Can Georgia police stop me at ATL if I am flying to Las Vegas?

[NightWatcher]

Casino gambling is illegal in Georgia but legal on the Vegas Strip. Have police ever pulled anyone off of a plane because they might gamble in Vegas or smoke weed in Denver? I once flew to Amsterdam to smoke weed and flew back home with a tshirt boasting of my visit and drug use.

[TwilightZone]

1. Nope.

I presume that you're referencing trying to keep women from going to other states for abortions. Kavanaugh already weighed in on the topic in the Roe decision and said that it would violate the right to interstate travel.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-24/kavanaugh-says-states-may-not-bar-travel-to-obtain-an-abortion

The Constitution is very clear on the subject. The GOP knows that it isn't going to fly. That's why they're trying to find workarounds like penalizing employers. That won't work, either.

[walkingman]

2. God, I hope not. Just because of your tshirt? Personally, I prefer to keep a

low profile on the weed issue - definitely do not want to deal with our justice system - why ask for trouble?

edited to update - I didn't catch your drift until I read the previous response....

[Phoenix61]

3. No they haven't. Not have they arrested anyone returning

from either place admitting they had engaged in gambling or smoking weed.

[DBoon]

4. What does the T hsirt say?

"My Grandpa smoked weed in Denver and all I got was this T Shirt"?

[Hassler]

5. Judge Beer likes to gamble, so you will be allowed to go to LV

[VGNonly]

10. His Fraternity:

Tappa Kegga Brew

[Irish_Dem]

6. As long as you are not pregnant, you are fine.

Everyone knows getting pregnant is a much more serious crime than drugs and gambling.

[Tommy Carcetti]

7. Why would they do that?

There'd be zero jurisdiction to do that just on the fact you are traveling to Vegas. Otherwise, they could pull everyone off the plane.

It's not like you're gambling in Georgia. You're gambling in Nevada.

That just seems like a silly question, no offense.

[NightWatcher]

12. There are states that want to criminalize traveling to a pro choice state.

Didn't think that states could detain and prosecute for going where something is legal and I tried to make the point asking about similar situations.

[Tommy Carcetti]

13. K. nt

[Mister Ed]

8. If they do that to prevent women from traveling for abortions...

...and the women are actually convicted, then they can appeal their convictions all the way up to the Supreme Court.

[hlthe2b]

9. No, but State Patrol dearly loves to harrass the hell out of drivers from Colorado thru KS, NE, WY

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as you can't transport across state lines. But their annoying attitudes aside, as long as you've got nothing illegal in your car, they can't do squat. Ditto questioning out-of-state activities when you move through airports.

[JohnnyLib2]

11. Good point!

[localroger]

14. Louisiana state police once tried to arrest the CEO of an online gaming site at NYC

There was a LA state law prohibiting online gaming, and the site was not blocking LA based players. They tried to pull him off the plane at a layover. They almost got him, and didn't partly because of the personal intervention of the governor of New York.

[Lettuce Be]

15. My husband brought this up. Proves they absolutely cannot restrict what we do or don't

do outside of the state. This is moronic, frankly. I'm shocked anyone would vote republican, but here we are.