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When the US Justice Dept. isn't being run by a bunch of radical religious Republicans who graduated from Pat Robertson's law school. This isn't a joke, the Bush administration is heavily staffed with graduates from Pat Robertson's law school. There are lots of articles about it if you google them.
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Wih uninformed posters like this spouting their propaganda online poker has no chance in the near future. It took Dems to pass the legislation and a Dem in the AG's office wil be charged wih enforcing the laws passed by Congress as well.
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Good points. Some Dems helped pass UIGEA. It is important to remember that this was the Republican Party's baby, though. It was in their party platform, and Congressional Republicans support it to this day. Check out
Politicians For and Against Online Poker, August 29, 2007 for data.
As for the AG, the Bush administration CHOOSES to interpret the Wire Act as covering all gaming, including horse racing and interstate lotteries. The law as passed by Congress has been interpreted by an appeals court (last time I read the Constitution, interpretation of laws was the responsibility of the courts, not the AG) as applying to sports betting only. A different administration could choose to interpret this law differently.