Although one of the more [[conservative]] members of the Court, '''''Justice Alito opened the floodgates to sports [[gambling]]'''''<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/30/sports-betting-gambling-casinos-card-rooms-00020319</ref> by writing the decision for the Court in ''[[Murphy v. NCAA]]'', 138 S. Ct. 1461 (2018), based on an arcane legal principle that he had long championed. A former prosecutor himself, Alito also usually sides with prosecutors in criminal appeals even when most of the justices reverse a conviction. | Although one of the more [[conservative]] members of the Court, '''''Justice Alito opened the floodgates to sports [[gambling]]'''''<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/30/sports-betting-gambling-casinos-card-rooms-00020319</ref> by writing the decision for the Court in ''[[Murphy v. NCAA]]'', 138 S. Ct. 1461 (2018), based on an arcane legal principle that he had long championed. A former prosecutor himself, Alito also usually sides with prosecutors in criminal appeals even when most of the justices reverse a conviction. |