DOJ 'did not address' lotteries in Wire Act opinion, Deputy AG Rosenstein says in memo

Comment #6

Bleudog101 — Wed, 08 May 2019 17:36:24 GMT

Well not that I'm a user, but looks @ the states that have passed marijuana bills. The DEA is dead set against this, but they do it anyway. The fall of the Roman empire these past couple of years IMO.

Comment #5

KY Floyd — Wed, 08 May 2019 17:03:59 GMT

states rights

Not that a state can't file a lawsuit about whatever upsets them, but there's absolutely zero issue about states' rights here. The commerce clause specifically gives congress the power to regulate Commerce ... among the several States ... . It gets used for a lot of things it shouldn't, but there's absolutely no question that interstate gambling is a form of interstate commerce among the states. If the federal government tried to ban all state lotteries they'd have to stretch t... [ More ]

Comment #4

ckrakowski — Wed, 08 May 2019 00:43:36 GMT

Once again this administration touches something and completely snip s it up.

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Comment #3

Bleudog101 — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 00:13:54 GMT

Stack47, you know how I feel about that crappy 1961 law and agree with you 100%. States rights should trump Federal busybodies.

Comment #2

Stack47 — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 22:15:54 GMT

The OLC opinion did not address whether the Wire Act applies to State lotteries and their vendors. The Department is now reviewing that question.

Don't we have enough other problems that DOJ should be involved with rather than opening the door for states rights lawsuits

Comment #1

Kingofearth — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 20:32:16 GMT

America doing the right thing

DOJ 'did not address' lotteries in Wire Act opinion, Deputy AG Rosenstein says in memo

Lottery Post — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 20:23:27 GMT

A new memo from the US Department of Justice says that state lotteries are not at all impacted by the DOJ's reinterpretation of the Wire Act, a development that could mean the end of a federal court case brought earlier this year.

(See New Hampshire sues DOJ over new Wire Act ruling , Lottery Post , Feb. 15, 2019.)

The latest filing from the DOJ can be found below, including a memo signed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. There, he talks about the Office of Legal Counsel opinion... [ More ]