WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in a case concerning alcohol regulations enacted following the Prohibition era that Tennessee residency requirements for liquor retailers violate the U.S. Constitution’s interstate commerce provision.
The case pitted two constitutional provisions against one another: the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment ban on alcohol, and the Commerce Clause, which prevents states from discriminating against out-of-state businesses. The 21st Amendment explicitly gave states the power to regulate alcohol sales within their borders. But Supreme Court rulings regarding the Commerce Clause prevent states from discriminating against out-of-state businesses. The court in 2005 ruled that states could not let in-state wineries ship wine to consumers but prevent out-of-state wineries from doing so.
Maryland-based Total Wine and More, a major retailer that operates 193 stores in 23 states, was one of the challengers. Total Wine’s co-founder and co-owner David Trone won election in November to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat from Maryland.
No regulations ....to health concerns ...no holds barred.
They can serve you 80% water now.
I trust Neil Gorsuch will be intellectually honest in applying his beliefs on restrictions on the 21st amendment; and apply that same principal to the 2nd.
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