with the federal responsibilities such as immigration laws.

[monkeyshine]

Interesting, because the USSC (different justices) have made all kinds of justifications under the commerce clause - things that were far less likely to interfere with commerce than gambling laws were upheld, but gambling laws are struck down. I am glad to see some sanity from the court, to keep the federal government from running amok. It is rare to see, though.

On the other hand, the court could still uphold these laws indirectly since federal prosecutions of gambling often cite violations of the wire act or money laundering provisions - not just gambling laws - to enforce their will.

[rhinohunter]

Does this mean the return of Intrade/Tradesports?

Woo-hoo!

[McGavin999]

Wasn’t McCain pushing this?

[The people have spoken]

7-2 decision?

[Midwesterner53]

There is no limit to how government can separate stupid people from their money.

[Mack the knife]

The Supreme Court tells the Congress to mind its own business regarding sports betting. Always nice to see the Supreme Court enforcing limits on federal authority. It needs to happen much more often.

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Next ... Federal laws outlawing pot. The same arguments apply almost verbatim. It was commonly acknowledged in the early 1900s that the Feds had no power to make alcohol illegal, and thus a Constitution amendment was required. Yet the year that Prohibition was repealed, Congress passed laws outlawing pot, even though over 80% of the pharmaceuticals of the day contained pot in some way. What was the difference? FDR and all his regulations accepted by the public.

The country needs to eliminate the conflicts between Federal and State laws in order to return us to the rule of law. Federal pot laws have to go.

(PS ... never used pot, never will)

[Ronald_Magnus]

Vegas isn’t going to like this one bit.

[Impy]

Seems like the right decision to me. Libs Wise Latina, Ginsberg and Breyer (in part) dissented.