THIS DAY AT LAW
Today in legal history...
Saturday, December 05, 2009
21st Amendment ended Prohibition
On December 5, 1933, the
21st Amendment
to the US Constitution was ratified, ending the ban on the legal sale and importation of alcohol that had been introduced in 1919 by the 18th Amendment.
Learn how the
Voluntary Committee of Lawyers
helped bring about Prohibition's repeal.
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