Which U.S. Supreme Court case struck down PASPA in 2018?

• A. Prediction markets vs sports betting debate
• B. Wager
• C. Prediction market
• D. Murphy v. NCAA (2018)

Answer: (D)

The key idea here is federalism and the anti-commandeering principle: the federal government cannot force states to enforce or maintain a particular policy. PASPA tried to prohibit state authorization or licensing of sports gambling, effectively dictating state policy from Washington. In Murphy v. NCAA (2018), the Supreme Court ruled that this provision of PASPA was unconstitutional because it commandeered the states to run their own laws in a way the federal government wanted. That ruling opened the door for states to decide, on their own, whether to legalize sports betting, including New Jersey’s move to do so. The other options aren’t actual Supreme Court cases about PASPA, so the correct reference is Murphy v. NCAA (2018).