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 ...

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader and Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal has demanded that Karachi be placed under federal control and that the 18th Constitutional Amendment be scrapped in the ...

Q: Can an amendment to the Constitution be repealed by the Supreme Court? A: The Supreme Court does not have the power to repeal a constitutional amendment. The best example of an amendment being ...

It’s likely that many glasses were raised — although not yet legally — to toast the election results of Sept. 12, 1933. That’s when Colorado joined 28 other states that had already voted to repeal 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 ...

Tomorrow is “Repeal Day,” the 80th anniversary of when our forefathers’ palates and good sense ratified the 21st amendment and subsequently cut off the 18th amendment, allowing We The People to form a ...

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 ...