Calling All Parimutuels: Anyone Want to Sue Florida?
A legal challenge to Florida's Seminole gaming compact may have crapped out.
The Andrew Jackson Institute, an anti-Indian-casino group that vowed to sue over the tribal agreement with the state, announced it was backing off.
The group informed Sunshine State News:
"Our attorney advised us that although the suit challenging the blackjack portion of the compact has merit -- and the compact is structured in such a way that if any provision is voided it is all voided --the institute faces a standing issue.
"According to our attorney only a parimutuel facility in competition with the Seminoles would have standing to bring suit challenging the constitutionality of the legislature allowing the Seminoles to operate a game prohibited by state law for anyone else.
"In view of the fact that no parimutuel facility is currently willing to be the plaintiff in such a suit, the Andrew Jackson Institute is suspending its legal action. We continue to be confident that allowing blackjack for Indian casinos but not non-Indians violates the equal protection and commerce clauses of the Constitution.
"There is also no doubt that continuing to run blackjack and (Las Vegas-style) slot machines after the Seminole compact was voided by the Florida Supreme Court constituted a violation of both federal and state law. Criminal activity like this should not be rewarded by the state of Florida."
The Andrew Jackson Institute, an anti-Indian-casino group that vowed to sue over the tribal agreement with the state, announced it was backing off.
The group informed Sunshine State News:
"Our attorney advised us that although the suit challenging the blackjack portion of the compact has merit -- and the compact is structured in such a way that if any provision is voided it is all voided --the institute faces a standing issue.
"According to our attorney only a parimutuel facility in competition with the Seminoles would have standing to bring suit challenging the constitutionality of the legislature allowing the Seminoles to operate a game prohibited by state law for anyone else.
"In view of the fact that no parimutuel facility is currently willing to be the plaintiff in such a suit, the Andrew Jackson Institute is suspending its legal action. We continue to be confident that allowing blackjack for Indian casinos but not non-Indians violates the equal protection and commerce clauses of the Constitution.
"There is also no doubt that continuing to run blackjack and (Las Vegas-style) slot machines after the Seminole compact was voided by the Florida Supreme Court constituted a violation of both federal and state law. Criminal activity like this should not be rewarded by the state of Florida."
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7:56AM MAY 20TH 2010
Nice opening sentence. ;-) Just read your blog about immigrants taking our teens' jobs too. That's an important one to add to the list of how immigration (mostly illegal) hurts us. It's probably easy to calculate the loss of pocket money/income for teens but it's not so easy to calculate the ripple effect it has on society at large.
Those menial labor jobs are a good incentive for teens to work harder in school and/or seek higher education. They keep them out of trouble. Grow their minds. Teach them responsibility, how to work with others. What it's like having taxes taken out of their paycheck. They basically build character, among other things...
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Those menial labor jobs are a good incentive for teens to work harder in school and/or seek higher education. They keep them out of trouble. Grow their minds. Teach them responsibility, how to work with others. What it's like having taxes taken out of their paycheck. They basically build character, among other things...
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