United States v. Gibson

HAYES, District Judge.

Amendment 18 of the Constitution of the United States was a grant of power to the federal government prohibiting the manufacture, sale, etc., of intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes. The National Prohibition Act and the amendments (27 USCA § 1 et seq.) thereto were enaeted by Congress under the power granted to it through the amendment. Druggan v. Anderson, 269 U. S. 36, 46 S. Ct. 14, 70 L. Ed. 151. Congress, of course, can exercise no power except such as is delegated to it by the Constitution. In the absence of the amendment, the act would have no constitutional…