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re: US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional

Posted on 4/11/26 at 3:54 pm to
Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
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Posted on 4/11/26 at 3:54 pm to
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"Without any limiting principle, the government’s theory would violate this court’s obligation to read the Constitution carefully to avoid creating a general federal authority akin to the police power," Jones wrote.


If only this happened more broadly in the courts.
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 4/11/26 at 3:55 pm to
ATF bigly mad
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
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Posted on 4/11/26 at 4:03 pm to
Awwww shite......Kentucky's NIL fixin' to explode baws
Posted by Missouri Waltz
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Posted on 4/11/26 at 4:25 pm to
Cooking moonshine is legal in just about every individual state, but it is illegal in the United States. I hope that makes sense.

However, before you run out, buy a still, and start making your own hooch be warned that cooking moonshine is hard work. So I have been told. If you do so here is your go to link. Go with stainless steel. That is all around better than copper.

LINK

This post was edited on 4/11/26 at 4:31 pm
Posted by Nevada_Tiger
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Member since Jan 2025
410 posts
Posted on 4/11/26 at 4:37 pm to
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kick rocks.


Moscona has ruined this phrase for me. Repeats it into oblivion.
Posted by redneck hippie
Oklahoma
Member since Dec 2008
6414 posts
Posted on 4/11/26 at 4:52 pm to
quote:

Cooking moonshine is legal in just about every individual state, but it is illegal in the United States. I hope that makes sense.


So kind of like weed? I knew a guy that made moonshine. He claimed he was allowed to possess a small amount legally. Like four quarts per adult in the house.
You’re right about the difficulty. It’s easier to cook meth than make moonshine.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
38457 posts
Posted on 4/11/26 at 4:54 pm to
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It’s easier to cook meth than make moonshine.

quote:

by redneck hippie


Checks out
Posted by Fat and Happy
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Member since Jan 2013
19966 posts
Posted on 4/11/26 at 4:56 pm to
The fact that it was ever illegal is so stupid.

Government being greedy and wanting tax money
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
75174 posts
Posted on 4/11/26 at 5:04 pm to
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However, before you run out, buy a still, and start making your own hooch be warned that cooking moonshine is hard work. So I have been told. If you do so here is your go to link. Go with stainless steel. That is all around better than copper.

In a mass media/humanities class in ninth grade I once gave a presentation, complete with the trifold poster deal and a piece of coiled copper tube that my Pops helped me make, on how to moonshine/distill liquor.

We had to pick a topic from the Foxfire books, and I chose moonshining. True story, got an A+.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
102740 posts
Posted on 4/11/26 at 6:01 pm to
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Them revenuers can kick rocks.


Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad
He headed up the holler with everything he had
It's before my time but I've been told
He never come back from Copperhead Road
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
102740 posts
Posted on 4/11/26 at 6:03 pm to
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Why does the ATF still exists?


Why were firearms, a constitutional right, ever lumped in a regulatory agency with alcohol and tobacco
Posted by Salviati
Member since Apr 2006
7724 posts
Posted on 4/11/26 at 6:03 pm to
In Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942), the Supreme Court examined the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the US Constitution).

Hobby Distillers Association v. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is based on an interpretation of two other clauses: (1) the Taxing and Spending Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution), and (2) the Necessary and Proper Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution). The Fifth Circuit did not examine the Commerce Clause because the government chose not to argue this issue on appeal.

It's quite possible that the 1868 federal law banning home alcohol distilleries would pass muster under the Commerce Clause.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 4/11/26 at 6:06 pm to
Final knell for NASCAR
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
102740 posts
Posted on 4/11/26 at 6:06 pm to
quote:

Cooking moonshine is legal in just about every individual state, but it is illegal in the United States. I hope that makes sense.


Same with weed
Posted by Missouri Waltz
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Member since Feb 2016
1487 posts
Posted on 4/11/26 at 6:22 pm to
quote:

So kind of like weed?

Exactly.

quote:

It’s easier to cook meth than make moonshine.

That is something that I literally do not know.

Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
41023 posts
Posted on 4/11/26 at 6:25 pm to
Bo and Luke about to start selling franchises.
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
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Posted on 4/11/26 at 7:20 pm to
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 4/11/26 at 7:26 pm to
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So kind of like weed?


Which the Founders grew in their back yards.

Another thing it has in common with distilling.
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
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Posted on 4/11/26 at 8:21 pm to
Posted by Bamafig
Member since Nov 2018
6482 posts
Posted on 4/11/26 at 10:17 pm to
Anyone can make moonshine. Not everyone makes good moonshine. It’s all about the cuts. Even mediocre mash can have redeeming qualities if the cuts are on point.
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