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, ...

The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how they ...

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 ...

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 ...

ISLAMABAD, Sep 12: Consensus-builder PPP Senator Mian Raza Rabbani has warned that some forces are busy conspiring to rollback the historic 18th Constitution Amendment. “They are playing with fire.

(WHSV) - Nearly 100 years ago, Utah ratified the 21st Amendment. Utah was the final state needed to ratify it nationally, repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to prohibition in the United ...

Heated exchanges erupted in the National Assembly on Wednesday as lawmakers debated the proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment. The treasury benches rejected claims that the government intended to ...

A group of people dismantling a still at Pillsbury and Charles Streets in St. Paul, c. 1925. Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota news you can count on. From local stories to explanations on ...

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday warned that anyone who attempts to revoke the constitutional guarantees related ...

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 ...