re: Supreme court rules national ban on sports betting is illegal

I don't think that the liberal dissents were an actual dissent in this case. They don't even appear to head-on address the anti-commandeering issue.

I am starting to think, backed up by some early commentary, that they are really dissenting because the reasoning, in this case, will bear on "anti-sanctuary" cases.

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Tejinder
This is an interesting observation. Because of this, somebody glancing at the opinion might wonder why all the liberal Justices dissented in Murphy. A closer look reveals that the dissents aren't about the substance of anti-commandeering doctrine, but instead about whether the unconstitutional provisions of PASPA are severable from the remainder.

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Why am I having flashbacks to the ObamaCare case?

I have a feeling these idiots will try to claim severability when there’s no severability clause included in the law.

I don't gamble but I wholly agree with this decision.

I'm still digesting, but this is really interesting. It's going to take me a while to figure out exactly what the dissent is trying to save here.

The opening of Ginsburg's primary dissent basically says it's illegal under federal law to allow gambling, and that should stay.

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States are able to do as they wish

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Weed is next.

I'm waiting for prostitution to be legalized next

You have to get elected for it to be legal.

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Ginsburg has always had an “interesting” interpretation of the law.

Outlawing it completely is one thing. This basically made it illegal to change laws on it that existed before X day in the 70s.

Can you think of any other laws that grandfathered in one state and told the other 49 “can’t do it”?

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Well, there are three parts to this law, apparently:

1) States can't "authorize" gambling;
2) States can't "promote" gambling; and
3) Private parties can't "promote" gambling.

The majority strikes down all three, saying that after the first prong falls, they all fall.

Ginsburg says that's not right. She says that Congress has every right to prohibit the promotion of gambling.

Almost a certainty, any law passed with have a good actors clause. Anyone who previously offered sports betting would not be licensed. Bovada would be top of the bad actors list.