AG Ford announced he has co-led a coalition of 37 AGs and the District of Columbia in filing an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit defending states’ longstanding authority to regulate sports betting within their borders. The brief, filed in Kalshiex LLC v. Martin, urges the court to reject claims that federal financial regulations enacted after the 2008 financial crisis preempt from state gambling laws. The states argue that Congress did not clearly or intentionally strip states of their traditional power to regulate gambling, including sports betting, and that such authority remains squarely within state police powers. 
 
“Nevada is the foundational home of sports wagering, and states, not federal financial regulators, have decades of experience protecting consumers, preserving the integrity of sporting events, and addressing real world harms such as underage gambling. I am proud to co-lead this effort with Ohio and a bipartisan coalition of states to make clear that Congress did not quietly take away states’ authority to regulate sports wagering, and that allowing unregulated betting nationwide would upset that balance without clear authorization.” – AG Ford