U.S. Constitution · Amendment XXI · ratified 1933-12-05
Repeal of Prohibition
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Amendment XXI, Section 1 · Repeal of Prohibition, section 1
The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
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Amendment XXI, Section 2 · Repeal of Prohibition, section 2
The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
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Amendment XXI, Section 3 · Repeal of Prohibition, section 3
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
National Archives transcription (public domain; original spelling and capitalization). archives.gov
Leading Supreme Court cases
- Craig v. Boren, 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
- South Dakota v. Dole, 483 U.S. 203 (1987)
- Granholm v. Heald, 544 U.S. 460 (2005)
- Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas, 588 U.S. 504 (2019)
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