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LAS VEGAS The U.S. congressman who drafted the 2006 legislation used by DraftKings and FanDuel as proof of their legitimacy says is it 8220 heer chutzpah for the daily fantasy sites to pretend the law makes them legal.Former Rep
stanley cup . Jim Leach said lawmakers had no idea daily fantasy sports would morph into today cauldron of daily betting. He s
stanley cup aid his anti-gambling act was supposed to stop gambling on the Internet, not promote it.In an email exchange with The Associated Press, Leach said the carve out for fantasy sports in the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act UIGEA does not provide them with immunity against other federal and state laws that could limit their activities.The only unique legal basis provided fantasy sports by UIGEA is its exemption from one law enforcement mechanism where the burden for compliance has been placed on private sector financial firms, Leach said. But it is sheer chutzpah for a fantasy sports company to cite the law as a legal basis for existing. Quite precisely, UIGEA does not exempt fantasy sports companies from any other
stanley cup obligation to any other law.Daily fantasy sites have long claimed that the fantasy sports provision in the 2006 anti-gambling law allows them to operate freely in the 45 states that don ;t have specific prohibitions on the contests. Sports betting and other types of gambling on the Internet are mostly illegal in the United States, though horse racing Nkym Watch President Obama s National Address on Hurricane Sandy
California highest court ruled Thursday that immigrants living in the U.S. without proper documentation can become licensed lawyers.Photo by Wikimedia Commons user Coolcaesa
yeezy rThe California Supreme Court has granted immigrant Sergio Garcia bid to the California State Bar as a licensed lawyer. What ma
jordan kes Garcia case unique is that he lived in the U.S. illegally for 20 years. The Court decision on a closely watched test case for immigrant rights came Thursday morning. The Associated Press reported that Garcia had challenged a 1996 law that barred people living in the country illegally from receiving professional licenses
stanley cup 8221; from government agencies or public funding unless state lawmakers vote otherwise.Despite the court ruling, Garcia will still have to work for himself, given no law firm or other employers can legally hire him.While working as an almond picker and at a grocery store, Garcia went to law school and passed the California bar on his first attempt four years ago. His license was granted but then rescinded due to his undocumented status.Garcia lawyers claimed that there was no legal impediment to his admission as a member of the California State Bar. But the U.S. Department of Justice argued that granting him a license would violate federal law that bars people who are illegally in the U.S. from receiving government benefits. Despite the Obama administration support of DREAMers, the AP repor