The Implications of Murphy v. NCAA for State Marijuana Reforms

May. 17, 2018—[Updated for clarity] On Monday, the Supreme Court decided a case that should help insulate state marijuana legalization from preemption challenge. The decision in Murphy v. NCAA invalidated a federal law–the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA)—that had prohibited the states from (inter alia) “authoriz[ing] by law” sports gambling. 28 U.S.C. § 3702(1). I’ll summarize the...

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