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Originally Posted by highnote
The most important issue about the Supreme Court decision to allow gambling is one that not many people talk about. Attorney and gamble legal expert, Nelson Rose says this:
"But the Opinion was much bigger than that. For the first time in American history, the U.S. Supreme Court expressly held that the federal government cannot order states, or state officials, to do anything.
The federal government still has enormous power. But Congress, federal courts, administrative agencies, and even the President can only take action against individuals, not local governments."
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Feds have gotten out of control, it was nice to see them slapped a bit.
And while not a follower of law issues it feels like this was not a "narrow" ruling but as you said more broad in its message about States rights.
