In 1885, an injunction closed John Walruff's brewery in Lawrence, Kansas. Walruff had been ignoring Kansas' prohibition law for 5yr. He appealed, saying Prohibition constituted an illegal confiscation of property. In 1886, Walruff won on appeal & it went to SCotUS, where in 1887, he lost.
WI he'd won, instead? What would it have taken to win the case? Could this have butterflied away the "drug war", too? Could it have crippled the Mafia before it started? What would the U.S. brewing industry look like TTL in 2015?
WI he'd won, instead? What would it have taken to win the case? Could this have butterflied away the "drug war", too? Could it have crippled the Mafia before it started? What would the U.S. brewing industry look like TTL in 2015?