Twenty-first
Amendment
Proposed
on February 20, 1933. Ratified on December 5, 1933.
Sect.
1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the
Constitution of the United States is hereby
repealed.
Sect.
2. The transportation or importation into any
State, Territory, or possession of the United
States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating
liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is
hereby prohibited.
Sect.
3. This article shall be inoperative unless it
shall have been ratified as an amendment to the
Constitution by conventions in the several States,
as provided in the Constitution, within seven
years from the date of the submission hereof to
the States by the Congress.
Order
of State Ratification
Michigan |
April
10, 1933 |
Wisconsin |
Apr
25, 1933 |
Rhode
Island |
May
8, 1933 |
Wyoming |
May
25, 1933 |
New
Jersey |
Jun
1, 1933 |
Delaware |
Jun
24, 1933 |
Indiana |
Jun
26, 1933 |
Massachusetts |
Jun
26, 1933 |
New
York |
Jun
27, 1933 |
Illinois |
Jul
10, 1933 |
Iowa |
Jul
10, 1933 |
Connecticut |
Jul
11, 1933 |
New
Hampshire |
Jul
11, 1933 |
California |
Jul
24, 1933 |
West
Virginia |
Jul
25, 1933 |
Arkansas |
Aug
1, 1933 |
Oregon |
Aug
7, 1933 |
Alabama |
Aug
8, 1933 |
Tennessee |
Aug
11, 1933 |
Missouri |
Aug
29, 1933 |
Arizona |
Sep
5, 1933 |
Nevada |
Sep
5, 1933 |
Vermont |
Sep
23, 1933 |
Colorado |
Sep
26, 1933 |
Washington |
Oct
3, 1933 |
Minnesota |
Oct
10, 1933 |
Idaho |
Oct
17, 1933 |
Maryland |
Oct
18, 1933 |
Virginia |
Oct
25, 1933 |
New
Mexico |
Nov
2, 1933 |
Florida |
Nov
14, 1933 |
Texas |
Nov
24, 1933 |
Kentucky |
Nov
27, 1933 |
Ohio |
Dec
5, 1933 |
Pennsylvania |
Dec
5, 1933 |
Utah |
Dec
5, 1933 |
Maine |
Dec
6, 1933 |
Montana |
Aug
6, 1934 |
Denotes
last state required for ratification. |
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Court
Cases |
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Liquormart vs. Rhode Island
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References
and Articles |
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Analysis
of the 21st Amendment
States'
Core Powers Under the 21st Amendment
Twenty-first
Amendment Enforcement Act
HR
2031 RFS. Twenty-first Amendment Enforcement Act
Challenging
the 21st Amendment
House
OKs Net Booze Limits
U.S.
House Passes 21st Amendment Enforcement Act
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