The 18th Amendment was the amendment frequently referred to as the “Prohibition Amendment.” It was ratified by the states on Jan. 16, 1919. Amendment XVIII: “Section 1. After one year from the ...

The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a progressive effort to enforce social reform via expanded federal power and popularly known as Prohibition, was ratified on this day in history, Jan. 16, ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The 21st Amendment to the ...

In its era, they called it the "Volstead Act," so named because of the amendment's major proponent, Andrew Volstead. In reality, it would become the 18th Amendment to the United States ...

Prohibition, making the sale of alcohol illegal, arrived in the United States with the speed of a comet, hung around for a decade, and disappeared like a rocket. In both cases — its arrival and its ...

Tomorrow (December 5) is Repeal Day (#RepealDay) and marks the 87th anniversary of the day in 1933 that the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution was passed to repeal the 18th Amendment, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mississippi was the last state to repeal Prohibition in 1966, yet some cities and counties still enforce a ban or limits on ...

The president's alleged social media post ended with: "We don't need hangovers — we need GREATNESS. LET'S MAKE AMERICA SOBER AGAIN!" ...

In 2020, 100 years after the 18th Amendment went into effect, the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum is featuring a new exhibit highlighting prohibition and the temperance movement as a whole ...

Back in January of 1919, the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. Authored by U.S. Sen. Morris Sheppard of Texarkana, the amendment banned the manufacture, sale or ...

Tuesday marks 90 years since the end of Prohibition, the 13-year federal ban on alcohol now largely viewed as a failed experiment that glamorized illegal drinking. The Prohibition Era lasted from Jan.

Paul G. Summers is a lawyer. He is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to ...