January 16, 1919 - Eighteenth Amendment Ratified, Authorizing Prohibition
The Eighteenth Amendment is ratified, mandating nationwide prohibition of the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors in the U.S. within one year. In 1933, the Eighteenth Amendment will become the only amendment to be repealed, when the Twenty-First Amendment -- specifically invalidating the Eighteenth Amendment and leaving regulation of alcohol largely to the individual states -- is ratified.
"leaving regulation ... largely to the individual states" - wow, what a radical idea. Too bad the framers of the Constitution didn't think of that.
Oh wait, they did.
Posted by Vox at January 16, 2008 01:15 PM | Law , Law