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Cite as:  584 U. S. ____ (2018) 

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BREYER, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part 
Opinion of BREYER, J. 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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Nos. 16–476 and 16–477 
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16–476 

PHILIP D. MURPHY, GOVERNOR OF NEW 
JERSEY, ET AL., PETITIONERS 
v. 
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC 
ASSOCIATION, ET AL. 

16–477 

NEW JERSEY THOROUGHBRED HORSEMEN’S 
ASSOCIATION, INC., PETITIONER 
v. 
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC 
ASSOCIATION, ET AL. 

ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT 

[May 14, 2018] 

JUSTICE  BREYER,  concurring  in  part  and  dissenting  in 

part. 

I  agree  with  JUSTICE  GINSBURG  that  28  U. S. C. 
§3702(2)  is  severable  from  the  challenged  portion  of 
§3702(1).  The challenged part of subsection (1) prohibits a 
State from “author[izing]” or “licens[ing]” sports gambling
schemes;  subsection  (2)  prohibits  individuals  from  “spon-
sor[ing],  operat[ing],  advertis[ing],  or  promot[ing]”  sports 
gambling  schemes  “pursuant  to  the  law  . . .  of  a  govern-
mental entity.”  The first says that a State cannot author-
ize  sports  gambling  schemes  under  state  law;  the  second 
says that (just in case a State finds a way to do so) sports
gambling  schemes  that  a  State  authorizes  are  unlawful
under  federal  law  regardless.  As  JUSTICE  GINSBURG 
makes clear, the latter section can live comfortably on its