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> That doesn't border on obscene it is completely obscene and
> unconstitutional. If someone doesn't want to sell you something on
> sunday (or any day) that is their right but to force them to decline to
> sell you something is unconstitutional.
Sorry, it's not. No matter how stupid laws prohibiting Sunday sales are
(which is pretty stupid, if you ask me), they are most certainly not
unconstitutional. A key clause of the 21st amendment gives states regulatory
powers over alcohol sales. Subsequent cases before the Supreme Court in the
1930s established that the Commerce Clause largely does not apply with
regards to alcohol sales because of the second clause of the amendment.
Recent court cases have rolled back that broad latitutde slightly, but since
the 21st Amendment only technically covers the transport and import of
alcohol into each of the states, states are still left with broad discretion
on how to regulate that alcohol once it's in the state. After all, once it's
in the state, it's no longer a matter of interstate commerce, and would no
longer be under the jurisdiction of the federal government.
> I don't mean to rant but it's not like it's a funny store policy, that
> would be something to laugh at, it is a LAW, and that is a different
> story, that IS oppresive.
Please. I find no Sunday sales to be stupid and annoying too, but that
hardly qualifies as oppression. Oppression is being denied your voting
rights, your right to free speech, being harassed or jailed for speaking out
against the government. Oppression may even be banning alcohol sales
altogether. But it's not having to think ahead and buying your booze on
Saturday or going to the pub or restaurant on Sunday to get a drink.
> On the upside I just finished a bridgeport ipa and it was awesome, I
> love their Ebenezer Ale but thats only available like 3 months out of
> the year. Worth the wait though.
Isn't that oppressive? Shouldn't Bridgeport be required not to force you to
have to plan to buy your favorite beer only during certain months of the
year? (Yes, that was sarcasm, just for the record.)
-Steve
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