-Proposed by Congress on February 20, 1933; Declared ratified on December 5, 1933
Section 1[NATIONAL LIQUOR PROHIBITION REPEALED]
"The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States hereby repealed."
Section 2
[Transportation of Liquor into "Dry" States]
"The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited."
Section 3
[Ratification Within Seven Years]
"This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress."
This amendment is just repealing the 18th Amendment and making alcohol legal again.
They pretty much nailed it. This amendment is really quite simple. No more 18th. Bring on the booze.
I'm sure many people can think of benefits of outlawing alcohol. However, alcohol is so firmly implanted in our society, its hard to imagine a time when it wasn't legal. Although I am inclined to argue it seems unconstitutional to ever have outlawed it in the first place, I guess people could just as easily argue it's the same as those who want to keep marijuana illegal and those who are fighting for it not to be.
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