New Jersey has two arguments to make in trying to convince the Supreme Court to take the sports betting case.<\/p>\n
First, the state says PASPA is discriminatory in nature in that it allows four states to engage in sports betting, while blocking 46 others. Second, and perhaps more vital, is the Tenth Amendment and the concept of federalism.<\/p>\n
\nThe Tenth Amendment dictates, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.” In layman’s terms: issues not covered by the Constitution are to be determined by the states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Sports betting, and online gambling, perhaps fall into that category.<\/p>\n
Though there are\u00a0worthy factors that might entice the Supreme Court to hear gambling-related issues, the justices are bombarded by potential cases, so any one cause has a slim chance of being heard. Statistically, the high court takes only about one percent of the cases it’s petitioned to take.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
US Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch was sworn into the nation’s highest and most powerful bench this week, breaking a 4-4 gridlock between liberal and conservative-leaning justices, and potentially paving the way for a new day in American gaming law. Sports betting and online gambling proponents might justly see his appointment to the court […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":48177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,61,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch's Impact on Sports Betting Could Be Significant<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n