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This is the latest on the Casino City suit:
On Friday, October 29 the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss Casino City’s complaint to establish its First Amendment right to advertise online casinos and sports books. The motion was received by Casino City earlier today.
According to Michael Corfman, President of Casino City, a motion to dismiss has always been considered the most likely initial response from the federal government to the complaint. This expectation was confirmed two weeks ago when the Justice Department requested a ten-day extension to their deadline for responding indicating additional time was required to prepare their motion to dismiss.
The motion to dismiss argues that if the activities of Casino City are legal then there is no imminent threat of prosecution, and that in this situation the case should be dismissed. It further argues that if the activities are illegal then First Amendment protection of commercial free speech does not apply, and in this situation the case should also be dismissed. Corfman said he got a real chuckle out of the circular nature of many of the arguments presented. He expects to have further comments after he has reviewed the motion in detail with the firm’s attorneys.
The full text of the motion is available online in the legal documents section of the Casino City First Amendment website at http://Online.CasinoCity.com/firstamendment/.
This case will go on for a long time. The motion to dismiss by the DOJ has no legs, however it serves its purpose: To delay. Delay delay delay. The side who is likely to lose wants to delay. go figure!
No doubt all the updates we see until the issue is finally resolved (most likely independent of this court case) will be more delay tactics brought on by the Department of Justice.
With the case neatly and conveniently delayed. With no precident setting court decisions, its status quo and the DOJ will continue to wield the power.
They predict that it will be coming to conclusion in about a year, give or take a little.
I dont suppose the DOJ knew who their boss was going to be
after the election then.Nope, and also we don’t know that Ascroft will be around much longer – looks like he won’t. So we really have to wait and see which way the wind blows…
