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To: DMaA who wrote (18172)	5/5/2000 8:45:00 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 769670

A big factor in getting Prohibition enacted was the involvement of those Christian churches that thought drinking alcohol, even in moderation, was sinful. The Ku Klux Klan, who had real clout in Washington in those days, was very involved in lobbying for it too. I know some Traditional Catholics who insist that Prohibition was an anti-Catholic conspiracy. I wonder if the priests had to smuggle in wine during Prohibition.

To: DMaA who wrote (18172)	5/5/2000 11:00:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

I am uncertain, but I believe it was because the power of Congress to regulate commerce within the several states was too limited to make prohibition possible, and therefore they needed an exemption.......

To: DMaA who wrote (18172)	5/8/2000 12:19:00 AM
From: nihil	Respond to of 769670

Many states had prohibition in 1918 or at least "local option". The Amendment prohibited alcohol those states that hadn't banned alcohol as well as those who had. The Volstead Act was the federal law that actually authorized federal regulation (under Sec. 2 of the 18th Amendment) authorizing uniform federal rules. The states were also authorized to enforce the 18th Amendment by themselves. The 18th Amendment was an example of a vast expansion of federal control over States rights. The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th but banned importation into states in violation of their rules. They were free to maintain prohibition and detailed regulation if they wished, and all continued regulation and a few continued prohibition. IMO FWIW, Congress always had and still has the power to regulate (and tax) interstate commerce in alcohol. The 1914 Harrison Act established regulation of certain narcotics. There has never been any serious question that Congress controls commerce, but there are arguments about what commerce" actually includes. At present, dirty books are commerce, but organized baseball isn't.