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New Jersey places a bet on the Constitution
November 15, 2016 | By JONATHAN WOOD
States are not puppets of the federal government, to be manipulated to accomplish whatever policy the federal government might prefer. If they were, both individual liberty and political accountability would be compromised. That's why our Constitution forbids the feds from requiring states to govern according to federal instructions. caption id="a ...
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Supreme Court to hear constitutional challenge to federal sports betting ban
June 27, 2017 | By JONATHAN WOOD
caption id="attachment_43624" align="alignright" width="247" By Eric R from Scranton, PA/caption This morning, the Supreme Court decided to review New Jersey's constitutional challenge to a federal law that purports to forbid almost every state---except, notably, Nevada---from legalizing sports gambling. PLF, joined by Cato and CEI, filed an amicu ...