U.S. Supreme Court,
Entertainment & Sports,
Constitutional Law
Jun. 11, 2018
Sports betting and the creation of the Constitution
To fully understand the ruling in Murphy v. NCAA, we must first go back to the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Charles S. Doskow
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law
University of La Verne College of Law
Email: dosklaw@aol.com
Harvard Law School
Charles is a past president of the Inland Empire Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and in 2012 was awarded the chapter's Erwin Chemerinsky Defender of the Constitution award.
OCTOBER 2017 TERM
Gambling on sporting events is widespread and virtually universal. It has been estimated that illegal betting in the United States is in the $50 billion to $150 billion range.
For many years the states (and others) have coveted the revenues that would be generated by legalized gambling, while the colleges and professional leagues fielding teams worry about extensive gambling bringing corrupt...
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