Watch: Can Moonshine Save the U.S. Constitution?
Thursday, December 5 at 12 noon (ET)
Earlier this year, The Buckeye Institute, representing Ohio resident John Ream, filed a lawsuit asserting that government prohibition on the home distillation of spirits exceeds the powers granted to Congress under the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause.
Might this lawsuit succeed? Should citizens be free to distill in their garages and backyards just as they are free to homebrew? And why did government ever get into licensing the manufacturing of strong drink?
On December 4, 2024 these topics were discussed by:
Jarrett Dieterle, Resident Senior Fellow, R Street Institute and Author, Give Me Liberty and Give Me a Drink!;
Andrew Grossman, Partner, BakerHostetler; Senior Legal Fellow, The Buckeye Institute; Attorney, Ream v. U.S. Department of Treasury;
Kevin Kosar, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute and Author, Moonshine: A Global History; and
Max Watman, Author, Chasing the White Dog: An Amateur Outlaw’s Adventures in Moonshine.
Happy prohibition Repeal Day!