Posted on 06/14/2009 7:14:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
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FindLaw's commentary: This Amendment was repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment, and titles I and II of the National Prohibition Act 1 were subsequently specifically repealed by the act of August 27, 1935, federal prohibition laws effective in various Districts and Territories were repealed as follows: District of Columbia--April 5, 1933, and January 24, 1934; Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands--March 2, 1934; Hawaii--March 26, 1934; and Panama Canal Zone--June 19, 1934.
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Of the three bad amendments ratified in six years (16th, 17th and 18th), this was the least bad, and that's saying something.
Glad I wasn’t around for that. I like bars named the 21st Amendment. Topical and delicious!
:’) And educational!
Whew. I thought someone had actually added it to Breaking News...
Sorry. I was just wondering why you decided to post a thread about it. I didn't see anything new in there.
I’ve been posting one amendment a week for a while. :’) Started with the 10th, worked down to the 1st, and somewhere in that interval realized I should have started with the 1st and worked upward, but there’s a 10th amendment ping group, and that’s what got me started. :’)
A little amendment trivia I found while trying to figure out if today was some big anniversary of the 18th. The quickest amendment to be ratified was the 26th which took only 100 days from when Congress passed it until enough states ratified it. The 27th took the longest at 74,003 days.
Here is some 2nd Amendment (pro-gun) news, FYI: There is no NEED for the Supremes to consider 2nd Amendment “Incorporation”! FACT: The 2nd Amendment is SELF-incorporated to all government entities at every level. It is MORE ABSOLUTE than the 1st Amendment, or any of the others, because the wording forbids not only CONGRESS, but ANYONE from infringing on it. The 1st says “Congress shall make no law...”. The 2nd say “shall NOT be infringed!” Period! End of debate!
...and the 27th was one of the best, figures.
Personally in regards to the 18th Amendment.. I THANK GOD for the 21st Amendment...
The one that eliminated the foolishness of the 18th.
Prohibition helped FDR into office.
“Prohibition helped FDR into office.”
And this country has been having a hangover ever since..
Shaken, not stirred.
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