After the state lost its “en banc” appeal in the Third District last year, it petitioned the US Supreme Court to review the case.<\/p>\n
The issue at hand regarding New Jersey’s Supreme Court appeal is PASPA, the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992. The congressional statute essentially banned all forms of sports gambling, with exceptions provided for Nevada, Montana, Delaware, and Oregon.<\/p>\n
\nIn March, Minton wrote in an op-ed, “Not only does the federal ban do nothing to protect consumers, but it prevents states from enacting their own protections. It is clear now that the sports gambling prohibition is not only useless, but counterproductive.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nAccording to her own reporting, the US solicitor general apparently disagrees.<\/p>\n
Though Francisco is expected to be sworn into office in the coming weeks, he’s already working at the government agency. Prior to\u00a0Trump’s nomination, Francisco served as one of four principal deputies working under\u00a0the solicitor general.<\/p>\n
Odds Favor PASPA<\/b><\/h2>\n
Should Minton’s sources be correct in that the office won’t recommend the Supreme Court take the sports betting appeal, it would be unlikely the high court will go against the solicitor general.<\/p>\n
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The Supreme Court follows the solicitor general’s opinion about 80 percent of the time. And the roughly 20 percent of the time it dissents typically occurs when the solicitor general recommends the high court review or take a case, and the justices opt not to.<\/p>\n
Lawmakers in the Garden State are staying optimistic until a concrete verdict is reached.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“Everybody seems to agree that this is a fascinating case,” New Jersey attorney and Monmouth Park racetrack operator Dennis Drazin toldNorthJersey.com<\/i>recently. “We’ll see what happens.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Office of the US Solicitor General is rumored be readying to\u00a0advise the United States Supreme Court to deny New Jersey’s sports betting appeal. Acting US Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall, who is serving in the position until President Donald Trump’s nominee Noel Francisco is confirmed by Congress, is tasked with advising the country’s high court […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":49377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,61,1,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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