Talk:Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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Why did they prohibit alchol ?

Why was it an Amendment instead of just a law? Laplie 10:48, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Didn't the 18th Amendment prohibit the manufacture of drinks with an alcohol level over 0.5%? Maybe I'm wrong. But why doesn't this article actually state the main part of the Amendment instead of summarizing it? That would help a lot. Chavila 20:09, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

• The goal of prohibition was to lower crime rates. This worked on the theory that people would commit less crime if they were sober. It was repealed party because it raised crime rates; however, one could aruge that the raise in crime rates was due to more alcohol related offenses than had previously been ileagle. If it was a law rather than an amendment, someone could challenge if it was consitutional, and yada yada yada ACLU wins again. The Volstead Act defined what qualified as a "spirited drink". Mustang6172 06:45, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

I have been unable to find the states that have ratified it and the states that did not... could somebody find a list or a graphic?

The following statement concerning repeal is demonstrably false: "... making it the only provision in the Constitution to be explicitly modified." For example, Amendment XII modifies Article II, Section 1, the procedure for electing the President and Vice-President; Amendment XVI not only modifies, but specifically negates the provision of Article 1, Section 9 that had prevented Congress from implementing an income tax; Amendment XVII drastically modifies Article I, Section 3, changing the Senate from being a body composed of members selected by State Legislatures to one of Senators elected directly by the people. Any anotated copy of the Constitution will have many more examples of sections footnoted with a reference to the amendments that modified them.