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Supreme Court agrees to review a Reconstruction-era ban on distilling spirits in private homes

People who want the right to distill spirits in their private homes are celebrating the Supreme Court's decision to hear their case. The Supreme Court said Monday it'll consider if Congress had the constitutional authority to ban distilling spirits in homes in 1868. Plaintiffs’ attorney Robert Alt says the Founding Fathers would be “rolling over in their…

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