Originally posted by BlackjackInfo
Even if they do eventually pass a law making online gambling illegal, this is still a First Amendment issue.
That is exactly right.
We in the US are always proud of our freedoms. While they seem to be trampled on from time to time, they are always supported by law.
In the US advertising IS very definitely and without a doubt covered by the Free Speech Amendment.
There are no two ways about it.
It will not be long before one of the advertising companies will be unhappy about losing such a great part of it’s income and stand up for it’s rights.
The DOJ will be facing a long trial exposing hopefully much of these clandestine and illegal acts of pressuring law abiding businesses to abandon legal advertising and thusly depriving the population of the United States of taxable income in the millions.
I do not believe that the United States public will look happily at having aunt Dottie driven to divulge her credit card info to some shady criminal outfit just because she is in a wheelchair and wants to play Bingo to pass her time.
If the US government continues to try to invite criminals to take over the functions of well established, respectable US businesses such as Paypal, Overture, Findwhat, Ask Jeeves, Google etc. it will not make a pretty picture when people are looking to be reelected.