America banned the sale of alcohol in the early 1900s. Here's why Prohibition failed
Former Tennessee Attorney General Paul G. Summers writes this regular series on civics education and constitutional knowledge ...
The Heritage Foundation4 年
The Heritage Guide to the Constitution
as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress. The Eighteenth Amendment, enacted in 1919, was one of four "Progressive ...
Politifact24 天
Biden’s False claim that the Equal Rights Amendment is in the Constitution ignores the ...
Some legal scholars argue that the amendment was properly ratified, but for Biden to definitively say it’s "the law of the land" ignores precedent and the reality that no federal government entity has ...
Yahoo1 个月
On This Day, Jan. 16: 18th Amendment -- prohibition of alcohol -- ratified
On January 16, 1919, the United States went legally "dry" when the 36th state ratified the 18th Amendment. File Photo courtesy Library of Congress ...
Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship? What To Know After Judge Blocks Executive Order
A federal judge Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order outlawing birthright citizenship —the policy ...
UPI1 个月
Nebraska is 36th to ratify, making Prohibition law
16, 1919 (UP) - Prohibition became part of the basic law of the United States today ... Nebraska makes that measure the eighteenth amendment to the federal constitution. All but a half a dozen ...