Online gambling proponents say Gov. Steve Beshear is moving against a national tide with his effort to block Kentuckians from visiting Internet casinos. This case involves a Writ of Prohibition preventing seizure of 141 Internet domain names. We have decided to publish the video from these oral arguments.
Appearances:
For Appellant: David Eric Lycan, William Cecil Hurt, Jr., William Harvey May and Aaron Davis Reedy
For Appellees: Jon L. Fleischaker, Robert Kenyon Meyer, James Lee Adams, Bruce F. Clark, Margaret Eileen Mary Keane, Phillip D. Scott, John Lewis Tate, Joel Beres, Ian Thomas Ramsey and William E. Johnson
This is perhaps one of the worst abuses of the legal process I have read. Secret hearings, sealed evidence, and a complete lack of legal basis for action. This is a blatant attempt to protect Kentucky's own gaming interest given recent failures by the legislature to extend it. I do not see how the Supreme Court could not uphold the Writ issued by the Court of Appeals.