How Trump Could Snatch a Third Term — Despite the 22nd Amendment
Democrats are desperate for the Trump era, at long last, to be over. Republicans have relished it. Now, imagine this: The chief justice begins to deliver the oath of office. The next president raises ...
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 ...
What Can the President Really Do?
The president of the United States occupies a powerful position, but the presidency still operates within the framework of ...
Opinion
Editorial: Ban on Sunday liquor sales has a blue history
Gov. Mark Dayton and the Minnesota Legislature passed a law allowing liquor sales on Sundays. Twin Cities media outlets immediately began giving conflicting reports on how old the measure is. Some ...
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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 ...
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PROHIBITION: Deflated Wets
In 1917 the Senate voted 65-to-20 for the 18th Amendment. In 1919 it passed the ... the Senate would “welcome” State referenda on repeal or modification of the Volstead Act.