7/10/2007 iMEGA Suit Against UIGEA Strongest Fight Against the US Bill

[JPFisher55]

Unfortunately, AG's like a lot of prosecutors, think Nifong and DOJ, make lots of statements of law that they can't and won't back up.
Don't believe Jay Nixon; believe the case law that I and Skallagrim have cited.

[TheEngineer]

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Unfortunately, AG's like a lot of prosecutors, think Nifong and DOJ, make lots of statements of law that they can't and won't back up.
Don't believe Jay Nixon; believe the case law that I and Skallagrim have cited.

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That's why I was curious to see the statement.

It's fine for the AG to have an opinion, but AGs don't make laws (legislative branch), nor do they interpret them (judicial branch). Seems odd for Bachus and the other prohibitionists to cite executive branch opinions, as their only function is to enforce the laws others pass and interpret. As such, it would be interesting to see what laws the AG cites in his opinion.

[Skallagrim]

I'd like to see the actual statement of that Missouri AG too, are you certain he was specifically referring to PLAYING poker on the internet? I doubt it, he was probably referring to laws that forbid runnning an unlicensed casino in Missouri. And even if he believes that law applies to the internet (Missouri gambling laws do not mention the internet at all) this is a highly dubious opinion for legal reasons we have discussed too many times before for me to repeat them now and would not apply to players anyway.

Whose opinion is correct? No one will know for certain until there is an opinion from the highest court with jurisdiction.

And one final point on AG opinions, it was not that long ago that many US Attorneys were running around saying that poker was "unquestionably" covered by the Wire Act (a few of the political appointees STILL do); this did not in any way stop 2 US Circuit Courts of Appeal from ruling that the Wire Act only applies to sports betting, rulings pretty much accepted as final now in the legal community given the same US Attorney Office's decision to not appeal these cases to the US Supreme Court.

Skallagrim