Private power to enforce laws
Federal Trade Commission v. National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- The FTC and two commissioners have asked the Supreme Court to review whether the 2020 Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act improperly lets a private horse-racing authority help the FTC enforce federal rules.
- What's at stake
- Whether this enforcement arrangement is constitutional remains unresolved in the Supreme Court.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The dispute is whether that arrangement violates the constitutional rule against giving government power to private groups.
The 2020 law allows the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, a private entity, to assist the FTC in enforcing federal horse-racing rules.
Question presented
Whether the enforcement provisions of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020, 15 U.S.C. 3051 et seq. — which authorize the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, a private entity, to assist the Federal Trade Commission in enforcing the statute — violate the private nondelegation doctrine on their face.
What happens next
The petition was distributed for the Court's Dec. 4, 2026, conference, but that does not mean the Court agreed to hear it. The next step is for the Court to decide whether to take the case; no argument or decision date is set.
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