Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 18th Amendment was the amendment frequently referred to as the “Prohibition Amendment.” It was ratified by the states on Jan.

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 ...

Paul G. Summers is an attorney. He formerly served as an appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Executive Council of the Rabbinical Assembly of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America has adopted a resolution calling for the repeal of the 18th amendment, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was ...

At the height of Prohibition, Fiorello La Guardia, then a New York congressman, held a demonstration in his Capitol Hill office for some newsmen and photographers to show them how to make beer easily ...

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 ...