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September 30th

Rand and Light invited to participate in Boisi Center conference:

Posted by Kathryn and Steve
Sep 30 2007
Kathryn R.L. Rand and Steven Andrew Light have been invited to participate in a national conference sponsored by Boston College’s Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life. The conference, titled “Gambling and the American Moral Landscape,” is a landmark interdisciplinary project on the moral dimensions of gambling in the U.S. and will bring together distinguished scholars from diverse fields of study. Conference participants include scholars from Yale, Harvard, Duke, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Chicago.

September 26th

Steve Quoted in New York Times Re. the Pequots/Mohegans

Posted by Kathryn and Steve | Filed under:
Sep 26 2007
Here's a story about an interesting -- if outside the norm for most gaming tribes -- development in Connecticut. We're pleased to note that Steve is quoted in this New York Times story, reprinted in the International Herald Tribune.

September 17th

Constitution Day

Posted by Kathryn and Steve | Filed under:
Sep 17 2007
Most Americans know that July 4th is our nation's birthday. Surveys show that far fewer know that September 17th is the birthday of our system of government, the date in 1787 on which 39 of the 55 original delegates to the Philadelphia Convention completed and signed the U.S. Constitution.

September 14th

Fla. AG adopts restrictive interpretation of "scope of gaming"

Posted by Kathryn and Steve | Filed under:
Sep 14 2007
According to state Attorney General Bill McCollum, Governor Charlie Crist would overstep his authority if he negotiated Class III games beyond those games specifically permitted by Florida law.

September 11th

Issues amiss in Mass.

Posted by Kathryn and Steve | Filed under:
Sep 11 2007
Mashpee Wampanoag leader Glenn Marshall has given up his duties as tribal chair amid reports that he lied about his military record and had been convicted of rape in 1982. Predictably, this scandal is influencing the public debate over Indian gaming in Massachusetts, leading one columnist to conclude that IGRA is "one of the worst pieces of legislation ever to come out of Congress."

See "Liar's Poker," by Boston Globe columnist, here.

September 8th

Class III Gaming in Texas and State Power

Posted by Kathryn and Steve | Filed under:
Sep 8 2007
Although it seems to have flown under the radar screen, the recent Fifth Circuit decision in State of Texas v. USA (No. 05-50754) decision threatens to eviscerate the federal government’s attempts to prevent tribes from being politically subordinate to states.