PASPA<\/a>, the 1992 federal bill that prohibits sports betting, is unconstitutional because it interferes with states\u2019 rights to make their own laws on gambling. Alternatively, they might rule that it is unconstitutional but that New Jersey is within its rights to not enforce it within their borders. Drazin said the former would be preferable.<\/p>\nNew Jersey is unlikely to receive a decision on whether the Supreme Court will accept the case until the fall.<\/p>\n
Attorneys for the NFL, NCAA, MLB, NBA, and NHL, longstanding opponents of New Jersey\u2019s sports betting plight, also met the Solicitor General\u2019s staff on Monday in a separate meeting.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Jersey lawyers and officials were in Washington this week to meet staff from US Solicitor General\u2019s Office as they pushed their case for legalized sports betting. Ted Olson, himself a former US solicitor general, was on hand to argue in New Jersey\u2019s interests, as was top Newark-based lawyer Michael Griffinger, while attorney Ron Ricio […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":48297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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