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U.S. Supreme Court to review 1868 federal ban on home distilling of liquor (www.staradvertiser.com)
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[–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Wait, I can't make liquor? They sell stovetop stills, and someone who isn't me has been making some for the past year. I think it's not illegal in my state, so there is no nexus to interstate commerce so the feds should have no jurisdiction but we don't follow the constitution so idk.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Could just be an example of an unenforceable law. The feds aren't gonna go around knocking down doors to check for distilleries. Immigrants on the other hand.....

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    Locals can rat you out to the feds to make the case though, unless forbidden by state law in doing so. Just as they do with so called civil asset forfeiture, (states have their own versions, federal version is lucrative for them, feds only take a small cut, locals keep 90 percent or something.

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