Lottery appeal gamble doesn’t stand a chance (Champion v. Ames)

This is the latest in a series of Quimbee.com case brief videos. Have you signed up for your Quimbee membership? The American Bar Association offers three months of Quimbee study aids (a $72 value) for law student members. Ready to go all in? Go Platinum and get 3 years of unlimited access to Quimbee and 3 years of ABA Premium membership (nearly a $1,000 value) for just $499. The Federal Lottery Act of 1895 cited moral grounds to forbid anyone from shipping lottery tickets across state lines. The United States indicted Charles Champion for violating the act, and he sought a writ of habeas corpus to challenge the law. Specifically, Champion asserted that while Congress had the authority under the Commerce Clause to regulate some types of commerce, it had no power to outright prohibit it. Champion appealed the case to the United States Supreme Court in Champion v. Ames, 188 U.S. 321 (1903). The question for the Court was whether Congress had the…

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